Trail Guide Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/trail-guide/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:32:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Trail Guide Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/trail-guide/ 32 32 2696646 A Wet Ride in the Hills https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/10/a-wet-ride-in-the-hills/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/10/a-wet-ride-in-the-hills/#respond Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:28:13 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=8936 Saturday was a pretty miserable day here. It was also the first of the winter rides with the Triathlon Club and seeing as people in the club seem to think I’m a little mad and the sort of person who is up for anything, whatever the weather, I thought I’d better show willing. I don’t...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/10/a-wet-ride-in-the-hills/feed/ 0 8936 Mountain Biking in the Dyfi Forest https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/08/mountain-biking-in-the-dyfi-forest/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/08/mountain-biking-in-the-dyfi-forest/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:07:37 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=8701 My brother Brad was staying with us for the weekend and wanted to do some mountain biking. So, rather than take him out onto the waymarked trails of the nearby trail centres I thought I’d take him for a ride through the Dyfi Forest to give him a taste of the Dyfi Enduro. Saturday was a pretty...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/08/mountain-biking-in-the-dyfi-forest/feed/ 1 8701 Making the most of an Injury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/07/making-the-most-of-an-injury/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/07/making-the-most-of-an-injury/#respond Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:59:13 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=8457 The torn ligaments in my ankle have been driving me nuts. Actually, to be more accurate it’s the inability to get out training that’s driving me nuts so the other day I decided to try an easy session on the turbo trainer. The idea was that if it did hurt too much I could easily...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/07/making-the-most-of-an-injury/feed/ 0 8457 More Hilly Running https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/06/more-hilly-running/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/06/more-hilly-running/#respond Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:26:56 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=8066 I’m doing well following the training regime set by my coach. I think I’ve even got used to the hilly runs that he has been setting me to do. The first one I did about a month ago was pretty tough, but since then I’ve been sticking with it and even increasing the distance a...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/07/artists-valley-and-beyond/feed/ 0 5388 My own Private Alp D’Huez https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/04/my-own-private-alp-dhuez/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/04/my-own-private-alp-dhuez/#respond Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:47:08 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=4289 The triathlon looms ever closer and Jay, Brad, Matt and Beale all seem to be doing loads of secret training, so I thought I’d better get out there on my road bike again to get used to it. Last time I went out on the road bike it was OK, but I didn’t feel that...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/04/my-own-private-alp-dhuez/feed/ 0 4289 Mountain Biking at Penmachno https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/03/mountain-biking-at-penmachno/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/03/mountain-biking-at-penmachno/#respond Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:44:54 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=4002 On my way home from Conwy at the weekend I stopped off at Penmachno for a ride around the trails there. I hadn’t been here for over a year and had fond memories of it from last time so was looking forward to it. This was helped by the fact that it was a lovely...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/03/mountain-biking-at-penmachno/feed/ 0 4002 ClimachX MTB Night Ride https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/11/climachx-mtb-night-ride/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/11/climachx-mtb-night-ride/#respond Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:04:08 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=3105 I haven’t posted a ride report for a while or any route guides. Mainly because I had a few months off the bike after being in hospital and the rides I’ve done over the past few weeks whilst trying to get back into it have been pretty hard work and not that enjoyable. Last nights...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/11/climachx-mtb-night-ride/feed/ 0 3105 Brechfa Raven Trail – Improved https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/05/brechfa-raven-trail-improved/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/05/brechfa-raven-trail-improved/#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 05:02:51 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=1598 I first did the Raven MTB Trail at Brechfa, not long after it first opened in August 2008. There were a few of us on that ride and it has to be said it was quite a mudfest! Some sections were closed due to the surface breaking up and others were barely rideable. It was...

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