Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
It was the first day back for the Scouts after Easter on Friday so we took them for a lovely walk from Talybont to Borth. Anna wasn’t there as she was off to a swanky awards ceremony at the university. She had been nominated again for the Support Staff of the Year award and came...
We are continuing to do our best to give the Scouts an opportunity to complete their Bronze Dragon Award. This requires them to sleep under canvas during every month of the year. We did January and February over the course of one weekend and last weekend managed to organise a March camp too. Organising and...
We’re getting our Scout Troop to run the Sport Relief Mile in Aberystwyth on Sunday. We thought we’d choose the mile rather than any of the longer challenges so that it would be accessible to all of the Scouts and hopefully some of the younger Cubs and Beavers too. So far though it is mainly...
We have a night hike planned for the Scouts soon so thought we had better recce the route that I had in mind sometime soon. Sunday afternoon looked like the best time to do it as we would have a couple of hours free. I did my usual early morning run and then swim followed...
We’ve decided that the Scouts should try to get their Bronze Dragon Award Badge. In order to do so, they need to camp outside under canvas in every month of the year. It can be done over the course of a few years, but it does mean sleeping under canvas in the winter months. The...
We’ve been busy producing products from Pumpkins – Well, it is that time of year! Anna and Morgan carved the pumpkins which we then set out in the woods last night to add to a spooky night hike we had organised for the Scouts. I baked the cakes and pumpkin pie and so far they...
We’ve just got back from an activity weekend away with the Scouts. This time, rather than organise the activities ourselves Anna and I decided it would be easier to let Llandysul Paddlers do this. So we had booked into their bunk house and arranged various activities through them, and they even collected us from Borth in...
Summer continues here in West Wales with temperatures yesterday reaching a maximum of 30.3°C, the hottest so far this year but bot quite equally the hottest we have ever recorded of 33.7°C set on this day in 2006. I started the day with an early morning run, nothing too hard just a steady 6.5 mile...
As I mentioned the other day, the Scouts are beginning to get used to Anna and I and I think they secretly like the fact that we are their leaders. Things are obviously easier for us over the summer in some respects as the light evenings mean that we can actually get out and do...
As I’ve said before, when we took over as Scout leaders a year or so ago for Borth 2nd Scouts we were told that it would take up a couple of hours of our time on a Friday evening. If you are ever told that then it’s not true and once again yesterday evening we...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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