Campervan Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/campervan/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Mon, 03 Sep 2018 07:46:15 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Campervan Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/campervan/ 32 32 2696646 Shrewsbury Quadrathlon 2018 – Race Report https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/09/shrewsbury-quadrathlon-2018-race-report/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/09/shrewsbury-quadrathlon-2018-race-report/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2018 07:45:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=27164 Once again, Anna’s birthday weekend fell on the same week as the Shrewsbury Triathlon and Quadrathlon. I was competing in the Quad so Anna was treated to a weekend away! See, I’m a true romantic at heart, taking my wife away for a family camping trip on her birthday and even swimming, kayaking, cycling and...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/09/shrewsbury-quadrathlon-2018-race-report/feed/ 1 27164 Another Activity Weekend in North Wales https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/02/another-activity-weekend-north-wales/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/02/another-activity-weekend-north-wales/#comments Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:11:33 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=26088 The fact that things have been organised so that the Colwyn Bay Ski races and the Llyn Padarn Kayak Time Trials occur on the same weekend makes it worthwhile making the 2 hour trip to North Wales for me. Not that the 2 hour trip to North Wales isn’t always worthwhile. It always is and the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/02/another-activity-weekend-north-wales/feed/ 1 26088 Paddling and Camping in North Wales https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/01/paddling-camping-north-wales/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/01/paddling-camping-north-wales/#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2018 09:18:58 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=25876 Third weekend of the month, it must be time for the Dyffryn Conwy Paddlers kayak time trial in Llyn Padarn. The North Wales Surf Ski Paddlers were also thinking of organising some low-key, informal surf ski races over the winter so I suggested they do them on the same weekend. That way, those of us...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/01/paddling-camping-north-wales/feed/ 1 25876 What a Weekend https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/09/what-a-weekend/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/09/what-a-weekend/#respond Wed, 20 Sep 2017 07:30:30 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=25213 Wow, what a weekend that was! I left work on Thursday afternoon with a fully loaded van. Three bikes, kit for a quadrathlon, surfboards and my surf ski as I had a busy weekend ahead of me. First thing was a drive to my parents house in Gloucestershire where I had dinner and spent the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/09/what-a-weekend/feed/ 0 25213 A Weekend in Shrewsbury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/09/a-weekend-in-shrewsbury/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/09/a-weekend-in-shrewsbury/#comments Tue, 05 Sep 2017 09:23:51 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=25156 I was ‘competing’ in my second ever Quadrathlon in Shrewsbury on Sunday so we decided to make a weekend of it. We all had Friday off so after a relaxed start packed the camper and headed off to the Shrewsbury Showground. It was a lovely day and we arrived in good time to an almost empty...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/09/a-weekend-in-shrewsbury/feed/ 1 25156 Great Cumbrae Trip Day 6 – An Adventure Getting Home https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/08/great-cumbrae-trip-day-6-adventure-getting-home/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/08/great-cumbrae-trip-day-6-adventure-getting-home/#comments Sat, 19 Aug 2017 09:02:47 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=25061 We had planned to start heading home on the Sunday and have a leisurely drive back stopping off somewhere en route. Our previous days trip to Largs would have been the beginning of this journey. However, as Ramsey our Campervan was poorly we had left him on the island so as not to drive him...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/08/great-cumbrae-trip-day-6-adventure-getting-home/feed/ 1 25061 Cumbrae Trip Day 3 – Great Cumbrae Kayak Race Report https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/08/cumbrae-trip-day-3-great-cumbrae-kayak-race-report/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/08/cumbrae-trip-day-3-great-cumbrae-kayak-race-report/#comments Thu, 17 Aug 2017 17:28:17 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=25023 Day 3 of our trip to Great Cumbrae started with sunny spells and a stiff breeze. Not ideal conditions for the Great Cumbrae Kayak Race as far as I was concerned, but not too rough that I wouldn’t be able to give it a go either. I was up early so went out for a...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/08/cumbrae-trip-day-3-great-cumbrae-kayak-race-report/feed/ 1 25023 Great Cumbrae Trip Day 2 – Onto Great Cumbrae https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/08/great-cumbrae-trip-day-2-onto-great-cumbrae/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/08/great-cumbrae-trip-day-2-onto-great-cumbrae/#respond Thu, 17 Aug 2017 12:57:08 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=25003 Our second full day of our trip started in Glentrool with absolutely pouring rain. The plan was to mountain bike early though before the others were awake so I got up, put on some waterproofs and headed out into the pre-dawn light. It was certainly wet and the weight of the rain had dropped bracken,...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/08/great-cumbrae-trip-day-2-onto-great-cumbrae/feed/ 0 25003 Great Cumbrae Trip Day 1 – Penrith and Ae Forest https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/08/great-cumbrae-trip-day-1-penrith-ae-forest/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/08/great-cumbrae-trip-day-1-penrith-ae-forest/#comments Wed, 16 Aug 2017 11:50:58 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=24989 Not the best of starts Our family holiday to Scotland on board Ramsey our VW Campervan was finally here. The camper was loaded with all that we should need, clothes, food, games and plenty of toys and equipment and we were ready to go. Our destination was the island of Great Cumbrae just of the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/08/great-cumbrae-trip-day-1-penrith-ae-forest/feed/ 1 24989 Dumfries, Galloway and Great Cumbrae – Quite an Adventure https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/08/dumfries-galloway-great-cumbrae-quite-adventure/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/08/dumfries-galloway-great-cumbrae-quite-adventure/#respond Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:50:11 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=24985 Well, that was quite an adventure! We were bound for the island of Great Cumbrae just off Largs on the North Ayrshire coast of Scotland. I was due to take part in a kayak race around Great Cumbrae so we planned a trip in the campervan. The idea was to take our time heading up, maybe...

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