Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Morgan is doing well with his kite-flying now. It took him a couple of attempts and to start with he didn’t really persevere . His first couple of goes only lasted a couple of minutes each, but I didn’t want to force him to do it so just left it at that each time. He...
I’ve always wanted to know more about the various objects we can see in the night sky. I know a few of them but I’m certainly no expert, I just have never got around to really studying the sky and learning what everything is. [Edit April 4th 2015 – I’m actually getting a bit better...
We seem to be spending more and more time with the Aberystwyth Beekeepers Association and this weekend ws no different. It was their annual bee equipment sale so we went along, taking my parents with us. As usual it was good to see everyone, have a chat and browse through a collection of new and...
For those of you keeping up to date with our conservatory build, here’s the latest update. Another nice dry, sunny day for the builders and today they’ve bricked up all of the exterior walls and have also laid the paving slabs around the conservatory. All is going well and we’re beginning to get an idea...
Work on the conservatory may not be quite as dramatic as the civil engineering project that is Borth’s Sea Defence Scheme, but it’s just as exciting for us. The builders had a well-earned break over the weekend which gave the concrete slab a chance to dry out. The floor level is now almost up to...
Anna was working on Saturday so couldn’t join us for our weekly walk along the beach to check on the progress of the Borth Sea Defence Scheme. My parents were here though and hadn’t seen any of it yet so as usual we drove from Ynyslas to Borth, parked up on the road and then...
The next step in ‘Plan Bee’ has been completed. My parents are here this weekend and my Dad brought the beehives that he has been carefully making. They look brilliant. As they are going to go in the garden we wanted them to look nice as well as be easy to use and functional, so...
Work on the conservatory continues at a pace. On Friday the builders were increasing the height of the floor so have been filling the area with hardcore and then wandering around on top of it with a big, noisy whacker plate. They’ve also just started cutting into the walls of the house with a big...
The schools were closed on Thursday for polling, so Morgan was at home with me and I was forced to take a day off work (almost). It doesn’t take much persuasion mind you if I can manage it. What with the builders here and Morgan to entertain, the day flew by. We also seemed to...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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