Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Don’t worry I won’t post these every day, but as the bees have now been here for a couple of days and the wind has eased I thought I’d watch them for a bit to see how they are getting on. We fed them when we housed the nucs in the hives and have since...
The Mr. Potato Head Easter Egg that Morgan had for Easter didn’t last long – it was made of chocolate afterall! Morgan enjoyed making him though so Anna kept the packaging that the various body parts came in, melted up some more chocolate and poured it into to moulds to make new body parts. Here...
The caterpillars are back, creating their weblike nests in the trees. This year they are in a Willow tree rather than the hawthorn at the moment, but once again I think they are the caterpillar of the Lackey Moth. Morgan discovered them this year and took this photo to show me.
It may not be the fastest way to travel, but it’s not far off it and it’s certainly one of the most fun ways of getting from Ynyslas to Borth and back. Fast, coastal gun-running in the sunshine of Wales – Perfection!
Our second Nuc of bees arrived on Saturday evening. This time Jim brought them around and transferred them for us before it got dark. He did exactly the same as we did though so it looks as though we got it right first time. We now have two hives in the garden with a new...
As promised in my 2011 Dyfi Enduro Race Report, here’s some of the video I shot on my GoPro HD whilst riding the Dyfi Enfuro yesterday. Enjoy.
The Dyfi Enduro 2011 came around quicker than expected but the day dawned cool, windy but most importantly dry as a bone and it had been that way for weeks. The trails were set to be fast, dry and dusty and all looked set for an amazing day. I gave Jon a lift to Machynlleth...
After last nights excitement with the arrival of our first bee colony we were keen to see them get off to a good start today. Unfortunately for the bees, Ivor, our local katabatic wind kicked in and it was blowing at 40 knots all day. The bees did start venturing out at about 10 am...
Ivor kicked in over the weekend as predicted and blew with a vengeance all day long. Despite the fact that I was supposed to be having a rest day on Saturday in preparation for the Dyfi Enduro on Sunday I just had to go for a windsurf. The estuary would have been good as the...
It may still only be Spring but the sunshine, blue skies and turquoise waters here have made it feel like summer for a few days in April. Who’d have thought this video was shot in Wales!
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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