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Morgan’s Next Adventure: A Winter in Japan

Alan Cole — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:53:42 +0000

I’m sure I must have mentioned it here at some point, but Morgan is currently in Japan. After spending the best part of a year in Canada — working in the kitchens at a ski resort in Banff and then heading out to Vancouver Island — he came home for a year, and has now...

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From Ynyslas to Urayasu – Morgan’s Japanese Adventure Begins

Alan Cole — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 15:05:16 +0000

It’s been a big week or so in our household. We’ve dropped Morgan off in Manchester as he sets off on another adventure — this time to Japan. He’ll be spending four weeks in Tokyo before heading up to a ski resort on Hokkaido for the winter, working and exploring as he goes. It doesn’t...

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A Golf Course BBQ Chef

Alan Cole — Wed, 08 May 2024 12:48:53 +0000

Morgan has been keeping in touch all the way from Canada and he seems to be having fun. His job at the ski resort has ended now that the winter is over and he has managed to get a summer job as a BBQ chef at a golf course. Typically, he was living in just...

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Optical Illusions in the Garden – Honey I Shrunk the Kids

Alan Cole — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 06:48:52 +0000

We convinced Morgan to get off his computer one sunny day in the holidays. With his friends James they were banished to the garden to take some optical illusion photos. They had a good time out there once they were actually out in the real world. Here are some of their photos.

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Haircut 100 Percent

Alan Cole — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 06:33:27 +0000

Morgan decided it was time for a haircut. So, while we were at my parents at the weekend, Kia my niece cut his hair for him. He doesn’t do things by halves – talk about drastic! Quite a transformation I think you’ll agree! I guess it should be easier to look after, but will need...

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Bottle Flipping

Alan Cole — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 14:04:25 +0000

Whilst I was out on Sunday at the Carmarthen Showground Cyclo-cross event, Morgan and his friend James decided to do some bottle flipping. It’s one of those crazes that seems to be sweeping the nation and as a pre-teen Morgan of course jumps onto every one of them. They made a few YouTube videos of...

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Cross Country Qualifying

Alan Cole — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 04:41:31 +0000

Once again this year Morgan was selected to represent his school in the Aberystwyth District Cross Country Championships. That is despite doing no training whatsoever, something that we will nave to address as he could do quite well if he just did one or two runs beforehand to remind himself of how to pace etc....

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Ras yr Hafod

Alan Cole — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 05:24:19 +0000

Hot on the heels of Sports Day at school, the next day after school we headed out for the Ras yr Hafod at Hafod Estate. This was an adult 10k race along with several kids races. Morgan wanted to do it, but not alone so roped his friend Cameron into it as well. None of them...

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Urdd Cross Country Champsionships

Alan Cole — Sat, 03 May 2014 06:35:14 +0000

Anna and I had the afternoon off on Friday in order to support Morgan at the Ceredigion Urdd Cross Country Championships. He qualified for these last year at the Aberystwyth Area Championships where he placed 9th. This would of course be a different level as everyone here had qualified and Morgan had only just got in...

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What’s Brown and Sticky?

Alan Cole — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:54:59 +0000

Morgan’s class all came out of school cradling little surprises for us the other day wrapped in tissue paper. When we opened it this is what we found. Don’t worry, it isn’t what you think! Apparently they had been working on clay modelling and sculpturing during the day and the topic was ‘something from nature’....

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