London Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/london/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Wed, 18 Sep 2013 13:51:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg London Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/london/ 32 32 2696646 London – Day 5 – Legoland https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/london-day-5-legoland/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/london-day-5-legoland/#comments Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:22:52 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14655 Day 5 in London and once again this one was aimed at Morgan with a trip to Legoland. We aimed to get there just after it opened at 10am so set off from the hotel at 8am with a short walk to Earl’s Court tube station. The plan was a quick 10 minute tube journey...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/london-day-5-legoland/feed/ 2 14655 London – Day 4 – Food, Shops and Museums https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/london-day-4-food-shops-and-museums/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/london-day-4-food-shops-and-museums/#respond Thu, 19 Sep 2013 06:02:26 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14635 Breakfast With the race done and dusted, it was time to enjoy our trip to London. Saturday started with the big breakfast buffet in the hotel restaurant. And I mean big. Mine went something like this. Orange and Cranberry Juice Large Bowl of Granola with a pot of Yoghurt Cappuccino Fry up – 3 rashers...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/london-day-3-race-day-and-the-wrong-dinner/feed/ 1 14622 London – Day 2 – Race Preparation and Westminster https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/london-day-2-race-preparation-and-westminster/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/london-day-2-race-preparation-and-westminster/#respond Wed, 18 Sep 2013 05:11:20 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14595 Day 2 in London and it was supposed to be a busy one with team briefings,  race registration, equipment checks, a possible bike course recce and bike racking. We were hoping to fit some sight-seeing in as well. Luckily I had managed to register the day before so that was one less thing to do. We left...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/london-day-2-race-preparation-and-westminster/feed/ 0 14595 London – Day 1 – The Capital City https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/london-day-1-the-capital-city/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/london-day-1-the-capital-city/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2013 17:09:17 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14585 The Trip to London We weren’t having a ‘proper’ family holiday this year as we couldn’t afford it following our holiday of a lifetime to New Zealand last year. Instead we were once again combining our holiday with me competing in the  ITU Age-Group World Triathlon Championships which were in London this year. It wasn’t even going to be...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/london-day-1-the-capital-city/feed/ 0 14585 ITU Age-Group Triathlon World Champs, London – Race Report https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/itu-age-group-triathlon-world-champs-london-race-report/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/itu-age-group-triathlon-world-champs-london-race-report/#comments Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:25:44 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14565 The day was upon us, Friday the 13th and it was grey and drizzly. We were in London for the ITU Age-Group World Triathlon Championships and I was racing in the 40-44 year old Sprint Distance race. Training had been going well and I had managed a whole season of good quality, consistent training. I hadn’t raced...

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