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Stopping the Export

We’ve just had a nice sunny weekend. The first one for a while and an early taste of Spring. This meant that we beat our records as far as solar production is concerned with both days producing over 20kWh each. Unfortunately we gave far too much of it away on Saturday. We weren’t really prepared...

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Early Spring in the Garden

We had an early taste of Spring this weekend. Time to activate the robots and get them ready for action. It didn’t take long to do even though I had to rebuild Harriets’ house as it was destroyed in the recent storms. By 10am on Saturday morning robot lawn-mowers were soon charged and out trundling...

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It was Morgan’s 17th birthday last week – yep, watch out, that means he’s on the roads of Aberystwyth having driving lessons! I took him for a drive in Ynyslas at the weekend too so that he could try out his L-plates and our car. Not the new car obviously!!! We didn’t have a party...

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More Storms – Franklin and Gladys

After taking quite a bettering from Storm Eunice, Franklin followed hot on her heels and was actually more ferocious. Wind speed topped out at over 59 knots during Franklin and they were sustained too with 10 minute average wind speeds of 58.6 knots. All recorded on the Borth and Ynyslas Weather station. Talking of the...

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Storm Eunice

After much hype, Storm Eunice hit today. Morgan was at home as all schools had been closed. In fact, most things had been closed including all council buildings and services such as bin collections. All trains in Wales had been cancelled and the University was closed too so I was working from home. It wasn’t...

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Solar Tactics

A post just for Laura as she seems to be more interested in our solar panels than she is with her own! We’re beginning to get the hang of how to make the most of them. That will change throughout the year of course and we’ll have to adjust as we go. The issue with...

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Tips to Make Your First Cocktail Party Successful

A cocktail party or social mixer is an informal party with a more relaxed vibe. As the term suggests, hosts serve cocktails and light snacks for everyone to enjoy while mingling with other guests. It’s a great alternative to formal dinners, especially if guests are expected to have dinner plans after the party or have...

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Closing the Ring – Coast Path Progress

Well, seeing as I’m out of action again thanks to an ankle injury I thought it was time for a progress report on my Coast Path capers. Regular readers will know that my plan to run the entire Coast Path of Wales soon involved the Offa’s Dyke Trail as well. This meant I could close...

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Foot Injury Updates

Yeah, you know what this means don’t you? You lucky people are going to get to see more photos of my feet! Bet you can’t wait. Since returning home after hurting my ankle on a Coast Path run on Saturday things have improved. It didn’t actually look too bad immediately after the run, there was...

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Wales Coast Path Run – Stackpole Quay to Green Bridge of Wales

Coast Path Vital Stats Stackpole Quay to Green Bridge of Wales Distance: 7.92 miles Elevation Gain Today: 544m Highest Elevation: 58m Time: 1:48:19 Av. Pace: 13:04 mins/mile Calories: 1137 Totals to Date Total Distance: 907.74 miles Total Time: 170:25:21 Total Elevation Gain: 26967 Total Calories: 85530 Distance to go: 177 miles I made a tentative...