Cycling Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/category/sports/cycling/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Mon, 05 Jun 2023 08:55:30 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Cycling Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/category/sports/cycling/ 32 32 2696646 A Bed for Saddle Sightseers https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/06/a-bed-for-saddle-sightseers/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/06/a-bed-for-saddle-sightseers/#comments Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:19:40 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=39492 Anna and I were at our most social on Wednesday evening. Unusual for us I know, but a couple of cyclists who are cycling around Wales were in the Aberystwyth area looking for a bed for the night. We, therefore, offered to put them up. Their names are Connor and Lisa and they weren’t complete...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/11/a-smug-little-ride/feed/ 0 38490 Weekend Activities https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/08/weekend-activities-2/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/08/weekend-activities-2/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2022 08:28:10 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=38116 Well, after missing a week windsurfing in Morocco, things didn’t turn out too badly here on the wind front. In fact I managed to get out on windsurfing every day. Most days were on the seafront in decent conditions nicely powered up with a 5.7m sail. There was a session where I had to change...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/08/weekend-activities-2/feed/ 1 38116 It’s not Morocco, but…. https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/08/its-not-morocco-but/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/08/its-not-morocco-but/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2022 18:11:59 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=38103 Last week whilst at the Commonwealth Games I had a message from Simon telling me that he was going windsurfing in Morocco. His daughter was supposed to be going with him but wasn’t able to go so he had a spare ticket. Did I want to go? The accomodation was all paid for so the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/07/scorchio-2022/feed/ 2 37931 Nice! https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/06/nice/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/06/nice/#respond Thu, 23 Jun 2022 09:45:03 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=37765 Nice on the Beach We really can’t complain when the weather is like this. What better place to be. I had the day off so couldn’t resist a little paddle into Borth and back before it got too hot. Nice in the Sun We hit our maximum solar production yesterday as well with 29.3kWh. I...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/06/nice/feed/ 0 37765 Getting out in The Cambrian Mountains https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/01/getting-out-in-the-cambrian-mountains/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/01/getting-out-in-the-cambrian-mountains/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2022 09:19:31 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=37081 Having not been out in the big wide world that much since my heart attack it was time to change that. So, on Friday I started with a little walk up Plynlimon. Plynlimon Plynlimon in the Cambrian Mountains is never that much of an inspiring hill. It’s a big dome that barely has a noticeable...

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