Beaches Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/beaches/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Fri, 11 Dec 2015 11:08:06 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Beaches Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/beaches/ 32 32 2696646 Tree Roots on the Beach in Wales https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/01/stroll-along-beach/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/01/stroll-along-beach/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2015 17:27:01 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=18194 After torrential rains in the morning, Morgan and I were supposed to be going mountain biking on Saturday afternoon, but as the skies cleared and the sun came out Morgan couldn’t be bothered so instead I decided to go for a walk along the beach into Borth to get some bread and milk. It turned...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/01/stroll-along-beach/feed/ 1 18194 Lazy Easter Days https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/04/lazy-easter-days/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/04/lazy-easter-days/#respond Wed, 23 Apr 2014 05:44:55 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=16108 The Easter holidays continue and we’ve all been at home. Morgan is off school, Anna has the whole week off work and I had yesterday off work too as the university was still closed. I’ve been doing the odd bit of work on the computer in the early mornings but other than that have pretty...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/04/lazy-easter-days/feed/ 0 16108 Ynyslas Groynes https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/02/ynyslas-groynes/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/02/ynyslas-groynes/#respond Mon, 03 Feb 2014 07:54:25 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=15537 Just some pretty pictures of the Groynes at Ynyslas from our beach photo walk on Sunday, I hope you like them. We should get out for photo-walks in the local area more really as it’s always nice to spend time outside and to get some good photos for the weblog in the process. It’s surprising...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/02/ynyslas-groynes/feed/ 0 15537 Beach Photo Walk https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/02/beach-photo-walk-2/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/02/beach-photo-walk-2/#comments Sun, 02 Feb 2014 17:48:36 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=15521 Morgan and I have just got back from a nice little photo walk along the beach. Nothing too exciting, just a little stroll to see how it was looking today. I’ll save the better photos for another post, but as per usual it was fairly breezy over there which just helped to highlight how much...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/02/beach-photo-walk-2/feed/ 2 15521 Camp Fire Pizza Wraps https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/04/camp-fire-pizza-wraps/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/04/camp-fire-pizza-wraps/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:30:03 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=13264 What a gorgeous day we had yesterday – Spring was finally here, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the winds had eased a little. It never quite got warm, hitting about 10°C at best, but it was perfect conditions for the beach cooking that we had planned for the Scouts. We prepared some...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/04/camp-fire-pizza-wraps/feed/ 1 13264 Hot Water Beach and a Leamington – New Zealand Day 11 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/11/hot-water-beach-and-a-leamington-new-zealand-day-11/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/11/hot-water-beach-and-a-leamington-new-zealand-day-11/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 07:28:50 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=11479 Friday October 26th and at last I think we’re over the Jetlag as I woke up at a normal time of around 6am. I left Anna and Morgan sleeping and headed off for a stroll along the beach of Mercury Bay whilst watching the sun rise. It was a gorgeous still day with no one...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/11/hot-water-beach-and-a-leamington-new-zealand-day-11/feed/ 1 11479 Good Friday Kite Flying https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/04/good-friday-kite-flying/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/04/good-friday-kite-flying/#respond Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:05:34 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=9932 After a week or so of glorious weather, sun tans, shorts and busy bee-keeping, a sudden plunge back into temperatures below freezing, icy winds and snow on the hills just in time for the school holidays was a bit of a shock. Needless to say, this coupled with the fact that I was ill meant...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/04/good-friday-kite-flying/feed/ 0 9932 The Sounds of Spring https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/03/the-sounds-of-spring/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/03/the-sounds-of-spring/#respond Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:09:23 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=9885 I had a gorgeous run last night. The clocks have gone forward, the evenings are long and the weather is as good as it could be. I wasn’t supposed to go for a run but I couldn’t resist it so headed off down the beach towards Borth. The beach was quiet with only a few people wandering...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/03/the-sounds-of-spring/feed/ 0 9885 Coastal Living https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/11/coastal-living/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/11/coastal-living/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:32:34 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=9244 It was a lovely day on Saturday so after doing some gardening and digging out bags and bags of compost from the compost bins we decided to head over for a family walk along the beach. However, as we walked through the groynes I was greeted by perfect peeling surf and some pretty decent sized...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/11/coastal-living/feed/ 1 9244 Alternative Beach Transport – Windsurf Wheelbarrow https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/05/alternative-beach-transport-windsurf-wheelbarrow/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/05/alternative-beach-transport-windsurf-wheelbarrow/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 11:37:53 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=8038 For some reason many people find it odd that I use a wheelbarrow to get to the beach. In fact some people don’t even believe it, but it’s true. It’s actually the easiest (and cheapest) way to transport my kit to the beach and means that I can go from sitting at my desk working...

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