Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Following a fantastic trip kayaking and wild-camping in the Sankt Anna Archipelago in Sweden, it was now time for a change of pace as we headed to the cosmopolitan capital of Denmark. Next stop Copenhagen! Well, not quite. We first had a short taxi ride to Söderköping that we shared with a German guy who...
Day 2 It was still windy in the morning, so we had a relaxed breakfast, packed up camp and were ready to start paddling by around 9am. Rather than head south-west across more open water towards Harstena, we adjusted our plans and decided to head slowly north, taking shelter where we could from the wind...
After a long trip to the Sankt Anna Archipelago on the south-east coast of Sweden, we finally rocked up at the Kajak Paradisetheadquarters and collected our kit. We had booked a large double kayak and camping kit for four nights and five days and were soon sitting on the grass with one of the girls...
Scandinavia isn’t that far from the UK as far as overseas holidays are concerned, but Anna had decided she’d quite like to have an overnight train experience on a sleeper train. Quite why she wanted this hadn’t been confirmed until we met a German guy towards the end of our holiday who said, “I guess...
Finally had chance to edit some video from Costa Rica. Enjoy.
Leaving the Caribbean Having finished our coast-to-coast journey on Monday lunchtime, we were now on the Caribbean coast winding down. In hindsight, I probably should have treated the next few days as part of the holiday and made the most of them. Instead, something in my brain decided that the main event was over and...
Today was the day we would finally reach the Caribbean coast and complete our coast-to-coast journey across Costa Rica. The Pacific now felt a very long way away as we prepared for the final push. Early Start We had another early start, which suited me perfectly. Everyone else had been going to bed incredibly early...
Costa Rica Rafting Adventure After another night at the Pacuare River Camp, it was time to get moving again, continuing ever onwards towards the Caribbean coast. So, after breakfast, it was back into our rafting kit and onto the Pacuare River for a full day on the water, including some proper Class IV rapids through...
Costa Rica Jungle Camp After an OK night’s sleep in our Costa Rica jungle camp, I was of course first up while the camp was still dark. I headed up to the communal area and relaxed in one of the hammocks as the sun slowly rose. Hummingbirds hovered around the flowers, lizards skittered across the...
The Road to Rio Pacuare I slept a bit, but not much, so I was thankful for a fairly early start today and a quick breakfast in the hall before climbing back onto our bikes once again. We started with a pleasant ride along easy roads beside the Rio Pejivalle and then through endless sugar...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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