Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
The weather has been a little mad lately. Yesterday we had monsoon conditions in the morning with around 12mm of rain in an hour or so, but by the afternoon it was glorious sunshine and I even fell asleep in the hammock out in the garden! Perfect weather for the garden to grow though, although...
Just read about a cool promo by Specialized that could see you riding (and possibly owning) a 2010 Specialized S-Works Stumpjumper FSR. They are looking for people who ride a lot, and spend the rest of their time blogging, posting on facebook and Twittering… Does that sounds like anyone you know? Me… Really. Sounds a...
The flu I had at SITS kept coming and going and then I had some chest pains so went to the doctors expecting to get some antibiotics for a chest infection. He did an ECG in the surgery and then sent me up to A&E for some blood tests. At A&E a very strange, but...
The flu I had at the weekend has been coming and going and was probably at its worst yesterday. Was it Swine Flu? who knows, maybe, but last night most of the flu like symptoms went away and I was left with a bit of a sniffle, a nasty cough and a sore chest. The...
Just in case you didn’t believe that I had a blue nipple following my little incident on the final lap of Sleepless in the Saddle at the weekend, here for your enjoyment and delectation is photographic evidence!.. Sorry!
Here you go, a round up of some photos from Sleepless in the Saddle: Flickr Set from Kevin Hague Rob Cayton photography Ystwyth-MTB Gallery ThisView’s Flickr Set Good Hank’s Photos Qwertyphoto Bengdogg’s Flickr Set JoolzeDymond I’ll add more if I come across them. if you have any, then post a comment with a link to...
The official results from Sleepless in the Saddle are available to download as Excel files on the Official Photographers website. Along of course with some really good photos. Hopefully more photos will be online soon and I’ll link to them when I find any. Our teams lap times were: Team 1 25 laps 24:23:03 ...
As you know from my previous ‘Sleepless in the Saddle‘ post I’m back and not only survived, but had a good weekend. so here is how the race went from my point of view. Saturday morning dawned bright and sunny, but my sore throat and cold had developed into full-blown flu-like symptoms, with a raging...
Well, I survived! We’ve just got back from the Sleepless in the Saddle 24 hour mountain bike race in Catton Park, Derbyshire and I think all of the Ystwyth-MTB team members and supporters had a good time. Anna, Morgan and I set off on Friday morning and arrived at the campsite around midday. The sore...
I went on my recent trip to the Isle of Man with high hopes of lots of quality mountain biking. I had heard that there were a couple of purpose built trails in the South Barrule plantation and that someone from Coed y Brenin had been there to consult on the building of these. I...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
 |
 |
More live data from Ynyslas
Subscribe for full access.
Weather trends, weather extremes and historic data. See what you get here.
A Wedding Anniversary Weekend: Mud, House Martins and a Lot of Steam
Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
