{"id":19978,"date":"2015-08-16T08:12:48","date_gmt":"2015-08-16T07:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19978"},"modified":"2015-08-29T14:09:28","modified_gmt":"2015-08-29T13:09:28","slug":"a-tour-of-north-wales-surf-snowdonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/08\/a-tour-of-north-wales-surf-snowdonia\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tour of North Wales &#8211; Surf Snowdonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again we were having a &#8216;pre-weeked weekend away&#8217; &#8211; We&#8217;re enjoying\u00a0these, a couple of days away before the weekend and then a weekend to chill and get on top of chores at home. After a day at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/a-tour-of-north-wales-bodnant-gardens\/\">Bodnant Gardens, Conwy and Llandudno<\/a> on Thursday we drove back along the A55 in the pouring rain to Dolgarrog and the main reason for coming here, Surf Snowdonia.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure most of you know what this is, but it&#8217;s a giant inland lagoon with an impressive wave machine powered by a huge underwater plough.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/134941369\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You book one hour slots on either a beginner wave, an intermediate wave or an advanced wave. We had booked Anna and Morgan onto the beginner wave and then me onto the intermediate wave &#8211; I wanted the advacned wave really but there were no slots available for that. The rain had just about eased when we got there and Anna had decided that it would be better if I went on the beginner wave with Morgan. We had a bot of a chat with some of the staff there and then we both got into our wetsuits and got our boards &#8211; you have to use one of their boards on the beginner wave &#8211; and headed out to catch some waves.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19979\" style=\"width: 731px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Off-for-a-surf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19979\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19979\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Off-for-a-surf-721x480.jpg\" alt=\"Off for a surf\" width=\"721\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Off-for-a-surf-721x480.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Off-for-a-surf-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Off-for-a-surf.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Off for a surf<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s a little strange to start with, but once you know where the wave breaks the beginner wave is easy enough. It&#8217;s actually a nice mellow little wave. Catch it as white-water and then you can ride some open face into the beach of you head towards the middle of the lagoon. Morgan was having a great time and was happy to have got to his feet. He was quite chilly by the end of his hour though, more so than he would be in the sea as there&#8217;s very little effort involved in paddling out and therefore nothing to warm you up.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-19978 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Beginner-Waves.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Beginner-Waves-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Beginner Waves\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-19981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Beginner-Waves-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Beginner-Waves-721x480.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Beginner-Waves.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-19981'>\n\t\t\t\tBeginner Waves\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Easy-Beginner-Wave.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Easy-Beginner-Wave-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mellow Beginner Wave\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-19982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Easy-Beginner-Wave-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Easy-Beginner-Wave-721x480.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Easy-Beginner-Wave.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-19982'>\n\t\t\t\tMellow Beginner Wave\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Here-we-go.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Here-we-go-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Here we go\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-19983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Here-we-go-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Here-we-go-721x480.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Here-we-go.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-19983'>\n\t\t\t\tHere we go\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Morgan-on-his-Feet.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Morgan-on-his-Feet-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Morgan on his Feet\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-19984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Morgan-on-his-Feet-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Morgan-on-his-Feet-720x480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Morgan-on-his-Feet.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-19984'>\n\t\t\t\tMorgan on his Feet\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Morgan-waiting-for-waves.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Morgan-waiting-for-waves-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Morgan waiting for waves\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-19985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Morgan-waiting-for-waves-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Morgan-waiting-for-waves-721x480.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Morgan-waiting-for-waves.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-19985'>\n\t\t\t\tMorgan waiting for waves\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Morgan1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Morgan1-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Morgan\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-19986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Morgan1-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Morgan1-721x480.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Morgan1.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-19986'>\n\t\t\t\tMorgan\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Paddle.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Paddle-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Paddle\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-19987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Paddle-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Paddle-721x480.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Paddle.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-19987'>\n\t\t\t\tPaddle\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Paddling.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Paddling-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Paddling\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-19988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Paddling-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Paddling-721x480.