BBQ Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/bbq/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Sun, 20 Jun 2010 06:57:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg BBQ Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/bbq/ 32 32 2696646 Sneaky BBQ and Windsurf Session https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/06/sneaky-bbq-and-windsurf-session/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/06/sneaky-bbq-and-windsurf-session/#respond Sun, 20 Jun 2010 06:43:09 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=5024 After an excellent day looking through the contents of my moth trap and geeking out on invertebrates on Cors Fochno (the bog behind our house), the sun was shining, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky, there was no wind and we were all starving. I therefore fired up the barbeque, picked some salad leaves...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/06/bbq-weather/feed/ 0 1715 A day out at Coed y Brenin https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/06/a-day-out-at-coed-y-brenin/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/06/a-day-out-at-coed-y-brenin/#respond Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:24:51 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=1712 Although it was the Boardwise Demo weekend at Aberdyfi, there was no hint of wind so after taking Morgan swimming in the morning I met Steve and Darren (Bad Excuse for a Sailor or BEFS) at Coed y brenin for a MTB ride. It was a warm, sunny day and the car park looked quite...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/05/lazy-summer-dyas/feed/ 1 1659 A sunny Bank Holiday! https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/05/a-sunny-bank-holiday/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/05/a-sunny-bank-holiday/#respond Tue, 26 May 2009 05:22:34 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=1615 I know it makes a change, but we’ve just had a lovely sunny bank Holiday weekend… One to make a note of as it usually rains on bank holidays! What’s more, we had visitors and had the day off so managed to enjoy the weather as well. My parents arrived early Sunday afternoon, with my...

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