Canoeing Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/canoeing/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Tue, 29 Aug 2017 15:04:45 +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 Canoeing Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/canoeing/ 32 32 2696646 Outfitting our Canoe https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/09/outfitting-our-canoe/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/09/outfitting-our-canoe/#comments Sat, 02 Sep 2017 14:11:43 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=25126 We haven’t been out in our home-made canoe yet this year. Probably a number of reason for this but the main ones are: It’s not going to be easy to man-handle onto and off the roof rack of our camper. I’ve been wanting to add some buoyancy to it for the sake of safety. Although...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/09/outfitting-our-canoe/feed/ 1 25126 Kayaking and Camping at Llyn Geirionydd https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/06/kayaking-camping-llyn-geirionydd/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/06/kayaking-camping-llyn-geirionydd/#respond Wed, 07 Jun 2017 08:16:11 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=24472 It would have been nice to continue my Coast Path Run on Saturday, but the Colwyn Bay Blast had finished my legs off for the day so there was to be none of that running malarkey. I’d been invited to join the Dyffryn Conwy Paddlers on Sunday though for a kayaking session at Llyn Geirionydd in...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/06/kayaking-camping-llyn-geirionydd/feed/ 0 24472 Summer Fun https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/08/summer-fun/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/08/summer-fun/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2016 05:48:00 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=22846 More summer fun at Ynyslas as the summer starts to come to a close. A nice long walk first thing in the morning as the sun rose. Followed by A SUP Surf and some more tandem surfing with Morgan – So much fun! After a little bit of pottering in the garden and the shed...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/08/wondrous-west-wales-weekend/feed/ 2 22720 Weekend Warriors https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/weekend-warriors/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/weekend-warriors/#comments Mon, 23 May 2016 06:28:55 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=21970 Another packed weekend for us with plenty to do, both recreationally and in the garden. It turned out quite productive though. A Morning Washout Saturday was a complete washout in the morning with dark skies and pouring rain, so after my usual chores and some work on the computer I jumped on the turbo trainer...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/weekend-warriors/feed/ 2 21970 Up a Creek in our Canoe https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/up-a-creek-in-our-canoe/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/up-a-creek-in-our-canoe/#comments Wed, 18 May 2016 07:16:09 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=21942 Just a little video clip of our adventure exploring a mudflat creek in our canoe at the weekend.

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/up-a-creek-in-our-canoe/feed/ 1 21942 Delightful Dyfi https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/delightful-dyfi/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/delightful-dyfi/#comments Mon, 16 May 2016 06:10:24 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=21929 If only Summer could be like this for more than just a few days. Sunday was another gorgeous day with wall to wall sunshine for the most part. it never really got warm though only making it to 14ºC but that didn’t stop us has a lovely day around the delightful Dyfi estuary. Early Morning...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/delightful-dyfi/feed/ 1 21929 Canoeing in Cwm Rheidol https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/canoeing-cwm-rheidol/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/canoeing-cwm-rheidol/#respond Sun, 15 May 2016 08:04:04 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=21893 What a perfect evening that was for a canoeing and kayaking session in Cwm Rheidol. The usual suspects were there from Aber Kayakers to take the Scouts and Cubs out on the water whilst the Beavers went for a walk around the lakes. We took our self-built canoe along for an outing too which got...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/canoeing-cwm-rheidol/feed/ 0 21893 Canoeing to Aberdovey https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/08/canoeing-to-aberdovey/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/08/canoeing-to-aberdovey/#respond Sat, 11 Aug 2012 05:56:27 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=10821 The sun was shining, Morgan was off school and I’d promised him we would get the canoe out and go to the beach. So, after a meeting in the morning that is exactly what we did. Slip, Slap Slop and we were ready to do battle with the sun and the waves. Our inflatable canoe that...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/08/canoeing-to-aberdovey/feed/ 0 10821 Being Tourists https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/06/being-tourists/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/06/being-tourists/#respond Fri, 03 Jun 2011 07:54:38 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=8087 What a scorcher! It felt like summer yesterday and with Morgan off school and Anna having a day off work I decided to join them and we headed across to the beach first thing in the morning. Morgan and I headed off in the inflatable canoe whilst Anna sat on the beach relaxing and reading...

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