Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
It seems that no matter what the weather there is always something to do here in Mid West Wales. After a week of wind and plenty of windsurfing, the wind has dropped and I headed out on my bike. I missed a surf session whilst on my bike, but since then the surf has continued to...
My Christmas Day windsurf wasn’t great as I had too small a sail Boxing day was perfect though. I managed to get out and give my new Mast Mount for a GoPro camera a trial in perfect conditions. It was a glorious day with wall to wall sunshine and a decent 25-30 knot WNW wind blowing. The...
What a day that was! There has been very little wind for what seems like ages. Very little apart from the mad, short-lived and very destructive squall that we had back in November. The forecast for the run up to Christmas was looking good wind-wise though so I was chomping at the bit and ready to...
Coast Path Vital Stats Conwy to Rhos on Sea Distance: 13.80 miles Elevation Gain Today: 287m Highest Elevation: 142m Time: 3:17:42 Av. Pace: 14:20 mins/mile Av. Heart Rate: Max Heart Rate: Calories: 2308 Totals to Date Total Distance: 396.48miles Total Time: 75:21:47 Total Elevation Gain: 10787 Total Calories: 37308 Distance to go: 499 miles Another day and another chance to complete...
I missed round 9 of the Welsh Cyclo-cross league last weekend as we were away in Devon. From what I saw though it was an extremely cold, very muddy and showy affair – just what I was expecting from Cyclo-cross really. By contrast round 10 in Pembrey, Cross by the Sea, was clear and sunny...
Coast Path Vital Stats Menai Bridge to Conwy Distance: 22.13 miles Elevation Gain Today: 319m Highest Elevation: 62m Time: 4:16:43 Av. Pace: 11:36 mins/mile Av. Heart Rate: Max Heart Rate: Calories: 2479 Totals to Date Total Distance: 382.68 miles Total Time: 72:04:05 Total Elevation Gain: 10500 Total Calories: 36000 Distance to go: 512 miles What a dreary old day that was. Mind...
The Aberystwyth area has yet again has made it to the National News thanks to the weather. Yesterday was a typical Autumnal day here. Grey, showery and fairly windy. Nothing unusual, leaves were falling from the trees, the sea was a little rough and a raincoat was recommended. That was until around about 10:30 when and...
Round 8 of the Welsh Cyclo-cross league was at Llanerchaeron, just outside Aberaeron. Although still a 50 minute drive from here it was my local event of the series which meant a fairly lazy start to the day. I was still up early though. Early enough to see the sunrise and to get lots of...
Coast Path Vital Stats Red Wharf Bay to Menai Bridge Distance: 19.75 miles Elevation Gain Today: 448m Highest Elevation: 120m Time: 3:34:32 Av. Pace: 10:52 mins/mile Av. Heart Rate: 121bpm Max Heart Rate: 148bpm Calories: 1562 Totals to Date Total Distance: 360.55 miles Total Time: 67:47:22 Total Elevation Gain: 10181 Total Calories: 33521 Distance to go: 532 miles Back to it today...
As my Cyclo-cross race this weekend was on Saturday, I was able to join a few friends on a mountain-bike ride at Nant yr Arian on Sunday. It had been years since I’d seen a couple of these people, and months since I’d seen the others so it was a nice little reunion of old biking...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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