Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Morgan and I made use of our new RSPB membership and went for a cold winters walk at Ynyshir this morning. Lots of Canada Geese about but Morgan was a little cold so we couldn’t sit and look for birds for too long. I did manage a couple of photos of a bird that I...
It was a lovely spring day yesterday. Still some snow on the ground and quite a bit on the hills, but the sun came out, the birds were singing, the winds were light and I ended up starting on the tasks that are needed to get the garden in shape after the winter. It is...
Morgan has always wanted to go on holiday in a caravan. Don’t ask me why he has this ambition, he’s nearly 5 and I have no idea why he does half the things he does! For example he spends lots of his time running around thinking he’s a Power Ranger, obviously he’s not, he just...
I’ve put the moth trap out a few times this winter but with no luck, but last night I caught our first moth of the year near to the porch light. A Spring Usher (Agriopis leucophaeria). Not a bad looking moth and hopefully one that is ushering in the spring, although, we’ve woken up to...
Its the big 4-0 for me this year. How did that happen so soon? Oh well, not a lot I can do about it so I may as well use it as an excuse to have some fun and buy some new toys! The plan / aim /dream is to hit 40 knots on a...
My parents are here for a long weekend so we went out for Sunday lunch yesterday. We had heard that the carvery at the Marine in Aberystwyth was good so after a walk along the prom to build up an apetite off we went for lunch. All of the reports of it being good were...
Anna and I don’t have too many secrets from each other, we tell each other everything and that leads to a happy, successful relationship. Or maybe I should rephrase that and say as far as I know, we don’t have any secrets – I don’t at least! However, now and then you find out things...
I didn’t think I’d be able to do that! Yesterday, despite still having a bit of a cold, I did my 3:2 minute intervals workout on the turbo trainer. Last time I did this workout on Feb 1st I did the hard efforts at 280 Watts and wrote: My legs were feeling it come the...
I’ve had a bit of a cold lately, it’s nothing too bad just a sore throat, headache and bunged up a bit, but considering what happened last time I exercised whilst ill I’ve been taking it easy. Last time I ended up getting pericarditis and spending several days on the cardiac ward at Bronglais Hospital....
OK, time for a moan about our Broadband Speeds again! As part of my job as a freelance website designer I’m often being called on to help people with their computers, set up e-mail accounts, sort out their broadband connections and generally teach them how to do certain things on their computers. Living in rural...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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