Pendam Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/pendam/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:37:43 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Pendam Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/pendam/ 32 32 2696646 Foraging for Muffins https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/07/foraging-for-muffins/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/07/foraging-for-muffins/#respond Fri, 24 Jul 2015 13:06:37 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=19755 [dropcap]R[/dropcap]ather than send Morgan to Holiday Club for the summer Anna and I are taking various days off work so that we can be at home with him as much as possible. Some of these are days off work at the University, others for me are days off Website Design work. Tuesday was the latter...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/08/mtbing-with-morgan/feed/ 1 14384 Getting Slower – Review your Training! https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/09/getting-slower-review-your-training/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/09/getting-slower-review-your-training/#respond Sun, 26 Sep 2010 06:14:48 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=5982 I went for a ride around the Pendam Trail at Nant yr Arian yesterday. I was on my hardtail as I’ve yet to get a seatpost for my newly rebuilt Commencal Meta 5. I started off at a steady pace in perfect conditions, sunny, cool and barely any wind. By the time I got to...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/09/getting-slower-review-your-training/feed/ 0 5982 Picnic @ Pendam https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/08/picnic-pendam/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/08/picnic-pendam/#respond Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:51:47 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=5606 Sunday was a gorgeous day here so we headed off to the hills for a picnic. We went to Pendam where Morgan and I had a little cycle ride around Llyn Blaenmelindwr whilst Anna started picking blueberries. We then had a picnic on the shore of Llyn Pendam. It was lovely and peaceful sat there...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/08/picnic-pendam/feed/ 0 5606 Last ride before the Dyfi Enduro – A reassuring Personal Best https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/04/last-ride-before-the-dyfi-enduro-a-reassuring-personal-best/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/04/last-ride-before-the-dyfi-enduro-a-reassuring-personal-best/#respond Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:10:21 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=4349 Last night was the last MTB ride before the Dyfi Enduro for me. The idea was to meet the usual attendees of the Wednesday evening night ride at Pendam for an easy ride around the Summit Trail. I found myself there and at a loose end at 5ish, a couple of hours early so rather...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/04/last-ride-before-the-dyfi-enduro-a-reassuring-personal-best/feed/ 0 4349 A Personal best – The Pendam Trail https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/04/a-personal-best-the-pendam-trail/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/04/a-personal-best-the-pendam-trail/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:33:10 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=4232 The last time I did a timed circuit of the Pendam Trail at Nant yr Arian was about a month ago and it took me 41 minutes and 5 seconds. I was pretty disappointed with this as it was very slow compard to my personal best of 37:22. I’ve been feeling a bit slow on...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/03/not-getting-any-faster/feed/ 1 3937 Wishing the weekend wouldn’t end https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/06/wishing-the-weekend-wouldnt-end/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/06/wishing-the-weekend-wouldnt-end/#respond Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:20:27 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=1661 It’s a shame the weekend is only 2 days long, especially with the weather we’ve been having. Saturday was glorious and we had a fairly lazy day in the garden. It’s not often that you can spend all day outside in shorts and a ‘T’-shirt around here, and over 12 hours in the sun seems...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/06/wishing-the-weekend-wouldnt-end/feed/ 0 1661 Night riding Nant yr Arian https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/05/night-riding-nant-yr-arian/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/05/night-riding-nant-yr-arian/#respond Fri, 01 May 2009 08:19:07 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=1511 With less than a week to go until the Dyfi Enduro we decided that this weeks night ride would be a little different. Rather than just doing a loop around the usual trails, Martyn suggested sessioning a few of the bits of singletrack on the Pendam Trail. Dave, Martyn, Bernd, Myles and myself met at...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/05/night-riding-nant-yr-arian/feed/ 0 1511 Jay’s first attempt at Pendam Trail https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/04/jays-first-attempt-at-pendam-trail/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/04/jays-first-attempt-at-pendam-trail/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:16:41 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=1425 I had another action packed weekend here in Wales. Now that I have a new bike, my brother Jay came to visit so that he could borrow my old bike and come out for a couple of mountain-bike rides with me. He used to be a fairly handy cyclist, racing on and off the road,...

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