Author: Alan Cole

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Open Water Swimming in Clarach

I thought I’d take my little waterproof camera out for a swim with us today to get some shots of us playing around in the sea. It was a grey day with an offshore wind and a small wave breaking – perfect conditions for swimming in the flat, calm waters of Clarach Bay. I met...

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Aberystwyth Fun Fair 2011

Well, Halloween and bonfire night have been and gone, so that can only mean one thing – It must soon be time for the fun fair to arrive in Aberystwyth. Last year I said: “I’m not 100% sure the dates of the 2010 fair, but it is normally on the 1st Monday after the 12th...

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Racing Toes

Thought I’d paint my toenails in team colours for yesterdays INTRtri training day… It went down quite well! What colour(s) shall I go with next?

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Spooky Night Trail

Halloween may have been last weekend, but that didn’t stop is going on a spooky night trail in some nearby woods last night. I won’t tell you which woods as I don’t want to give anything away, but we found out about it through aber-cachers, a local geocaching website that I set up a few...

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Machynlleth Lantern Parade and Fireworks 2011

Despite the weather we decided to go to the lantern parade and fireworks in Machynlleth over the weekend. I’d been to the Aberdovey Windsurf Demo during the day and hadn’t had much luck there with the weather as there wasn’t enough wind and as we left for the lantern parade it started raining. Once in...

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Swimming with Seals

I’ve just got back from a nice little sea swim in Clarach Bay with Graham and Sharon. It was a little chilly to start with but the sea was calm so the conditions were good for swimming. We swam across the bay and back and then Sharon got out as her back was hurting. Graham...

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Geocaching along the Ystwyth Cycle Trail

It was the last day of Morgan’s Half term yesterday – actually it was another inset day, but it was the last day that he was home with me. We had more geocaching planned and this time it was cycle-caching with a ride along the Ystwyth Trail. We started at Rhydyfelin, rode up the little...

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Angry Bird Pumpkin

It’s Halloween, so Morgan and Anna spent yesterday afternoon preparing the pumpkin we grew in the garden. It was quite a large pumpkin so they were able to do two designs on it, and there was loads of flesh and loads of seeds too. So, as well as creating a spooky halloween lantern to ward...

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INTRtri Autumn Aquathlon Photos

Well done to all those who competed in the first ever INTRtri Autumn Aquathlon yesterday. It was a great event with good conditions. I hope you put in a time to be proud of. I was pleased with my result and you can read my race report here: INTRtri Autumn Aquathlon Race Report. Once I’d...

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INTRtri Autumn Aquathlon Race Report

I decided at the very last minute to do the INTRtri Autumn Aquathlon on Sunday. I had been suffering from a cold and chest infection for about 10 days so had previously talked myself out of it, but on the morning I awoke and was able to breathe through my nose for the first time...