Meant to post after I did Tuska just never got round to it. First of all I have to say that my theory that Tuska wasn’t much more than in the Aquathlon were sadly proved wrong. Swimming in the sea at a time when the tide was dragging me backwards on the first third, the […]
Or at least that’s what the marshals at the Cardiff International Pool Aquathlon managed to do. When attempting a daunting, never before done by yourself 500m swim in a wetsuit you’ve never worn before you’d like to think that at least you wouldn’t have to do anymore than planned. Marshal had other ideas when he
It’s all been going on in the last few weeks. Been training well and also been doing quite a few different events – started with the Gower Bike Ride on the 5th July which was 29 miles of undulating roads starting and ending in Swansea and taking in a good section of the Gower –
Between all the sporting activities I’ve been doing Kathryn and I went with Ian, Charlie and Aled to the Royal International Air Tattoo in Fairford. It was a good day and considering the bad forecast the weather ended up being pretty good. So much so K got a bit of a sunburn. I took plenty
Ok so the title pun has been done 1000 times before. Following my eye test I’ve needed to get glasses and today Kathryn and I went into town nice and early to see what we could get. Turned out Vision Express had a special Oakley day on which meant that, unusually for Oakley glasses, they
On Tuesday Chris and I entered this 4 mile race around the village of Redwick. I’d set myself a target of 33 minutes with 32 minutes being an optimistic bonus and I ended up coming in in 31:27 which was, for me, a great time and about the fastest pace I’ve run any sort of
1 careful owner (Kathryn), one slightly less careful owner (Me). Have a look here. For those two lazy to click the link this is what Darlows have to say about it. Offered for sale is this stylish 3 bedroom dormer style semi in Rumney, well presented throughout this property would be ideal for those families
This is the last of our at sea blogs as we depart Cambodia for our final destination of Singapore. After I last posted we went to watch the magicians escape act and in my eagerness to get a front row seat I ended up being dragged up front to help with the chaining and checking
Long overdue blog this one but we’ve just been so busy the last few days – breakfast, pick up trip ticket, get off ship, get on bus, drive, race around city, take photos, back on bus and repeat. back on bus, drive back to ship. get ready for evening, watch show, eat dinner, bed –