Stand Up Paddleboarding Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/stand-up-paddleboarding/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Mon, 11 May 2020 06:21:26 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Stand Up Paddleboarding Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/stand-up-paddleboarding/ 32 32 2696646 Bank Holiday SUP Surfing https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/05/bank-holiday-sup-surfing/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/05/bank-holiday-sup-surfing/#respond Tue, 02 May 2017 05:09:09 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=24206 Just a few of the waves from my SUP surf session on Bank Holiday Monday morning. Not a soul in the water here at Ynyslas other than me. Lovely mellow waves to start with then got a bit bigger towards the end so that I could charge down a few steeper faces.

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/05/bank-holiday-sup-surfing/feed/ 0 24206 SUP Surfing in December https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/12/sup-surfing-december/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/12/sup-surfing-december/#respond Thu, 29 Dec 2016 14:49:26 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=23631 It seems that no matter what the weather there is always something to do here in Mid West Wales. After a week of wind and plenty of windsurfing, the wind has dropped and I headed out on my bike. I missed a surf session whilst on my bike, but since then the surf has continued to...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/12/sup-surfing-december/feed/ 0 23631 SUP Fishing in Borth https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/10/sup-fishing-borth/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/10/sup-fishing-borth/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2016 07:08:18 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=23080 Monday was looking to be a lovely day here this week. What better way to spend it than SUP fishing? It was cold at first with temperatures dropping to 4ºC but with clear blue skies and light winds. Perfect conditions for SUP fishing. I had a fair bit to do at home though so got...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/10/sup-fishing-borth/feed/ 1 23080 Tandem Surfing https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/08/tandem-surfing/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/08/tandem-surfing/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2016 05:18:17 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=22843 Seeing as my Mum was worried that I didn’t do anything strenuous on Saturday morning – other than moth trapping, beekeeping and geocaching – I thought I’d better make up for it. Windsurfing I did get out windsurfing in the estuary on Saturday afternoon. The wind was a little flukey but was gusting up to 28 knots....

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/08/tandem-surfing/feed/ 1 22843 Mellow SUP Surf https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/06/mellow-sup-surf/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/06/mellow-sup-surf/#respond Thu, 09 Jun 2016 20:36:25 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=22247 Just a short video clip and a frame grab from what has to have been one of the mellowest surf sessions ever on Tuesday afternoon.

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/06/mellow-sup-surf/feed/ 0 22247 SUP Surfing, a Break in the Weather & Orchids https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/06/sup-surfing-break-weather-orchids/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/06/sup-surfing-break-weather-orchids/#respond Tue, 07 Jun 2016 06:50:21 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=22235 The amazing weather we’ve been having has finally changed and blue skies have been replaced by grey this morning on the beach. It’s still warm at 15ºC throughout the night, and yesterday we reached a maximum of 26.3ºC, the hottest temperature of the year so far. There was a little bit of swell too yesterday...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/06/sup-surfing-break-weather-orchids/feed/ 0 22235 SUP Surf Session with Cetaceans https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/sup-surfing-cetaceans/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/sup-surfing-cetaceans/#respond Wed, 25 May 2016 19:00:32 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=22025 What could be better than a mellow little post-work SUP surf session? How about a SUP surf session with cetaceans. A couple of adult dolphins to keep me company. Nice!

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/sup-surfing-cetaceans/feed/ 0 22025 Election Day at the Blue Lagoon https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/election-day-blue-lagoon/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/election-day-blue-lagoon/#comments Fri, 06 May 2016 13:12:41 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=21854 Morgan’s school was closed once again for polling on Thursday. So, as is now customary on election days we spent the day at the Blue Lagoon water park in Pembrokeshire with Morgan and two of his friends, Tom and James. I was up early as usual and was going to go for a bike ride,...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/05/election-day-blue-lagoon/feed/ 1 21854 Christmas SUP Surf Session https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/12/christmas-sup-surf-session/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/12/christmas-sup-surf-session/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2015 06:52:46 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=20840 The Christmas Holidays continue and we’ve almost lost track of which day it is, but I remembered it was Sunday so ended up having a fairly busy day cycling, swimming SUP Surfing, walking on the beach and indulging! The Usual Sunday Morning It started like any other Sunday morning for me, up early at 4:30am and...

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