Cycling Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/cycling/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Tue, 23 May 2023 07:40:24 +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 Cycling Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/cycling/ 32 32 2696646 Summer Windsurfing is Here https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/05/summer-windsurfing-is-here/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/05/summer-windsurfing-is-here/#comments Tue, 23 May 2023 07:40:17 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=39393 What a session that was!! After a 20-mile lunchtime bike ride doing 3-minute intervals, it was back to work while the wind filled in. By 2 pm it was blowing a hoolie, so it was off to the beach for a windsurf with Alistair. The skies were blue, there were white-caps covering the sea and...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/05/summer-windsurfing-is-here/feed/ 2 39393 Doing it in the Buff https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/03/doing-it-in-the-buff/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/03/doing-it-in-the-buff/#respond Thu, 02 Mar 2023 09:07:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=31390 I think you’ll agree with me that it’s better in the buff? So, with that in mind this article is all about doing it in the buff! What’s more, just for your entertainment you I shall illustrate it with plenty of photos of me (a grey, slightly overweight, middle-aged man) in the buff as well....

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/03/doing-it-in-the-buff/feed/ 0 31390 It’s not Morocco, but…. https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/08/its-not-morocco-but/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/08/its-not-morocco-but/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2022 18:11:59 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=38103 Last week whilst at the Commonwealth Games I had a message from Simon telling me that he was going windsurfing in Morocco. His daughter was supposed to be going with him but wasn’t able to go so he had a spare ticket. Did I want to go? The accomodation was all paid for so the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/08/its-not-morocco-but/feed/ 2 38103 What a Weekend https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/04/what-a-weekend-2/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/04/what-a-weekend-2/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2021 15:15:54 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=36110 What a weekend that was! Evidenced in some part by the number of changes of outfit I had. I was up early and into shorts and T-shirt on Saturday morning. After coffee, breakfast and some playing of games on my phone the wind started to fill in so it was time to head to the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/03/repairable-shoes-from-sidi/feed/ 1 35924 A Long Paddle and a Long Ride https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/07/a-long-paddle-and-a-long-ride/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/07/a-long-paddle-and-a-long-ride/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2020 03:35:25 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=34031 That was a nice weekend. Nice that is if you ignore the invasion of the tourists! It’s been lovely here during lockdown; everything has been peaceful and quiet, the wildlife has been loving it, the beach has been clean and tidy and the roads have been quiet. Now that lockdown has been mainly lifted here...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/07/a-long-paddle-and-a-long-ride/feed/ 1 34031 Week 3 of Our Giro https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/06/week-3-of-our-giro/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/06/week-3-of-our-giro/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2020 07:14:11 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=33774 Stage 16: Mezzolombardo to Aprica This Stage was looking like it would be difficult before I even started it. At first it looked OK, one big climb followed by a ride across a plateau and then a descent. Closer inspection showed it to be a huge climb with severe gradients all the way and quite...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/06/week-3-of-our-giro/feed/ 1 33774 Week 2 of the Giro https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/05/week-2-of-the-giro/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/05/week-2-of-the-giro/#respond Mon, 25 May 2020 08:58:30 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=33659 Stage 10: Amatrice to Castelluccio After a rest day on Tuesday, it was straight back into the mountains on Wednesday with a long, steep climb up the Rifugio Calvanico. We were at least eased back into it a little with a shallow descent for the first 12 miles. At nearly 25 miles in length and...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/05/week-2-of-the-giro/feed/ 0 33659 The Giro Continues https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/05/the-giro-continues/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/05/the-giro-continues/#respond Mon, 18 May 2020 09:10:10 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=33479 As a follow up to my recent post about riding sections of the Giro virtually using RGT Cycling, here’s an update with progress so far. (Updated daily as I rode the stage) Stage 5: Agrigento to Modica This was a 34km fairly flat stage for a change with just a few rollers here and there....

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/05/the-giro-continues/feed/ 0 33479 Riding the ‘Giro’ on RGT Cycling https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/05/riding-the-giro-on-rgt-cycling/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/05/riding-the-giro-on-rgt-cycling/#comments Wed, 13 May 2020 18:37:54 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=33466 The current lockdown situation has meant that I’ve been doing all of my cycle training indoors. This isn’t a huge issue for me as I quite often train indoors anyway and use TrainerRoad to give me a structured training plan full of structured indoor workouts. Now and then a nice easy scenic ride is called...

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