Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
We’ve just got back from a weekend at my Parents in Gloucestershire, the aim of which was to buy me a new car… Why is nothing ever easy? We spent all day Saturday driving around various used car showrooms but just couldn’t find anything that suited. I was after a fairly large 4×4 which wasn’t...
Those of you who have been keeping up with our Simple Life of Luxury will know that we have been enjoying a spot of geocaching lately. So, as we are of to visit family in Gloucestershire in the run up to Christmas we looked up some caches in that area and have been tempted by...
Bow Street, a few miles SE of us was hit by a Tornado last night…Apparently there were winds of up to 130 mph, trees were uprooted, steel portacabins lifted up and thrown onto childrens playgrounds, caravans overturned, chimney stacks blown off and a roof pretty badly damaged. According to John Mason a local expert in...
I’ve had another busy weekend, whilst Anna, Morgan and Pat sheltered from the worst of the weather at home. Saturday was certainlly windy and rainy at times, and Steve nad I had a good days windsurfing here at Ynyslas. As Anna’s mum (Pat) is here, we then made the most of the opportunity of some...
Just a quick photo that I took whilst up Constitution Hill in Aberystwyth today.
I’m sure I must have mentioned this elsewhere before, but one of the downsides to living here on the edge of Wales is the quality of the utility services. Don’t get me wrong I wouldn’t live anywhere else and the problems and shortfalls we face are a small price to pay. We don’t really live...
As mentioned elsewhere my rusty old transit van has just about reached it last legs, so it is time for a new car. We therefore spent Saturday morning looking around showrooms in Aberystwyth. Trouble is I want it all, I need something big enough to fit lots of stuff in, reliable enough to ot breakdown...
For those of you who don’t check the photo galleries too often but like to see photos of Morgan, I’ve just uploaded a selection of photos from a walk Morgan and I had on the beach here in Borth yesterday. Click here for Morgans photo gallery.
You just can’t beat a nice early morning walk along the beach.
It is exactly one year since I set up the Borth Weather Station and as usual at this time of year we have been experiencing some weather, so it was quite fitting that this morning we broke one of the ‘all time’ records as far as the weather station is concerned with a maximum gust...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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