Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Morgan seems to have enjoyed his first ever week at school. He doesn’t tell us a huge amount about it, but he seems quite happy to go running off in the morning through the school gates and always looks pretty happy when we collect him as well. We’re not sure what he has been up...
Don’t want to scare anyone, but there is just one week to go until the Dyfi Enduro! Am I the only one feeling completely unprepared for it? I know my training schedule has had some set backs due to unexpected hospital visits and Morgan’s first week at school. I’m still not 100%, but I’ve done...
I know I got all excited about Morgan’s progress on his new bike and even posted a video of him, but as a proud father that’s excusable.. However, I think it’ll be a while before he can ride a bike like the guy (Danny Macaskill) in this video. Even if you know nothing about bikes,...
This is a nice scenic mountain bike loop from the coast at Ynyslas up into the hills around Angler’s Retreat. A fair bit of it is on the road, but there are plenty of scenic views and enough off-road miles to keep the Mountain-Biker happy. From Ynyslas, the route goes along the flats to Tre-Ddol...
The sun was shining once again here in West Wales so Ivor was in full force in the estuary this morning and I had a nice windsurf session first thing and then we went out for a family bike ride along part of the Ystwyth Trail. The idea was to get Morgan out on his...
Despite the forecast of lightish winds, the katabatic effect that creates the wind affectionately known as Ivor was in full force this morning, so after a night in the tent and then watching the Grand Prix Qualifying I headed off to the estuary for a lovely windsurf session in the gorgeous sunshine. Without a cloud...
In preparation for the Sleepless in the Saddle Mountain Bike race I’ve signed up for I ordered a new tent from Amazon the other day and it arrived this morning. Needless to say as it wasn’t raining I’ve put it up in the garden and no doubt now that Morgan has seen it we’ll be...
The latest addition to our garden are some Goji Berry Bushes. Apparently they are very drought tolerant don’t mind sandy soil and can cope with wind and coastal conditions… We’ll see as we do have slightly extreme coastal conditions here. If they survivie then we may be able to create a nice little fruting hedge...
We bought Morgan his first ever proper bike on Monday. Nothing special, just a bike from Halfords that is slightly too big, but the next size down was too small and he would have grown out of it petty quickly, so we though one that he could grow into would be better. I don’t know...
We had a great ride in the welsh hills yesterday. Only 3 of us in the end, although quite a few people from Ystwyth Mountain Bike Club sounded keen to join us (we just never quite got it organised) and the kite surfers just did the Summit Trail. Steve, BEFS and I did the first...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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