{"id":22082,"date":"2016-05-30T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T08:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=22082"},"modified":"2016-05-29T17:26:19","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T16:26:19","slug":"sunny-bank-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/05\/sunny-bank-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunny Bank Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t quite believe it&#8230; Gorgeous sunshine on a Bank Holiday weekend. That can only mean one thing, a busy beach &#8211; busier in fact than we&#8217;ve ever seen it. Not to worry, we&#8217;ll soon have it back to ourselves.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22083\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Busy-Beach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22083\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22083\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Busy-Beach-720x540.jpg\" alt=\"Busy Beach at Ynyslas\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Busy-Beach-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Busy-Beach-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Busy-Beach-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Busy-Beach.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Busy Beach at Ynyslas<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was great weather for the Aber Cycle Fest as well. There were four Sportives taking place on Sunday ranging from 26 to 106 miles. I didn&#8217;t join in properly as I like to get out early, but I did ride the route of the 62 mile Y Mynach Sportive at a nice slow pace before anyone else did. I had to contend with damp roads and a 30 knot headwind for the first 11 miles though which I\u00a0don&#8217;t think was a problem for those who started at the proper time. At least I was home by 10:30am so had plenty of time to enjoy the amazing weather.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/591590081\/embed\/31255ad67088d1e4f601db2d2b6f69bc4a0f8d90\" width=\"590\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We took\u00a0a walk along the beach, but decided it was best to avoid the crowds and relax in the garden instead. Things are looking nice and there&#8217;s plenty of colour. We checked on the bees whilst in the garden\u00a0and they seem to be doing well, I think we will split them later in the week.<\/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-22082 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\/2016\/05\/Aquilegia-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Aquilegia-1-200x150.jpg\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bog-Garden-Area-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Bog Garden Area\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-22085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bog-Garden-Area-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bog-Garden-Area-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bog-Garden-Area-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bog-Garden-Area.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-1-22085'>\n\t\t\t\tBog Garden Area\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\/2016\/05\/Chives.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" 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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\/2016\/05\/Yellow-Flag.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Yellow-Flag-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Yellow Flag\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-22094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Yellow-Flag-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Yellow-Flag-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Yellow-Flag-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Yellow-Flag.jpg 900w\" 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-1-22094'>\n\t\t\t\tYellow Flag\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It&#8217;s even looking nice down around the apiary and at the bottom of the garden which is a spot that I rarely show you here. It has compost bins, waste heaps and piles of grass clipping everywhere and not much in the was of sunlight either so it&#8217;s not the showiest area but I&#8217;ve been growing \u00a0Lavatera and Comfrey here the last couple of years to hide some of the more &#8216;ugly&#8217; spots and it&#8217;s working well. The Irises and Crocosmia seem to be doing a little better down here now as well.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .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-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .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-2' class='gallery galleryid-22082 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\/2016\/05\/Apiary.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Apiary-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Apiary\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-22098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Apiary-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Apiary-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Apiary-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Apiary.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-2-22098'>\n\t\t\t\tApiary\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\/2016\/05\/Bottom-of-the-Garden.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bottom-of-the-Garden-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Bottom of the Garden\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-22099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bottom-of-the-Garden-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bottom-of-the-Garden-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bottom-of-the-Garden-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bottom-of-the-Garden.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-2-22099'>\n\t\t\t\tBottom of the Garden\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t quite believe it&#8230; Gorgeous sunshine on a Bank Holiday weekend. That can only mean one thing, a busy beach &#8211; busier in fact than we&#8217;ve ever seen it. Not to worry, we&#8217;ll soon have it back to ourselves. It was great weather for the Aber Cycle Fest as well. 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