Tagged: Ynyslas

New Running Routes 2

New Running Routes

I think I need some new running routes. The ones I do are OK and doing the same route now and then to gauge your progress (or lack of as the case might be) is always a good thing, but doing the same route all the time is not only a little boring, but hard...

Crazy Winds 4

Crazy Winds

Well, we knew it was coming but when it blows properly it blows! The wind here started at around 3am, then eased off a little this morning before picking up properly to 40-50 knots at around 10am. The exact time we had planned to go out windsurfing. Normally that would be a good thing, but...

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Ynyslas Bonfire Party

Yes, another night and another bonfire party and fireworks display, that seems to be all we’ve done lately. Last night was the turn of the annual party at Dave and Sarah’s, our next door neighbours. As per usual it was full of their friends, most of whom are from Borth and Ynyslas and most of...

Going Loopy – Pulling the Trigger 2

Going Loopy – Pulling the Trigger

I’ve just got back from an excellent windsurf session here at Ynyslas. I wandered over to the beach and it didn’t lok great, grey, not that windy and not much in the way of waves either. I rigged my bigger sail, a 5.6m Gun Nexus and decided to give it a go with my Naish...

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Another day – and yet more wind

Ivor, our katabatic wind is still blowing, fifth day in a row now I think and I’ve decided to take a day off from windsurfing as I needed to mow the lawn, catch up with some work and try to recover my aching body ready for circuits and swimfit tonight. But once again it looks...

More Tales from the Estuary 0

More Tales from the Estuary

I managed to drag my aching body out for yet another speed session at the crack of dawn yesterday. I had hoped the wind would go mad in the same way as it had for the past few days so rigged my small kit and got on the water before it was light. There was...

Speed Session Round Two 0

Speed Session Round Two

After my early morning speed windsurfing session, the wind eased off and when Steve first turned up there was barely any wind at all. So, we had a cuppa then headed down to the beach just as the wind went ballistic. Impi and AndyW were there too. Andy had already been out as had Dave...

Borth Surf 1

Surf

As well as the wind being good, the surf is going off too.

Getting Closer to 40 knots 0

Getting Closer to 40 knots

Day 2 of what should be a good weekend for speed sailing and after yesterday’satempt was somewhat foiled by wind and tides not coinciding my plan was to get in an early session as the tide came in and the sun rose. I was on the beach at 6.30am in the pitch dark. The wind...

Speed Session 0

The Quest Continues

As mentioned before, things are looking goos as far as windsurfing goes this weekend and I’ve been hoping to have an attempt at my “Life Begins at 40 knots Quest“. The first of the winds arrived today but it wasn’t quite as good as hoped. I headed down to the estuary just after high tide,...