Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
We had a lovely sunny autumnal day yesterday so Morgan and I headed off to the woods at Ynyshir overlooking the Dyfi Estuary on a ‘Fungi Foray’. I’m not too good with fungi identification so the plan was to take some photos of them rather than to collect them. Morgan had Anna’s digital compact camera....
I met Steve on Saturday and went for a mountain bike ride at Llandegla in North Wales. This was my second time around the trail. We took it relatively easy and had a good time albeit with one or two sketchy moments and a crash for Steve. (Follow link above for full report). Afterwards we...
So much for my wind resistant plants!! All had been going well and the new pergola was looking lovely with a very luxurious growth of Polygonum and Solanum that I had planted in June. In fact we had been surprised by the growth which was of course due in part by the warm, wet and...
Last weekend we took a little walk around a local nature reserve where they keep Water Buffalo. The buffalo seemed to be enjoying the wet, boggy conditions of the Dyfi Estuary and we had a pleasant little walk along the boardwalk… Although it was a shorter walk than we had expected. Morgan was more interested...
I had a nice mountain-bike ride last night, despite the fact that there were frequent torrential hailstorms. It was pretty cold up in the hills and the rain held off for most of the ride but the puddles were deep and the river crossings cold. It did however give me chance to try out my...
Grrrrrr…. that’s all I can say. Usually living here on the beach in West Wales and working as a freelance website designer is perfect for me as it means I can pretty much go windsurfing whenever the wind blows. Unfortunately there has been very little wind for the last month or so, but all that...
Readers of this blog will know that I’ve been doing quite a bit of mountain-biking recently and armed with my trusty Forerunner GPSr have of course been recording where I’ve been. Many of the routes have been along properly way-marked trails at trail centres, other have been in more remote areas so I thought I...
It has taken a while but it seems that summer has finally arrived and we made the most of it this weekend. Blackberry picking and mountain-biking in Artists Valley on Saturday, followed by a quick wash in the river. Then an early morning mountain-bike ride at Nant-yr-Arian on Sunday. Early enough to watch the sunrise...
As we’ve already mentioned elsewhere in this series our garden here on the coast of West Wales experiences the extremes of most parameters that determine what will and what won’t grow. The soil is no exception. Most gardens have soil that range from a nice middle-of the road loam through towards either the heavy clayey...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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