Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
With another bank holiday weekend on offer and the weather looking good, it was time to head to the hills again to bag some more Nuttalls. I wasn’t working on Friday, so it was a long weekend for me and there was no rush to get started. I headed out for a little mountain bike...
We had a fairly average weekend weather-wise here in Wales. With nothing much planned I decided a day in the hills would be nice. It would be an opportunity to bag a few more Nuttalls too. So, after packing a day-pack on Friday evening, I headed north early on Saturday morning so as to arrive...
I’d been meaning to get out for a wild camp for a while but hadn’t had the chance. So, when the forecast came in with amber warnings for snow and ice, it seemed like the perfect opportunity! Perfect, that is, with the relevant safety plans, backup strategies, equipment, and skills in place. I decided against...
“Autumnal” is always a nice word, isn’t it? Myherin is a forest not far from here in Mid Wales, and a Nuttall is one of a series of mountain peaks in the UK. I’m trying to summit all the Welsh Nuttalls, so after a busy couple of weeks at work and a day off on...
After a busy weekend with some wild weather, Monday looked like the perfect opportunity to head into the hills and bag another Nuttall. With a few still close to home that I hadn’t summited, I decided it was a good day to tackle Y Garn in the Rhinogs. The forecast looked promising for a short-ish...
Nuttalls Bagged This Trip Pen yr Allt Uchaf – 630 m Gwaun Lydan – 632 m Llechwedd Du – 614 m Esgeiriau Gwynion – 671 m Foel Rhudd – 659 m Foel Hafod-fynydd – 689 m Erw Ddafad-ddu – 872 m Aran Fawddwy – 905 m Gwaun y Llwyni – 685 m Waun Camddwr –...
Having recently completed a circumnavigation of Wales on foot I decided I needed a new project to have on the back-burner. When I first set out on my journey to conquer the Wales Coast Path, I was fit, relatively young, and had the luxury of dedicating a day each week to it. But as life...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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Bagging Nuttalls in the Sunshine
Sunday, May 31st, 2026
