Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
The temperature dropped a fair bit here today, but the wind was blowing and for a change the sun was shining. There was therefore only one thing to do and that was make the most of my prolonged Christmas holiday and head to the beach for a windsurf. It wasn’t that exciting a sail, just...
December seems to be remaining surprisingly mild this year and thankfully brought with it plenty of wind between Christmas and New year, so it was business as usual here with plenty of windsurfing. Steve and AndyW joined me and there were a number of kite-surfers out too including Spooker, Neal, Neil, Andy, Dunk and probably...
Just a few quick clips from a lovely sunny, bit cold winter windsurf session on Wednesday. 30 knot Westerly winds with air temperatures around 5ºC meant that with the windchill we were looking at sub-zero temperatures. It was still good fun though.
The days are pretty short at the moment here so I had to rush to fit everything in today. I was up early to sort out the laundry and do some chores and then do an hour or so of work on the computer whilst I waited for first light. Once there was some light...
It may be cold and wintry out there, but that doesn’t stop me windsurfing. Well, to be honest it did a little on Monday and then on Tuesday my back was aching so I didn’t get out either, but I made up for that yesterday with a nice session, well powered up in 30-40 knots...
Autumn is here with a vengeance and Saturday looked set to be another windy day. The third in a row that I had chance to windsurf and with it being a weekend there would be plenty of other people out on the water as well. I’d arranged with Steve to meet at around 10:30 so...
Friday was apretty windy one with winds in the 30-40 knot range for much of the day. Perfect for me as a windsurfer, so after a 5am start and sveral hours work I had a lovely session on the seafront. I’m glad I didn’t wait for Snoozer to turn up on the beach as the...
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...
Just a few photos of Steve windsurfing the other day. I was too ill to join him so stood on the side-lines with my camera.
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...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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