Borth Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/borth/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:27:38 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Borth Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/borth/ 32 32 2696646 Changes on the Beach https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/04/changes-on-the-beach/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/04/changes-on-the-beach/#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2023 11:53:09 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=39112 Things continue to change on the beach here. They change every day of course and that’s part of the beauty of living by the sea. Winds, tides and the seasons change things day by day. No two days are ever the same, but there have been some longer-term changes happening lately that may not be...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/04/changes-on-the-beach/feed/ 1 39112 Beach Features https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/03/beach-features/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/03/beach-features/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2021 11:39:04 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=35957 The beach here has changed considerably over the past year or so. The submerged forest only used to be exposed on very low tides and usually only in a few patches. However, since the construction of the sea defences in Borth this has changed. The forest is now exposed in huge swathes all along the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/12/sneaky-surf-ski-session/feed/ 0 31498 Blowing away the Cobwebs https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/12/blowing-away-the-cobwebs/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/12/blowing-away-the-cobwebs/#comments Sat, 14 Dec 2019 20:21:34 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=31491 Just a few quick clips from today’s windsurf session. I had some sort of lurgy yesterday so didn’t feel 100%. In fact, I wasn’t going to do much today. After doing some chores and covering the Christmas cake with marzipan (two layers!) I took a stroll over to the beach. It was blowing a hoolie,...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/12/blowing-away-the-cobwebs/feed/ 3 31491 Boxing Day in the Sea https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/12/boxing-day-in-the-sea/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/12/boxing-day-in-the-sea/#respond Thu, 27 Dec 2018 11:09:03 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=28318 Well, it’s been pretty grey here for the last few days. Cheerful enough indoors though and I of course couldn’t resist getting into the sea anyway. The beach looked quiet first thing on Boxing Day. There were rumours of a mas swim in Borth at Midday so I headed down there for a swim too....

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/12/boxing-day-in-the-sea/feed/ 0 28318 The Fish of Borth Reef https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/07/the-fish-of-borth-reef/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/07/the-fish-of-borth-reef/#respond Sun, 01 Jul 2018 03:27:03 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=26817 Just a few stills from yesterday’s snorkelling session on the Borth Reef. Plenty of fish out there which is good. The Fish of Borth Reef

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/07/the-fish-of-borth-reef/feed/ 0 26817 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 Surf Skiing in the Snow https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/02/surf-skiing-snow/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/02/surf-skiing-snow/#respond Tue, 06 Feb 2018 11:43:12 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=26019 That was a nice way to start the day. 0ºC and light snow as it got light, but virtually no wind and just a small swell on the sea. I had a surf ski training session planned so headed over to the beach as the snowfall intensified. Wearing just a 3/2mm wetsuit seemed a little...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/02/surf-skiing-snow/feed/ 0 26019 Winter @ Ynyslas https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/02/winter-ynyslas/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/02/winter-ynyslas/#respond Sat, 03 Feb 2018 07:02:13 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=25967 It may be the depths of winter. It may be cold. It may we grey, damp and miserable. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun here at Ynyslas. Surf Skiing to Borth and back. Surf skiing in the waves. The first after work, sunset windsurf session of the year too. Near freezing temperatures and dark...

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