Open Water Swimming Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/open-water-swimming/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:54:05 +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 Open Water Swimming Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/open-water-swimming/ 32 32 2696646 Bright Start https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/08/bright-start/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/08/bright-start/#respond Wed, 16 Aug 2023 17:21:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=40465 You can’t beat an early morning open water swim before work, no matter what the weather. But when it’s a perfect sunny summer morning there really isn’t anything better. Especially when you swim the length of Aberystwyth and then head off below the cliffs to Clarach. It’s made even better by the stunning walk back...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/05/monday-morning-swim/feed/ 0 29817 Thalassotherapy – Oh I do Like to be Beside the Seaside https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/06/thalassotherapy-oh-i-do-like-to-be-beside-the-seaside/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/06/thalassotherapy-oh-i-do-like-to-be-beside-the-seaside/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2018 08:30:39 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=26767 Oh I do Like to be Beside the Seaside I guess that’s no secret, I not only like ‘being beside the seaside’ but being in the sea itself too. There’s just something about it, and not only for water-sports lovers such as myself. Take Anna, she barely ever gets in or on the sea but...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/06/thalassotherapy-oh-i-do-like-to-be-beside-the-seaside/feed/ 1 26767 Summer Continues https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/06/summer-continues-2/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/06/summer-continues-2/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2018 15:51:25 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=26674 The gorgeous summer weather continues here. 25.5ºC yesterday which was plenty hot enough, especially for lawn mowing! 20ºC today was mouch more comfortable and lovely blue skies throughout. The sea is feeling as though summer is here and the garden is growing well. I had a busy day on Monday, starting off the day with a...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/06/summer-continues-2/feed/ 1 26674 Action Packed Days Continue https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/05/action-packed-days-continue/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/05/action-packed-days-continue/#respond Tue, 29 May 2018 06:42:50 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=26616 Wow, another action packed day and on a Bank Holiday too. Open Water Swim First things first and that was to start the day with an early morning sea swim. Not too early today as it was a bank holiday but I was on the beach at Borth by 6:30am ready for a 7:00am start....

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/05/action-packed-days-continue/feed/ 0 26616 Early Morning Sea Swim https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/05/early-morning-sea-swin/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/05/early-morning-sea-swin/#comments Tue, 29 May 2018 04:23:48 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=26596 I’ve said it before, but there really is no better way to start the day than an early morning sea swim. It’s physical, mental, spiritual, communal, natural medicine all wrapped up in a simple dip in the sea. Physical Physically, the water is never warm here so it is always invigorating. Saying that, the water...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/04/water-based-fun-aberdyfi/feed/ 0 24014 My Kind of Day https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/06/my-kind-of-day/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/06/my-kind-of-day/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2016 14:16:51 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=22157 The half-term continues and amazingly the weather continues to impress too. Further east in the country people are complaining of the cold, wet, miserable weather, but here in the west it has been gorgeous for ages now. Sunshine from 4 am until the sun sets at around 9:30pm and temperatures up into the 20’s everyday. Wind...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/06/my-kind-of-day/feed/ 1 22157 Sensational Swimming – A Secret Underwater Dawn https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/10/sensational-swimming-a-secret-underwater-dawn/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/10/sensational-swimming-a-secret-underwater-dawn/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2015 07:59:21 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=20319 The days maybe getting shorter and summer maybe coming to an end, but we’ve had a sensational few days of open water swimming here in Aberystwyth. There has been no rain for a while and no wind either so the sea is super clear with amazing visibility. Although, starting the swim in moonlight means that...

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