Crickhowell Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/crickhowell/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Thu, 02 Apr 2015 19:58:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Crickhowell Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/crickhowell/ 32 32 2696646 CRC Road Sportive, Crickhowell 2013 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/crc-road-sportive-crickhowell-2013/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/crc-road-sportive-crickhowell-2013/#respond Mon, 05 Aug 2013 09:06:39 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14277 Well, that was wet  – VERY WET! We actually started off in dryish conditions. Jay and I headed out onto the course in about the 4th wave. These events are held on open roads so aren’t mass starts. Instead they let you off in waves of about 12 people separated by a few minutes. As we left...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/crc-road-sportive-crickhowell-2013/feed/ 0 14277 CRC MTB Marathon, Crickhowell 2013 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/crc-mtb-marathon-crickhowell-2013/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/crc-mtb-marathon-crickhowell-2013/#comments Mon, 05 Aug 2013 08:12:49 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14255 This was the second year in a row that We’d done this event and once again it proved to be a hit, mainly because of the weekend of free camping in Wales that comes along with it. The MTB Marathon on the Saturday didn’t start until 10am so we had a relaxed morning before lining...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/crc-mtb-marathon-crickhowell-2013/feed/ 2 14255 Free Camping in Wales https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/free-camping-in-wales/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/free-camping-in-wales/#comments Mon, 05 Aug 2013 07:38:30 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14257 We’ve just got back from another excellent weekend away camping for free in Wales courtesy of Chain Reaction Cycles and their series of MTB Marathons and Road Sportives. Morgan was on one of the floats in the Borth Carnival dressed as Doctor Who on Friday, so we packed the camping and cycling kit while he...

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