Surfing Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/surfing/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Fri, 31 Mar 2023 12:57:51 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Surfing Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/surfing/ 32 32 2696646 Surf Therapy https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/03/surf-therapy/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/03/surf-therapy/#comments Fri, 31 Mar 2023 12:57:40 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=39087 I’ve had a cold all week. It was brewing last weekend while kayaking and walking in the hills but it got a little worse after that. I’ve been good, putting all ‘training’ on hold and have done nothing other than sit at my computer working. It never got really bad so no time off was...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/03/surf-therapy/feed/ 1 39087 Catching Waves https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/03/catching-waves/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/03/catching-waves/#respond Sat, 18 Mar 2023 16:50:10 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=38978 My new surfboard is proving it’s worth. I was half expecting there to be no surf for ages having treated myself to a new board, but that hasn’t been the case. I’ve therefore managed to get out on it a couple of time already. The first time was a little short-lived as I snapped my...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/03/catching-waves/feed/ 0 38978 New Board Day https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/03/new-board-day-2/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/03/new-board-day-2/#respond Wed, 08 Mar 2023 13:14:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=38935 I know it seems like I’m always buying new toys, but I’m not really! Take my surfboards for instance. The last time I bought a new surfboard was last century. I can’t even remember exactly when because ‘blogging’ hadn’t been invented then so there’s no record of it on this weblog! It must have been...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/03/new-board-day-2/feed/ 0 38935 Double Dipping and Destruction https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/06/double-dipping-and-destruction/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/06/double-dipping-and-destruction/#respond Sun, 26 Jun 2022 15:39:39 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=37774 That’s more like it – Saturday was a double dip day! Surfing I started off with a nice surf in Borth. The sun was shining, well it was when it wasn’t absolutely hammering it down!. The waves were good too and I had a new board to try out. I caught some nice waves and...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/06/double-dipping-and-destruction/feed/ 0 37774 The Rame Peninsula – Camping Trip Day 2 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/08/the-rame-peninsula-camping-trip-day-2-2/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/08/the-rame-peninsula-camping-trip-day-2-2/#respond Wed, 08 Aug 2018 15:14:45 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=27047 Today looked like being a bright sunny day. There was still a breeze blowing and some wind-blown waves on the long expanse of sands at Whitsands Bay. Rather than drive anywhere we decided to walk down the cliffs to the beach today instead. We of course had a swim and pancakes at the campsite first....

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/08/the-rame-peninsula-camping-trip-day-2-2/feed/ 0 27047 Running, Surfing, Sky’s Garden Nursery & Bike Riding – Bank Holiday Fun from Ynyslas https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/05/running-surfing-skys-garden-nursery-bike-riding-bank-holiday-fun/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/05/running-surfing-skys-garden-nursery-bike-riding-bank-holiday-fun/#respond Wed, 03 May 2017 05:55:22 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=24209 We didn’t really have much planned for Bank Holiday Monday. For a start I kind of forget about Bank Holidays as I don’t usually ‘go into’ work on a Monday but work from home. However, Anna and Morgan were off so it seemed as though we should do something. Running around Ynyslas I was up...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/05/running-surfing-skys-garden-nursery-bike-riding-bank-holiday-fun/feed/ 0 24209 Surfing with the Scouts https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/06/surfing-with-the-scouts/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/06/surfing-with-the-scouts/#respond Sun, 26 Jun 2016 14:11:57 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=22385 We had fun on Friday evening surfing with the Scout thanks to Kwame at Walkin’ on Water. It was a nice relaxed Scout session for us. Anna was on the beach watching and I got to play in the surf. Larry was helping out as well. It wasn’t the best surf conditions with a small,...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/06/surfing-with-the-scouts/feed/ 0 22385 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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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/12/christmas-sup-surf-session/feed/ 1 20840 The Best Artificial Wave Ever https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/12/kellys-wave-the-best-artificial-wave-ever/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/12/kellys-wave-the-best-artificial-wave-ever/#respond Sat, 19 Dec 2015 07:45:21 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=20731 Check this artificial wave out, Kelly Slater, 11 time World Surf League Champion and his partners have built what is probably the best man-made wave ever. Artificial wave We have a fairly decent artificial wave just up the road at Surf Snowdonia. However, when we went there it wasn’t working properly and it has had more than it’s...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/12/kellys-wave-the-best-artificial-wave-ever/feed/ 0 20731 Garmin Fenix 3 Set Up https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/04/garmin-fenix-3-set-up/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/04/garmin-fenix-3-set-up/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2015 05:46:40 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=19155 As you may know, I’m now the proud owner of a Garmin Fenix 3 watch. It took a while to get it as it was stuck at the delivery depot for weeks and the two companies that were involved in delivering it (UK Mail and Cooper Carriers) didn’t seem able to communicate with each other, so...

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