Turkey Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/turkey/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Tue, 26 May 2020 13:15:48 +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 Turkey Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/turkey/ 32 32 2696646 Alanya Aftermath https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/alanya-aftermath/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/alanya-aftermath/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2013 07:56:10 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=13804 It’s been a week since I got back from the European Age-Group Champs in Alanya, Turkey. I’m now back in the UK after an amazing trip. I booked my travel independently through Thomas Cook and boy am I glad that I did. Those that booked through the BTF’s preferred travel partner Nirvana had loads of...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/alanya-aftermath/feed/ 1 13804 Alanya Panorama https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/alanya-panorama/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/alanya-panorama/#respond Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:08:31 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=13788 With the Turkey Travelogue Posts finished, here’s a final post with a panoramic photo of Alanya that I took from atop the castle.

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/alanya-panorama/feed/ 0 13788 Turkey Day 8 – Sights, Sweats and Smells https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-8-sights-sweats-and-smells/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-8-sights-sweats-and-smells/#comments Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:56:23 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=13761 The final day was upon me and I think I was the only Brit left in town. Everyone else seemed to be Turkish or German and there were very few triathletes left as Alanya recovered from hosting the 2013 European Triathlon Championships. I had to check-out of the hotel by midday so after the biggest...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-8-sights-sweats-and-smells/feed/ 1 13761 Turkey Day 7 – Bartering and Bumbling https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-7-bartering-and-bumbling/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-7-bartering-and-bumbling/#respond Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:43:18 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=13747 This was the last day for most of the INTRtri team as they were all heading home today but last nit at the closing ceremony Andrea had agreed that she and Frank would come for a pre-breakfast swim with me. Now, you know me, I’m Mr. Reliable when it comes to these things, the early...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-7-bartering-and-bumbling/feed/ 0 13747 Turkey Day 6 – Alanya Castle, Geocaches and Closing Ceremony https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-6-alanya-castle-geocaches-and-closing-ceremony/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-6-alanya-castle-geocaches-and-closing-ceremony/#respond Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:08:02 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=13722 With the racing over it was now time to relax. These international triathlon events are brilliant and take me to places I might not otherwise have gone, but in the run up to the race there isn’t much time for anything other than race preparation, race panicking and race nerves, so it’s nice to have...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-6-alanya-castle-geocaches-and-closing-ceremony/feed/ 0 13722 Turkey Day 5 – ETU European Age-Group Triathlon Championships Race Report https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-5-etu-european-age-group-triathlon-championships-race-report/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-5-etu-european-age-group-triathlon-championships-race-report/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:56:33 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=13685 With Race Day upon us, Roger and I saved ourselves the walk from the hotel and instead shared a taxi into Alanya. Due to all the road closures it couldn’t get that close to the transition area but it saved us a walk with all our kit. We then walked the rest of the way...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-5-etu-european-age-group-triathlon-championships-race-report/feed/ 14 13685 Turkey day 4 – Supporting, Briefing, Racking and Worrying https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-4-supporting-briefing-racking-and-worrying/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-4-supporting-briefing-racking-and-worrying/#respond Sun, 16 Jun 2013 03:39:15 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=13648 Another fitful night with just a little sleep and Day 4 was upon me. I didn’t feel great but I had a busy day ahead of me so had to get on with it. Breakfast at the hotel doesn’t start until 8am and I had to be down at the race centre before that in...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-4-supporting-briefing-racking-and-worrying/feed/ 0 13648 Turkey Day 3 – Run, Registration and Swim Recce https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-3-run-registration-and-swim-recce/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-3-run-registration-and-swim-recce/#respond Sun, 16 Jun 2013 03:39:02 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=13647 Day three started OK. When I first woke up I looked at the time on my iPod Nano and it said 2am so I forced myself back to sleep. Next time I checked it said 4:15am so I got up, and then realised that I hadn’t yet changed the time on my iPod Nano to...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-3-run-registration-and-swim-recce/feed/ 0 13647 Turkey day 2 – Bike recce, sea swim and finding my way around https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-2-bike-recce-sea-swim-and-finding-my-way-around/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-2-bike-recce-sea-swim-and-finding-my-way-around/#respond Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:00:25 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=13627 The start of day 2 merged with day 1 really as I was still travelling, but after trying to sleep it was time for breakfast in the hotel. Breakfast was like the rest of the hotel, basic but fine. I then met up with a rep which brought up the whole bike transfer fiasco again...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-2-bike-recce-sea-swim-and-finding-my-way-around/feed/ 0 13627 Turkey Day 1- Coolest Good Luck Card for Triathlon https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-1-coolest-good-luck-card-for-triathlon/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/turkey-day-1-coolest-good-luck-card-for-triathlon/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:12:24 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=13618 I finally made it to Turkey! There was a bit of a delay in Birmingham thanks to a strike by the French air traffic controllers and I was there early anyway so ended up having to wait around for about 7 hours. The flight was a little cramped but OK and then I had issues...

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