Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
The wind was supposed to be blowing on Saturday, but the tides were high around midday which kind of made it difficult to get out on the seafront. As it happened there wasn’t much wind in the morning anyway so I jumped on my turbo trainer for a nice little sweet-spot ride instead. I say...
I don’t need an excuse to go for a walk around the dunes at Ynyslas – I do it most days in fact. However, I wanted to try out my Insta360 camera so took it on my usual little walk. I’m not really sure how to shoot with it yet or how to edit the...
Last week whilst at the Commonwealth Games I had a message from Simon telling me that he was going windsurfing in Morocco. His daughter was supposed to be going with him but wasn’t able to go so he had a spare ticket. Did I want to go? The accomodation was all paid for so the...
Looking at the actual wind forecast you wouldn’t expect a windsurfer to get particularly excited about the wind for Saturday. Especially seeing as High Tide wasn’t until around 10am, so there wouldn’tbe enough water in the estuary until about 8:30am. According to the forecast, what little wind that was forecast was likely to drop to...
We’re due another heat wave later this week. Not crazy hot this time here but still temperatures up into the high twenties. It was absolutely gorgeous out there this morning though. Sunny skies, temperatures a pleasant 20ºC and just a few small fair weather clouds. The sea was calm and there were large mullet breaking...
It was one of those quiet weekends before Christmas here in Ynyslas. The sun was out so not only were we generating plenty of energy from our solar panels but it was a nice day for a stroll on the beach too. When I say plenty of energy from the solar panels it is of...
Thought I should share a nice photo of the sunrise over Ynyslas. Looking East towards the rising sun with the beach behind me. As you can see, it’s not a terrible place to live, even if this was the last bit of sun we saw for a while! It’s been raining pretty much the whole...
The beach here has changed considerably over the past year or so. The submerged forest only used to be exposed on very low tides and usually only in a few patches. However, since the construction of the sea defences in Borth this has changed. The forest is now exposed in huge swathes all along the...
My usual morning routine is to get up at around 5am, chill for a while eating breakfast and getting the fire going. I then start work early. After an hour or so of work and as the sun rises I generally wander over to the beach to take a look. It’s nice to grab a...
I’ve not long got back from a nice Sunday morning snowy surf ski. We did have some snow here this morning, but only a light covering and it didn’t last long. There is of course plenty in the hills. Unfortunately the hills are just a little too far away to get to without driving. Driving...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
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