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Which Training and Analysis Apps Now That Strava is No Longer Free

The fact that Strava have started to charge for more of their offerings than they have in the past has forced me to re-evaluate which apps I ‘need’ and which ones I don’t. Do I need to pay for TrainerRoad, Zwift, Training Peaks, Strava and other such apps? What does each one do and what...

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A Deeper Dive into the Rain

Hot on the heels of my updates to the temperature data page of the Borth & Ynyslas Weather Station, I’ve now added some features to the rainfall data page. This is what the page looks like now. Current Rainfall at Ynyslas As with most of the detail pages of the weather station, it starts with...

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Flowers Everywhere

There are quite a few flowers in the garden at the moment. The bees are loving the chives still and there’s even a surprise rose. I don’t know why it’s always a surprise as it flowers every year but I also do nothing to it and kind of forget that it is there until it...

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The Giro Continues

As a follow up to my recent post about riding sections of the Giro virtually using RGT Cycling, here’s an update with progress so far. (Updated daily as I rode the stage) Stage 5: Agrigento to Modica This was a 34km fairly flat stage for a change with just a few rollers here and there....

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Wales Coast Path Progress

My progress on running around the perimeter of Wales has come to something of a halt thanks to the Coronavirus lockdown. It’s not the end of the world as I was never trying to set any records and never had a time limit in mind either. It’s an ongoing project that has taken me several...

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A few more Weather Station Updates

Just a quick post about a few more updates I’ve made to the Borth & Ynyslas Weather Station pages on this site. I’ve added a few extra bits of information here and there so will outline these below. Cloud Height First, I’ve added an estimation of the cloud height to the ‘Current Weather Conditions’ section...

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And so the Garden Grows

Just a quick update from the garden seeing as it is in fine form at the moment. It’s still dominated by the pinks and purples of Aliums, Irises, Aquilegias, Chives and Foxgloves, but the blues of the Forget-me-Knots and Bluebells are now fading. It won’t be long before yellows and oranges take over once again...

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Back on the Water after Lockdown

At the start of Lockdown, I was still going out paddling as there was no official guidance or regulations not to. I was of course playing it safe and staying well within my capabilities so as to reduce the risk of having to call on the emergency services. But a lonely paddle on the sea...

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Riding the ‘Giro’ on RGT Cycling

The current lockdown situation has meant that I’ve been doing all of my cycle training indoors. This isn’t a huge issue for me as I quite often train indoors anyway and use TrainerRoad to give me a structured training plan full of structured indoor workouts. Now and then a nice easy scenic ride is called...

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Weather Station Additions

As follow up to my post about the new home here at A Simple Life of Luxury for the Borth & Ynyslas Weather Station, I have a few updates. Having set up the new system I’ve continued to tweak it and now have some new additions to share with you. A Weather Widget First of...