Bristol Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/bristol/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Tue, 10 Dec 2024 11:34:49 +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 Bristol Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/bristol/ 32 32 2696646 Christmas Gatherings – Victorian Style https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/12/christmas-gatherings-victorian-style/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/12/christmas-gatherings-victorian-style/#comments Tue, 10 Dec 2024 11:34:44 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=44211 It’s that ‘most wonderful’ time of the year again. I’m sure it comes around quicker each all the time! Anna and I have a slightly, no, scrap that ‘very’ different Christmas planned this year. I’ll let you in on what it is once we’ve done it, but the run-up to Christmas is going to be...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/12/christmas-gatherings-victorian-style/feed/ 2 44211 Birthdays, Banksy’s and Bristol https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/02/birthdays-banksys-bristol/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/02/birthdays-banksys-bristol/#comments Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:47:46 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=26155 It was Morgans birthday at the weekend. Quite how he got to be 13 already I’ll never know. It was also half term last week so Anna and I took Friday off so that we could have a long weekend away. We therefore headed off after work on Thursday to my parents house just North...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/02/birthdays-banksys-bristol/feed/ 1 26155 Birthday Weekend in Bristol https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/02/birthday-weekend-bristol/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/02/birthday-weekend-bristol/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:27:41 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=23796 We’ve just got back from a weekend with family in Bristol. It was Morgan’s birthday so we were travelling down to meet his cousins for some birthday activities, to visit Ikea and to look at some VW campervans. we had a bike ride planned too so it was going to be a busy weekend and...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/02/birthday-weekend-bristol/feed/ 1 23796 Treasure Hunt in Clifton https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/08/treasure-hunt-clifton/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/08/treasure-hunt-clifton/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2016 05:35:33 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=22743 As yet we still haven’t organised a proper family holiday for the year – although, we did of course go on a canoe building workshop in the Lake District earlier in the year so I wouldn’t feel too sorry for us! We have just got back from a trip to my parents as well. We were...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/08/treasure-hunt-clifton/feed/ 1 22743 A Flying Visit to the Balloon Fiesta https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/08/a-flying-visit-to-the-balloon-fiesta/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/08/a-flying-visit-to-the-balloon-fiesta/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2015 06:40:28 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=19847 We were in Bristol last weekend for a large family picnic, but as we were about to leave Morgan decided he wanted to stay the week with his cousins who were staying with my Mum and Dad, so we left him there and had a short, but quiet week at home. Anna and I then...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/08/a-flying-visit-to-the-balloon-fiesta/feed/ 2 19847 Sheep Hunting in Bristol – Shaun in the City https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/08/sheep-hunting-in-bristol-shaun-in-the-city/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/08/sheep-hunting-in-bristol-shaun-in-the-city/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2015 07:19:13 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=19798 We were at my parents house for the weekend ready for a large family picnic on Sunday, but had no real plans for Saturday. I went for a nice little early morning bike ride before breakfast. We then we decided that a game of Crazy Golf might be fun so phoned my brother Jay to see if...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/08/sheep-hunting-in-bristol-shaun-in-the-city/feed/ 1 19798 A Family Picnic https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/08/a-family-picnic/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/08/a-family-picnic/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2015 08:45:41 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=19823 We were at my parents house at the weekend for a family picnic. Now our family don’t do things by halves so a family picnic can be quite a big event. Most family picnics involve a picnic blanket, a few sandwiches the odd scotch egg, some crips and maybe a game of frisbee or a...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/07/ss-great-britain/feed/ 0 10664 Bristol Harbourside Triathlon Results https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/07/bristol-harbourside-triathlon-results/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/07/bristol-harbourside-triathlon-results/#respond Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:44:05 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=10607 The Provisional Results from the Bristol Harbourside Triathlon are out. Click here to download them. So far it is just the finishing times and positions so there aren’t any splits but this is how the people I was with did (In overall order). I’ll update this post later once the full results are out…. [EDIT]...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/07/bristol-harbourside-triathlon-results/feed/ 0 10607 Bristol Harbourside Triathlon Photos https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/07/bristol-harbourside-triathlon-photos/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/07/bristol-harbourside-triathlon-photos/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:01:37 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=10585 Just some photos from the Bristol Harbourside Triathlon yesterday thanks to Jay and Anna. Read the full race report here: Bristol Harbourside Triathlon Race Report.

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