Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I’ve just got back from a little windsurf session in the estuary. The wind was OK, just enough for my big wave board and 5m sail, but it was a little gusty which isn’t surprising for an ESE wind. The direction also wasn’t ideal for sailing in the channels so with a rapdily ebbing tide...
I thought I’d take my little waterproof camera out for a swim with us today to get some shots of us playing around in the sea. It was a grey day with an offshore wind and a small wave breaking – perfect conditions for swimming in the flat, calm waters of Clarach Bay. I met...
Halloween may have been last weekend, but that didn’t stop is going on a spooky night trail in some nearby woods last night. I won’t tell you which woods as I don’t want to give anything away, but we found out about it through aber-cachers, a local geocaching website that I set up a few...
Another nice days geocaching for Morgan and I. Morgan wasn’t quite so keen to go out today but I convinced him in the end and we set off for a drive up the valley behind Talybont. We were following a little track that is part of the Devils Bridge to Borth footpath and missed the...
First day of the half term and as I have no work on, Morgan is staying at home with me in order to save on child-care costs. Not wanting to sit around the house all day I’d managed to get him excited about heading out to do some geocaching. So, after some breakfast we packed...
Another day and yet more wind, and better still, the sun was shining. Needless to say I went for a windsurf here in West Wales and had a nice little session. I didn’t stay out long though and today for a change I thought I’d share some of the ‘not so good bits’, the crashes...
Autumn is here and winter is definitely on its way, but we still managed to get a decent group of us out for an open water swim in Clarach this morning. Despite the dark dingy start to the day, complete with some rain for good measure, I met Amanda, Graham, Sharon and Mel in Clarach Bay. After...
Morgan suggested we put the moth trap out last night as it was the first day for ages without any wind. There weren’t loads of moths in it this morning, which is actually nice as it means that going through them is a little more relaxed, but there were 25 moths from 7 different species,...
Autumn is here for sure this time and that of course means plenty of wind and some good windsurfing conditions. Sunday was always supposed to be good by the afternoon, so after and early morning start at 5am to watch the Grand Prix and then a swim in Machynlleth followed by a bacon sandwich it...
The wind arrived as forecast on Wednesday, continuing what has so far been a very autumnal September. With blue skies and a decent 30-35 knot SW wind I’d normally sail on the seafront, but Graham is just getting back into windsurfing and I’ve been encouraging him to get out and the seafront would have been...
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