Tagged: Wales

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Aberystwyth Access All Areas

The university had an open day at the weekend. Not the usual open day aimed at prospective students, but an open day for locals to see what goes on at the university. We obviously know what goes on, as Anna and I were students there for long enough, Anna has worked there for the past...

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Rain

It’s raining!! Proper rain as well. It seems as though it’s been ages since it last rained. According to the historic data on the Borth weather station it was actually on 2 weeks ago, but I guess 2 weeks in Wales without rain is a big thing. It’s perfect timing though. I used the last...

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April Moths in Ceredigion

It still isn’t warm here but temperatures have at least made it into double figures for the past few days. It got to 12°C here yesterday and pretty much stayed that way all night as well with a minimum temperature of 10.1°C. Combined with misty, murky conditions, the relatively warm temperatures seemed ideal for moths so...

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A Hard Day in the Garden

Well, as predicted it was indeed a gorgeous day today, and after a solid 12 hours working in the garden my back is killing me and it’s time for a well-earned rest. I started off with a little bit of gardening at 6am this morning, doing quiet things like weeding so as not to wake...

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And so the Mowing Begins

The nice weather looks as though it will take a turn on Wednesay so I’ve been busy making the most of it and trying to get on top of things in the garden. I’m just about there as well as far as the back garden goes. All the dead growth has been tidied up and...

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Spring Cleaning in the Garden

Shhh, don’t tell anyone but it hasn’t rained here for a while. In fact, I’ve just looked it up in the historic data section of the Borth and Ynyslas weather station that I run and it says that the last time it rained was on Valentines Day – That’s two whole weeks. The good news is that...

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Ynyslas Floods

My parents are here visiting for the weekend so yesterday after our ride at Nant yr Arian I jumped on the Turbo Trainer for an hour of 14 Ramps ranging from 120% to 150% of FTP whilst they went for a walk in the dunes. Here’s what I did: In the meantime Morgan ‘Ninny’ and Grandad...

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Kiting at Ynyslas

Half term here again already, so after making camp chairs in the morning Morgan and I headed over to the beach with his kite and the GoPro. Last time we tried this it started pouring with rain. This time it was much better, the wind was better and there were even a few small patches...

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What a Difference a Week Makes

Ynyslas last week 22nd Jan 2013 – Sub-zero temperatures, grey skies and snow drifts – Great fun, we love the snow. Ynyslas this week 31st Jan 2013 – 10°C, blue skies, blowing a hoolie and wild waves – Great fun, we love the wind and sun! I wonder what next week will have in store...

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Aerial Kite Photography

Well, that didn’t quite go to plan. The idea was to head over to the beach to make the most of the sunshine, get the kites out, fly them for a bit and then mess around trying to attach my GoPro to them to do some aerial photography. Morgan and I headed over with all...