{"id":10795,"date":"2012-08-07T19:15:02","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T18:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10795"},"modified":"2012-08-07T19:15:41","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T18:15:41","slug":"swim-safari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/08\/swim-safari\/","title":{"rendered":"Swim Safari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That was a lovely little swim from the estuary at Ynyslas, out around the point at warp speed thanks to some crazy currents and then out through the mouth of the estuary and around to the seafront where things slowed down thanks to a headwind and some waves to contend with. It made a change to actually go somewhere rather than around in circles.<\/p>\n<p>It looks as though my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/tyr-hurricane-wetsuit-review\/\" title=\"TYR Hurricane Wetsuit Review\">TYR Hurricane wetsuit<\/a> is on its last legs though. 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