Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Making your own yoghurt – who’d have thought it could be so easy, so cheap and so delicious! We’ve been making our own yoghurt for a while now and I can’t seem to get enough of it. We started off with an Easiyo kit which is essentially a 1 litre plastic pot to make the...
Brecon triathlon went well for me yesterday. Anna and Morgan came with me, so after a fairly early start and porridge for breakfast I packed the car and we headed off for the two hour drive to Brecon. We got the just before 9am so saw the first of the swimmers start. I wasn’t supposed...
After a gorgeous day on the beach and then an evening Mountain Bike ride on Thursday there was an amazing mist hanging over Borth Bog on my way home, a spectacular sunset, and no wind. It looked like perfect weather for moths so I put the moth trap out. I’ve been a little lax with...
The Space Shuttle Endeavour touched down after it’s last mission this week with an amazing 122 million miles on its clock. And I thought my car was doing well with 122 thousand miles! Pretty impressive stuff and a shame that it has to come to an end, but hopefully it will pave the way for...
I’ve got a triathlon to do tomorrow so it’s time to write myself a checklist for the kit I’ll need to pack in the car. There’s no point keeping it to myself though so here it is in case you need it as well. Swim Tri-suit Goggles Spare goggles just in case – I’m good at...
We had a lovely Mountain Bike ride last night and it was nice to see a number of new faces on the ride as well. We met at our usual spot near to Angler’s Retreat. As well as myself, there was Pete, who is now a regular rider having started riding with us last year,...
What a scorcher! It felt like summer yesterday and with Morgan off school and Anna having a day off work I decided to join them and we headed across to the beach first thing in the morning. Morgan and I headed off in the inflatable canoe whilst Anna sat on the beach relaxing and reading...
After the late spring onslaught it looks as though the weather may have settled down for a day or two. Summer officially started on June 1st and as I write this at 7:40am on June 2nd, it is already 15.2ºC out there, the sun is shining and there isn’t a puff of wind. Usually the latter fact...
I’ve just been sent some photos of me windsurfing the other day. It’s not very often that I get to see myself windsurfing as very few people like standing on the beach in typical windsurf conditions here – cold wet, grey and of course windy – with a camera. So it’s always good to see...
I’m doing well following the training regime set by my coach. I think I’ve even got used to the hilly runs that he has been setting me to do. The first one I did about a month ago was pretty tough, but since then I’ve been sticking with it and even increasing the distance a...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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