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The Spring That Keeps on Giving

Alan Cole — Sun, 18 May 2025 12:53:03 +0000

And so the amazing weather continues — sunshine, more sunshine, and then yet more sunshine. I heard on the news the other day that we’ve had more sunshine this spring than we had throughout the entire summer last year. That’s been reflected (well, absorbed actually) in our solar panel stats, too, with record-breaking months throughout...

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Just like the Old Days!

Alan Cole — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 07:17:08 +0000

Sea Breezes I had some nice windsurf sessions last week. First was a session on Wednesday when a lovely NW wind kicked in. The temperatures were still in the mid 20’s and the sea was lovely and warm so no wetsuit was required. That’s almost unheard of here. Coupled with that, the high temperatures created...

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Playing in the sea at Ynyslas

Alan Cole — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 07:37:19 +0000

Just a few reasons as to why we love living at Ynyslas.

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Maximising your Time on the Water / Trails / Slopes

Alan Cole — Sat, 29 Jul 2017 06:37:05 +0000

We’re all busy people and there are never enough hours in the day to fit everything in. I think I do better than most people though. Despite having a young family, a job, running my own business and all the usual chores to do I still mangae plenty of recreation time by maximising my time....

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Running, Surfing, Sky’s Garden Nursery & Bike Riding – Bank Holiday Fun from Ynyslas

Alan Cole — Wed, 03 May 2017 05:55:22 +0000

We didn’t really have much planned for Bank Holiday Monday. For a start I kind of forget about Bank Holidays as I don’t usually ‘go into’ work on a Monday but work from home. However, Anna and Morgan were off so it seemed as though we should do something. Running around Ynyslas I was up...

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Bank Holiday SUP Surfing

Alan Cole — Tue, 02 May 2017 05:09:09 +0000

Just a few of the waves from my SUP surf session on Bank Holiday Monday morning. Not a soul in the water here at Ynyslas other than me. Lovely mellow waves to start with then got a bit bigger towards the end so that I could charge down a few steeper faces.

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Snow and Surf in West Wales

Alan Cole — Sun, 22 Jan 2017 20:40:35 +0000

Snow and Surf in one day here in West Wales. I love it when that happens. I was a little surprised to see the snow this morning though as I made my way to Machynlleth for a morning run followed by a swim, and it was still there as I left to had back to...

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A Mellow Day at Ynyslas

Alan Cole — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 14:02:25 +0000

Saturday was fairly grey and dreary this weekend. That didn’t stop me from getting out on the water for a mellow day at Ynyslas though. SUP Surfing on a Mellow Day at Ynyslas First up was a mellow little SUP surf off the seafront. The waves were only small and gutless but there was enough to play...

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SUP Surfing in December

Alan Cole — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 14:49:26 +0000

It seems that no matter what the weather there is always something to do here in Mid West Wales. After a week of wind and plenty of windsurfing, the wind has dropped and I headed out on my bike. I missed a surf session whilst on my bike, but since then the surf has continued to...

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Swell SUP Surfing

Alan Cole — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:09:11 +0000

Impatient Al… Yep, that’s me. The surf was looking amazing on Wednesday afternoon but I had to wait for Morgan to get home before I could get in the sea. In the end I met him from the bus on my bike so that I could give him a ‘backie’ home. It was quicker than walking...

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