We had a sunny weekend, but forecast is for wind and rain to creep across over the week. These may be the last cirrus clouds we see – it’ll be all nimbostratus for the next 3 months.
Monthly Archives: September 2012
The study
I have a pretty bland study – which some might say accounts for the blandness of the material that emerges from it. You can play spot the technology here: a Mac, a PC laptop, a printer, ipad, phone, iPhone, wireless router, plus assorted leads.
The beacons
Glorious day up in the Brecon Beacons today. Daughter went for half day ride and we walked the dog
Talybont on Usk
We’ve come up to Talybont over night, weather is glorious and we’re in the beer garden of the Star pub, which is a great real ale pub. Nice!
Jubilee treets
Yes, I have misspelt treats because these are “limited edition” Jubilee M & Ms. Before M & Ms we used to have similar toffee, chocolate and peanut versions of sweets called Treets. In my memory these were, of course, vastly superior to the American invader.
New shoes
It is an exciting day in the Weller household when a new pair of running shoes arrives. I have foolishly signed up for the [url=http://lakeland100.com/the-lakeland-50]Lakeland 50[/url] next July, after prompting from my wife. I have struggled to stay motivated in running this year, so needed a new challenge.
I therefore treated myself to some new trail shoes, these are Sportiva Wildcats. Getting new shoes is an intensive process – you spend hours reviewing them online, and then choose more or less at random. The thing is, even if you try them on, you don’t really know what they’re like till you’ve done a fair bit of distance in them. So we’ll see how these turn out.
Back to school
My daughter started her first day at a new school today (we moved her over the summer), and it was a great success (much to our relief).
Coincidentally, my Open University study pack turned up. For the first time since 1996 I am studying an OU course – the [url=http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/course/a825.htm]MA in History[/url]. So a general back to study and learning theme for the day.
Le Tour
I bought a Tour mug in France, and am drinking a nice dose of EPO here, as suggested by Lance Armstrong (okay, it’s tea). The book is Chris Sidwell’s excellent history of the Tour, A Race for Madmen. If you want an introduction to it, and what it means then I recommend this book.
Fruit bowl
Our fruit bowl contains bananas (yeuch, not mine), plums, apples, avocados, satsumas, limes, lemons, and yes, a playmobil cactus.
Let battle commence
Grass hasn’t been mown for over 3 weeks, so today it was a battle between the mower, the long, wet grass and my patience. Usually it takes 10 minutes, today, over an hour.
