Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Right, I’m now officially fed up with not being able to get out on my bike or do any exercise! I’m getting fat and unfit (which can’t be good for my heart) and I’m lacking in endorphins! I had an echocardiogram about a month ago and I’m waiting to see the consultant to hear the...
I can’t claim to be an expert in the world of Moth trapping and moth traps, but I’m keen to get started and have been doing some research into the best traps to get so thought I’d share my findings here. Hopefully it will be of use to people in the same position as me...
I’m not sure what the weather is going to yet on Sunday, but the Forest of Dean Enduro is on, so I may make a day of it and travel down to the Forest of Dean to take some photos. I’m still not up to competing myself, so the next best thing is to make...
The WSSR (World Speed Sailing Record Council) have today ratified two new world records set by l’Hydroptere. The overall 500m record is now an amazing 51.36 knots, and the 1 nautical mile record is 48.74knots. Amazing stuff. The records were set on Sept 4th in a 28 knot wind. The tri-maran built specifically to challenge...
Sunday was a gorgeous day. Blue skies without a cloud and no wind. So after breakfast we all jumped in the car and headed off to the lakes in the hills. We stopped at Llyn Syfyddrin for a bit of a walk and a picnic. Somehow we seemed to time it wrong as it was...
Our busy weekend continued with a day on the beach (after re-visiting the moth traps set the night before). Morgan and I had a play in the sea, which gave me a chance to get my waterproof camera properly wet. It coped well and considering its size and durability I’m still pretty impressed with the...
The end of a busy weekend with no time for blogging, so here’s my first blog entry about what we got up to. It was National Moth Night on Sept 18th-19th. National Moth Night (NMN) is Britain’s celebration of moths and moth recording and started in 1999. As well as producing information about moths, an...
After collecting Morgan from school yesterday we popped in to see a friend but a Morgan was nodding off to sleep I decided to take him for a little stroll on the beach for some fresh air to revitalise him! I had my little compact Pentax Optio W60 waterproof camera with me so I took...
I’m not entirely sure what they’re doing to the Bell Tower at Aberystwyth Arts Centre but it is currently clad in an impressive looking column of scaffolding. Do you know what they’re doing? I’d love to get up there to see the views and get some ‘almost aerial’ shots of Aberystwyth, the University Campus and...
It looks as though we have a busy weekend ahead of us. My parents are visiting so Morgan is looking forward to seeing ‘Ninny and Grandad’ and we’ve been looking for things to do. There is quite a bit going on at the Ynyslas Dunes Visitor centre. On Friday evening they are organising a ‘National...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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