nant-yr-arian Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/nant-yr-arian/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:28:09 +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 nant-yr-arian Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/nant-yr-arian/ 32 32 2696646 Nant yr Arian MTB Ride https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/10/nant-yr-arian-mtb-ride/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/10/nant-yr-arian-mtb-ride/#respond Tue, 25 Oct 2016 09:17:27 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=23168 As my Cyclo-cross race this weekend was on Saturday, I was able to join a few friends on a mountain-bike ride at Nant yr Arian on Sunday. It had been years since I’d seen a couple of these people, and months since I’d seen the others so it was a nice little reunion of old biking...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/10/nant-yr-arian-mtb-ride/feed/ 0 23168 Mountain Biking in the Rain https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/10/mountain-biking-rain/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/10/mountain-biking-rain/#respond Sat, 18 Oct 2014 05:24:30 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=17876 What with autumn well and truly here, riding my bike on the roads isn’t quite as much fun as it is in the summer – I don’t mind the cold and rain, it’s just not so safe in the dark with cars and lorries sharing the road too. On top of that I’m supposed to be doing...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/10/mountain-biking-rain/feed/ 0 17876 MTBing Pendam https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/03/mtbing-pendam/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/03/mtbing-pendam/#respond Sat, 01 Mar 2014 15:14:49 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=15759 With Anna working on Saturday, Morgan and I went out for a nice little mountain bike ride together. It’s about time Morgan went out on his bike as he’s barely been on it since getting it last October. That’s partly our fault for not offering to take him out more often, partly his fault for...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/03/mtbing-pendam/feed/ 0 15759 Riding on Knobblies for the Sake of it https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/riding-on-knobblies-for-the-sake-of-it/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/riding-on-knobblies-for-the-sake-of-it/#respond Fri, 27 Sep 2013 06:20:32 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14691 It’s been a while but I finally got out on my mountain bike last night. About time too really with the Coed y Brenin Enduro just over a week away. It was my first night ride for years too, but I charged my battery, put my light on my helmet, checked my bike – the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/riding-on-knobblies-for-the-sake-of-it/feed/ 0 14691 MTBing with Morgan https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/mtbing-with-morgan/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/mtbing-with-morgan/#comments Wed, 21 Aug 2013 12:30:17 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14384 Morgan quite enjoys his cycling at the moment, so we had an action replay on Monday of the day we had on Friday. Once again it was bilberry picking up at Pendam followed by a picnic, a mountain bike ride and then some more bilberry picking. We went off in search of blackberries as well,...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/mtbing-with-morgan/feed/ 1 14384 Blueberry picking, Mountain Biking and Geocaching at Nant yr Arian https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/blueberry-picking-mountain-biking-and-geocaching-at-nant-yr-arian/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/blueberry-picking-mountain-biking-and-geocaching-at-nant-yr-arian/#comments Sat, 17 Aug 2013 06:22:43 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14333 The school holidays seem to be flying by and the list of things Morgan and I wanted to do during them has barely been touched. We’ve been busy with plenty of other things but thanks to all of this, we haven’t even started on the days of geocaching, mountain biking, surfing, kayaking, gardening, painting and...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/blueberry-picking-mountain-biking-and-geocaching-at-nant-yr-arian/feed/ 2 14333 MTBing with Friends https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/05/mtbing-with-friends/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/05/mtbing-with-friends/#respond Mon, 20 May 2013 07:40:27 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=13482 We had a good day yesterday and once again a busy one, just the way I like it. My day started at 4am when I got up and started some early morning baking and cleaning. Once Morgan was up and the baking was all under control I stopped for some breakfast and watched Gardeners World...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/05/mtbing-with-friends/feed/ 0 13482 MTBing at Nant yr Arian https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/02/mtbing-at-nant-yr-arian-2/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/02/mtbing-at-nant-yr-arian-2/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:25:05 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=12328 Morgan was at home with me again today so we had a morning of MTB action planned. We first had to collect my car from the garage where it had been having some surgery to get it through the MOT: New exhaust centre section New Tail Pipe New brake pipes New brake fluid New Anti-roll...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/02/mtbing-at-nant-yr-arian-2/feed/ 2 12328 MTBing at Nant yr Arian https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/12/mtbing-at-nant-yr-arian/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/12/mtbing-at-nant-yr-arian/#respond Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:10:46 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=11944 Its been a while since I’ve been properly Mountain Biking – So long in fact that when I got my bike out yesterday it still had the race number on it from a race I did back in August – The CRC MTB Marathon in Abergavenny. It was therefore nice to get out for a little spin...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/12/mtbing-at-nant-yr-arian/feed/ 0 11944 Hardtail Loving https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/03/hardtail-loving/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/03/hardtail-loving/#respond Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:53:29 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=9840 It’s been a busy week so far this week and we feel as though we’ve barely had time to catch up after our weekend away. Today was just as busy. I started off the day with some website work on the computer, and then went out for a hard, 10 mile run. It wasn’t that...

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