Play Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/category/play/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Fri, 18 Apr 2025 11:06:50 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Play Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/category/play/ 32 32 2696646 A Little World on My Shelf: Building My First Book Nook https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/04/a-little-world-on-my-shelf-building-my-first-book-nook/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/04/a-little-world-on-my-shelf-building-my-first-book-nook/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2025 11:06:41 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=45487 There’s something quietly magical about miniature worlds — little scenes frozen in time, tucked away on a shelf, inviting your imagination to step inside. This Christmas, Anna gave me the perfect excuse to dive into that magic with a thoughtful and rather brilliant gift: a ‘Book Nook’ model kit. I finally finished it today. For...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/04/a-little-world-on-my-shelf-building-my-first-book-nook/feed/ 1 45487 Weekend Warrior https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/09/weekend-warrior/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/09/weekend-warrior/#respond Sun, 13 Sep 2020 16:37:42 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=34285 Well, after a really good windsurf session on Friday and the promise of more of the same over the weekend, the wind never quite delivered. Isn’t that always the way? It teased me all weekend, picking up to just enough now and then, only to drop off again. A Hard Bike Ride I’ve learnt the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/09/weekend-warrior/feed/ 0 34285 Playing at the Weekend https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/08/playing-at-the-weekend/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/08/playing-at-the-weekend/#respond Mon, 13 Aug 2018 10:07:27 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=27100 I was all geared up for my first proper down-winder on the surf ski this weekend. The forecast was looking good. There was supposed to be quite a bit of wind. It was supposed to be southerly and there should be some swell with it as well. OK, rain was forecast too, but if the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/06/more-snorkelling/feed/ 1 26802 Snorkelling Borth Reefs https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/05/snorkelling-borth-reefs-2/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/05/snorkelling-borth-reefs-2/#comments Tue, 29 May 2018 16:16:42 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=26625 Another lovely sunny day here as summer continues. Biking and weights first thing then a windy surf ski session into the estuary and back for a little play in the waves. Snorkelling Borth Reefs Lunch in the garden and then into Borth for a snorkel around the reefs with Morgan. There was loads to see out...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/05/snorkelling-borth-reefs-2/feed/ 1 26625 Action Packed Days Continue https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/05/action-packed-days-continue/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/05/action-packed-days-continue/#respond Tue, 29 May 2018 06:42:50 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=26616 Wow, another action packed day and on a Bank Holiday too. Open Water Swim First things first and that was to start the day with an early morning sea swim. Not too early today as it was a bank holiday but I was on the beach at Borth by 6:30am ready for a 7:00am start....

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/05/action-packed-days-continue/feed/ 0 26616 Ski & Surf https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/03/ski-surf/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/03/ski-surf/#respond Fri, 16 Mar 2018 07:10:53 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=26267 I finally got Morgan out in the surf again yesterday. Time to try out his new wetsuit, new gloves, new boots, new hood and new surfboard. It was a little bigger out there than it looks from the video and the GoPro angle is a bit off but I still got some footage, including a...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/03/ski-surf/feed/ 0 26267 Massive K’Nex Builds https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/01/massive-knex-builds/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/01/massive-knex-builds/#comments Mon, 01 Jan 2018 08:20:46 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=25721 If you thought Morgan’s K’Nex Roller Coaster was impressive, check these out! Pretty impressive, but then some people just have to go one step further.

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/01/massive-knex-builds/feed/ 1 25721 K’Nex Roller Coaster https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/12/knex-roller-coaster/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/12/knex-roller-coaster/#comments Sun, 31 Dec 2017 08:19:48 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=25708 It wouldn’t be Christmas without the building of toys. Mind you, as Morgan gets older and technology takes over his life it’s harder than ever to prise him away from the screen. The fact that he had an X Box for Christmas didn’t help with this but I did manage to get him to help me build...

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