Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Well, after a week on the Isle of Man and ne real training I can’t really say that I’m ready for this weekend. I think I have most of the things that I need for Sleepless in the Saddle, and most of my team seem ready so I just hope my fitness doesn’t let me...
We’ve just got back from a nice holiday on the Isle of Man. I hadn’t been there in the summer before and I can safely say its just the same as in the autumn, mainly grey and wet with an ocassional view of the sun! We went over for Rebeeca and Petes wedding and as...
We’ve just got back from a fairly successful camping weekend in South Wales where we got to try out our new tent. We drove down on Friday afternoon and found the campsite without any problems. It was a lovely peaceful little site in between Llandovery and Llandeilo, on the main road just outside Langadog. It...
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A fairly non-descript day here today. Not enough wind for windsurfing, no surf, a little grey in the hills (although a bike ride may be on for later in the day) so Morgan and I wandered across to the dunes to chill out. There wasn’t much happening there either, but we did see some funky...
All of our new home entertainment equipment arrived on Thursday. Delivery from eBuyer was quick, although we did have to contact them as they tried to give us a free HDMI cable which was then out of stock and wo8ld have meant we would have to wait for everything else until the freebie was in...
I always say that the best camera is the one you have with you, and since buying a little Pentax Optio W60 a few weeks ago this has proved to be true. It may not have quite the optics of my Canon SLR or the features and flexibility, but the fact that I can pop...
I’ve decided it could be a good idea to get a turbo trainer to help keep me fit. I’ve been out Mountain Biking quite a bit and watching the Tour de France on the TV has motivated me even more to try to get a little fitter and faster so a Turbo trainer could be...
I’ve just received some Specialized Trail shorts that I bought online in preparation for Sleepless in The Saddle. I’ve just tried them on and they look fine but it seems as though the inbuilt liner is designed so that you can see it above the outer shorts in true ‘teenager-style pants showing fashion’! I suppose...
Our favourite piece of home entertainment technology, a digihome freeview box and HDD recorder stopped working the other day. It was a few years old so we simply decided to buy another one. After looking around it didn’t seem possible to find one that was quite as good. At first we looked for an all...
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