Category: Jack

  • Barmouth Slabs (cycling over the Barmouth bridge & family rock climbing)

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    More from southern Snowdonia. I cycle across the famous 100-odd year old 900m long wooden rail bridge to Barmouth and we go looking for Barmouth Slabs to do a little but of rock climbing and see some huge Snowdonia views. There might be a geocache hidden around somewhere too.

  • Birthday walking

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    Jack had a busy birthday weekend but we still managed to get out walking to a place none of us had visited before.

  • Coed Y Brenin (3)

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    Long run, Jack on a full blue mountain biking trail, and a night hunt for geocaches!

  • Newness & adventure

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    It’s that time of year, when summer is over, the mornings become cooler, and the kids go back to school. Most of us are getting back into our normal routines but some of us, like my son, are beginning new ones. He has started secondary school this week and he, like most of his friends,…

  • LEGO Universe

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    Could LEGO Universe be the nail in the coffin for my WoW gaming? I hope I won’t have to pay out for two accounts (one for me, one for Jack) to play LEGO’s new, MMO game this summer, but I have a feeling that I will. It’s likely that Jack will go nuts for this.…

  • 2010

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    2010 has kicked off. I asked Jack whether I should continue cycling, running, swimming and racing or just take it easy, eat biscuits and play more computer games. He pondered very briefly before confirming that I should keep doing what I’m doing. I think I was looking for an out. I asked him why he…

  • Fooling

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    Fooling, originally uploaded by samwebster. On my day off, building a model skeleton with Jack.

  • Nana’s Trees

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    Jack can see a distinctive pair of trees on the hill from his bedroom. They stand together away from anything else. He can see a similar pair of trees from the bedroom window of his nana’s house (100 miles or so from our house). Therefore they’re the same trees in his eyes, and are called…

  • Biking with Jack!

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    Biking with Jack!, originally uploaded by samwebster. We cycled to the park (and around it several times) and home again for the first time today. He had a few spills in the park but he’s flying along on the bike!

  • Llanelli 10K

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    I raced again today, running at Llanelli, this time in the annual 10k race on the coastal path. The race report would be rather short, like the race: I ran hard from the start, trying to maintain a 5:45 min/mile pace (a bit of a big ask). I pretty much kept my place, if not…