{"id":23176,"date":"2016-10-26T05:55:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T04:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=23176"},"modified":"2016-10-26T05:32:07","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T04:32:07","slug":"making-skittle-rainbows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/10\/making-skittle-rainbows\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Skittle Rainbows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Half Term here so Morgan and I spent most of the day walking into Borth and making Skittle Rainbows. We took a bit of a detour on the way into Borth battling the Pok\u00c3\u00a9mon Gyms on the way &#8211; We ended up getting ourselves into all 6 gyms in Borth and Ynyslas which was something of an achievement! We also had a sneaky peak at the leopard as we passed by the Animalarium. Hot chocolates were consumed in Boulders Caf\u00c3\u00a9, complete with cream and marshmallows to energise us for the walk back. 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