Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Its been a few weeks since I’ve done any geocaching, but Sunday was a good day in the Welsh hills followed by a quick windsurf session on the beach at Borth. Steve and I headed off in the morning to hide some new geocaches. We drove up the mountain road from Tal-y-Bont towards Nant-y-Moch (and...
Many people think I’m a little mad going windsurfing here in Wales in the depths of winter…. Well, think again…. This video shows that windsurfing in Wales in the winter is fairly tame!
We decided to have a slobby dinner last night of Pizza, baked potato and salad. The usual instructions for oven baked frozen pizza are as follows: Preheat Oven Remove all packaging Place directly on top shelf of oven and bake Unfotunately that isn’t the case with the pizzas we had last night which say that...
I tried to take some photos of the Lunar Eclipse on Saturday evening, but didn’t have a tripod which made things a little difficult. It was also one of those occasions where an old fashioned film camera would probably have been better. It was OK as the moon was beginning to be eclipsed, but once...
Everything went well for Morgans Birthday Party. having it in the comunity hall was a good idea and it gave the children loads of room to run around and play with all the toys. The little bouncy castle was enjoyed by all and the big tube-maze thingy was well used too. Not only did the...
Sometimes my work as a website designer puts me in touch with all sorts of people, and today one of my tasks is to add a poem to website. Before doing so I listened to it and was pleasantly surprised, I’m not usually ‘into’ poetry but this was nice and it sums up ‘A simple...
I’ve been pretty busy with website design work lately and haven’t had much time to get out and play, but I couldn’t wait any longer and yesterday and today were windy so I just had to go out for a sail. I’m glad I did as the sun was shining too so I had a...
Just a quicky to say Happy St David’s Day. I’m afraid I don’t know much about the customs etc but I’m sure Morgan will be doing lots of ‘Welsh’ things today.
Clearly I’m no large scale investor… I simply don’t have the money to do so, but I do have a cash ISA for my pension and several years ago I set up a Stocks & Shares ISA as that always seemed to be the best way to invest money. Obviously there is always a risk...
It was Morgan’s 2nd birthday today and he is just about old enough now to understand that it was his special day. He didn’t have a proper party today as he is having that next weekend when more people can make it, but Josh came around for tea and to play with his new toys....
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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