It’s been an active week of water sports work for me – always a good thing at this time of year when the water is at it’s warmest. It’s been tiring work, but one evening we hiked up the hill behind The Cottage as it felt like a good sunset might be on the way.… Read more

With more computer based jobs to work through, we were pleased to be able to ‘nip out’ on our bikes at high tide and cycle down to the coast. It was a 10km ride that was almost all downhill and got us to the end of the straits just as the tide began to drop… Read more

We had nearly 50mm of rain overnight at The Cottage and by morning, the steam by the house had turned into a decent sized river as the water made its way to the sea. Despite the rain, it remained pretty warm all day and after a few bursts of strong sunshine at The Cottage, we… Read more

Feel like I packed about as much as I possibly could into this day! Clare was on a course today, but wanted to make the most of the good weather before spending the day indoors, so at 7am we set out together on a run. From the front door of The Cottage, we went up… Read more

With a day of indoor meetings ahead of me, I decided on an early start and use the bike to travel along the coast to Llandudno. The sun was just coming up over the mountains as I set off from The Cottage into the cool of the morning. I took a route that uses the… Read more

After arriving in Bray, we swapped bikes for scooters on Sunday to join the Crampton skate team at the new skate park. Lots of fun for the old as well as younger members of our new gang. Late in the afternoon after a final team swim in the sea at Bray Beach, we packed up… Read more