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Paddling.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-19988'>\n\t\t\t\tPaddling\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Paddling2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Paddling2-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Paddling\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-19989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Paddling2-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Paddling2-721x480.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Paddling2.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-19989'>\n\t\t\t\tPaddling\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Surf-Instruction.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Surf-Instruction-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Surf Instruction\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-19990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Surf-Instruction-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Surf-Instruction-721x480.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Surf-Instruction.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-19990'>\n\t\t\t\tSurf Instruction\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Surfing.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Surfing-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Surfing\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-19991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Surfing-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Surfing-721x480.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Surfing.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-19991'>\n\t\t\t\tSurfing\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Where-am-I.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Where-am-I-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Where am I?\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-19992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Where-am-I-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Where-am-I-721x480.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Where-am-I.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-19992'>\n\t\t\t\tWhere am I?\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Wipe-Out.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Wipe-Out-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Wipe Out\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-19993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Wipe-Out-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Wipe-Out-721x480.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Wipe-Out.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-19993'>\n\t\t\t\tWipe Out\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Avoiding-the-carnage.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Avoiding-the-carnage-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Avoiding the carnage\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Avoiding-the-carnage-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Avoiding-the-carnage-721x480.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Avoiding-the-carnage.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20007'>\n\t\t\t\tAvoiding the carnage\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>After our hour, I had a quick changeover &#8211; changing my rash vest, grabbing my board and then back out onto the intermediate wave. This was a weird wave though, no one was really quite surf where to catch it or what it did and there seemed to be quite a few problems with the plough generating the wave during my hour. I think the idea is to catch it as whitewater and then it cleans up into an open face in a deeper channel along the middle of the lagoon. This\u00a0didn&#8217;t seem to be working properly though and there was just no real power or steepness to the wave. This wasn&#8217;t helped by the fact that I was on a little 5&#8217;10&#8221; fish. After a few attempts it became clear that this board wasn&#8217;t going to be suitable, my only other option was a 6&#8217;4&#8243; but that wasn&#8217;t going to be big enough either. The other guys out on the intermediate wave were on longboards, and even they were struggling to keep going and keep the boards afloat with so little power in the wave. 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Morgan wants to go back again so no doubt we&#8217;ll be back soon for another beginners session for Morgan and an advanced wave session for me. Overall it&#8217;s a nice place, the machinery is impressive and once the surrounding grounds are finished it&#8217;ll be a nice place to spend some time. The advanced wave looks good and\u00a0certainly provides some decent waves for those god enough to make use of it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19997\" style=\"width: 731px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Advanced-Wave.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19997\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Advanced-Wave-721x480.jpg\" alt=\"Advanced Wave\" width=\"721\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Advanced-Wave-721x480.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Advanced-Wave-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Advanced-Wave.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Advanced Wave<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The beginners wave is good too, but I don&#8217;t really think there is much there for those in between. [NOTE: Since getting back, we have looked at the Surf Snowdonia website and they have updated a number of things, including the following line about the Intermediate wave: &#8220;The best boards for \u00a0this bay are either Long boards\u00a0or Mini Mals. \u00a0Board rental is free for the intermediate waves&#8221;&#8230; That\u00a0wasn&#8217;t on the website\u00a0before and wasn&#8217;t the case. In fact Anna specifically asked if I&#8217;d be able to use one of their longer boards on the\u00a0Intermediate wave if my boards weren&#8217;t appropriate and was told that I\u00a0wouldn&#8217;t unless I had already paid for and pre-booked one. It also says that &#8220;During your freesurf session there will be maximum of 2 surfers on\u00a0the wave.&#8221; Again this\u00a0wasn&#8217;t the case for me as there were three of us all trying to catch the same wave throughout the session.<\/p>\n<p>After our session on the waves, we got changed and headed off across Wales. Stopping first just down the road for lunch at the Treetops Adventure place where we went for my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/big-4-0-birthday-weekend\/\">40th birthday<\/a>. We were off to Welshpool for a wander around the garden centre, some caching\u00a0in the nature reserve and then off to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/a-tour-of-north-wales-meet-the-road-trip-crew\/\">geocaching event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again we were having a &#8216;pre-weeked weekend away&#8217; &#8211; We&#8217;re enjoying\u00a0these, a couple of days away before the weekend and then a weekend to chill and get on top of chores at home. 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