Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I was supposed to spend the weekend kayaking with Aber Kayakers at Llandysul. I don’t think there were enough people signed up for the weekend, so it became a day trip on Sunday. That suited me as it’s only a short drive anyway and I could not only do other things on Saturday, but I...
I managed to get out windsurfing again at the weekend. Friday looked set to be windy in the afternoon and the red sky in the morning heralded a ‘sailors warning’. Sure enough, the wind picked up but I didn’t have time to get out. It looked set to blow throughout Saturday though and Steve and...
That was a fun day! The first proper autumnal winds and a chance to try out my new boards. I’d arranged for Steve and Simon to head this way for the day and Chris was to join us from Aberystwyth too. Things were looking good from the get-go but we had to wait for the...
I haven’t done a triathlon since 2016 and haven’t done any multi-sport events at all since my heart attack. In fact, I had kind of given up on the idea. I simply would never be as competitive as I was before and I’m not sure that pushing hard in a race would be a good...
Don’t worry, I haven’t gone out and bought yet another board!! The JP Freestyle Wave Board that I bought last week had a little issue so I got in touch with Boardwise and arranged to swap it for something else. This meant that I spent Tuesday driving to the Midlands to take the JP Freestyle...
It may seem like an extravangance to buy two new windsurf boards, and it would be. That’s why I’ve bought these two 2nd hand windsurf boards – even that is quite a considerable investment as boards don’t come cheap these days. In my defence they were to replace and in some ways supplement boards that...
Following my recent scramble on Tryfan and Bristly Ridge I received a Facebook Comment from an old university friend saying: “Always wanted to do this route! Good to see you better.” Then, last week, Mike, that same university friend messaged me saying: “Heading to Tryfan / Bristley Ridge on the 10th Sept if you fancy...
Well, after missing a week windsurfing in Morocco, things didn’t turn out too badly here on the wind front. In fact I managed to get out on windsurfing every day. Most days were on the seafront in decent conditions nicely powered up with a 5.7m sail. There was a session where I had to change...
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...
With the heat wave continuing Pete from Aber-kayakers had organised a little paddle on the Mawddach Estuary. It was going to be a relaxed affair and just a chance to paddle somewhere different for a change. The plan was to meet at Penmaenpool for high tide at around 11am and then paddle downstream with the...
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