{"id":2140,"date":"2009-08-23T08:26:17","date_gmt":"2009-08-23T08:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2140"},"modified":"2009-08-30T10:12:40","modified_gmt":"2009-08-30T09:12:40","slug":"snowdonia-enduro-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/08\/snowdonia-enduro-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowdonia Enduro 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2141\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Dave_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2141\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2141 \" title=\"Dave_2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Dave_2-120x89.jpg\" alt=\"MTB Wales\" width=\"120\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Dave_2-120x89.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Dave_2-400x299.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Dave_2.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MTB Wales<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Following my recent flu and health problems, I&#8217;m not quite up to any Mountain Bike racing at the moment, but I&#8217;ve been enjoying my photography and quite fancy having a go at taking photos of a MTB event sometime soon. 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