Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Before we could go on a Scout Camp to Boreaton Park I had to first do my MiDAS minibus driving test so that I could drive one of the Ystwyth Reach Out buses to get everyone there. This meant taking a day off work on Monday and a whole day driving around Ceredigion and completing...
As our angler fish lantern was such a hit at the Machynlleth lantern parade, we decided to take him along to the Aberystwyth lantern parade as well. The lantern parade in Aberystwyth is associated with the turning on of the Christmas lights and is therefore a festive affair, so we decided that tonight her would...
Sorry about the lack of updates here, but I’ve been busy at work this week and have had to fit in all of the usual, chores, training and surfing too. Working at the Uni, Running my web design business and building websites, Cooking, Cleaning, Laundry, Gardening, 3 sessions on the bike, 4 swim sessions (a few...
After my mad cycle ride from Bangor to Aberystwyth with work, it was straight home to shower, feed the cat and the guinea pigs and then back into the car for a drive to Boreaton Park in Shropshire for a PGL Camp that we had organised for the Scouts. Anna, Morgan, the other leaders and all of...
We spent a nice evening courtesy of Aber Kayakers messing about on the water with the Scouts on Friday. The hot humid weather with thunderstorms threatening was just perfect and the gravel pits in Cwm Rheidol certainly looked inviting..As usual there was a fair bit of time spent sorting the Scouts out with buoyancy aids,...
After a training morning on Sunday and a Beehive Re-location, our day was still not done as we were off to the Panto in Aberystwyth. One of our Scouts was in the panto so we had originally planned to take to other Scouts along with us and have quite a big party of panto-goers. But...
As usual, we attended the annual Machynlleth Lantern Parade last night. This time though rather than being innocent bystanders watching the lantern parade go by we were an integral part of it. Having built a lantern with the Scouts over the past few weeks, it was now time for our spooky ghost lantern to join...
Just got back from a nice day out kayaking with the Scouts thanks to Aber Kayakers. As you can see, everyone had fun, including Anna so I just can’t resist posting this photo either – Captions in the comments please!
The Scouts seemed to enjoy their shelter building evening in the woods that we organised for their last meeting. They all got stuck in building some pretty impressive shelters and all want to do it again with the plan of actually sleeping in them. Looks as though Anna and I have another shelter building evening...
For a change, we thought we’d take the Scouts to the annual Jamboree on The Trail this week. This meant we’d meet on Saturday rather than their usual evening meeting. Jamboree on the Trail is an annual day for the World Scout Movement to hike together. All Scouts, whatever their age and wherever they may be in...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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