{"id":25284,"date":"2017-10-14T03:23:02","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T02:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=25284"},"modified":"2017-10-14T08:21:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T07:21:44","slug":"time-new-wetsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/time-new-wetsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for a new wetsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have loads of wetsuits &#8211; I&#8217;ve lost count of how many. There&#8217;s at least:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2x C-Skins winter suits<\/li>\n<li>1x Rhino short sleeve summer suit<\/li>\n<li>1x O&#8217;Neill shortie<\/li>\n<li>1x Excel 3\/2mm Spring\/Autumn suit<\/li>\n<li>1x Snugg 4\/3mm Spring\/Autumn suit<\/li>\n<li>1x Blue Seventy Reaction swimming wetsuit<\/li>\n<li>1x TYR Hurricane swimming wetsuit<\/li>\n<li>1x wetsuit shorts and vest for kayaking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of these are looking a little worse for wear. The two C-skins winter suits are over 12 years old and have been used many, many times. There was a time when I kept a record of their use, but gave up counting after they had been used over 300 times each! They are still going strong though. They don&#8217;t have any holes in them but the neoprene isn&#8217;t as flexible as it used to be and some of the lining is a little frayed here and there. The summer suits do have a few little splits at the seams and the necks are both worn through but as they are used in the summer they are more for sun protection than warmth so I&#8217;ve been putting up with them.<\/p>\n<p>The Spring \/ Autumn suits though are both at the end of their lives. I got them for free as hand-me-downs from a friend (Leigh) so I can&#8217;t complain as they were pretty well worn when I got them. However, they are very useful suits for this time of the year, and to be honest are usually the suit of choice for a Welsh summer as well. Also, being thinner and not as warm as a winter suit they are ideal for surf-skiing. Being thinner and more flexible they are easier to paddle in. I also generate a fair bit of heat from the sheer physical effort of surf-skiing and don&#8217;t plan to spend too much time in the water so don&#8217;t really need too much insulation, even in the middle of winter. I therefore decided to treat myself to a nice new, fairly flexible 3\/2mm suit. The plan was to use it for surf-ski training in colder conditions and to use it for surfing \/ windsurfing when things were a little warmer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"amazon_ad_right\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=alslikklworls&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=GB&amp;placement=B074XPN7DF&amp;asins=B074XPN7DF&amp;linkId=2f426167534585c65bcb9a1d132d19c4&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>I shopped around a little but without too much money to spend couldn&#8217;t afford the top of the range super-flexible suits. I did find what looked like a nice Typhoon TX2 suit though. It was reduced from \u00a3159 to \u00a3127, they had it in my size. What&#8217;s more the bright lime green shoulders took my fancy too &#8211; There&#8217;s no harm in being visible when out at sea.<\/p>\n<p>I ordered one and it soon arrived. I tried it on for size and struggled a fair bit to get in through the neck entry system. Plenty of my older suits have neck entry systems, but this one has a zip that only fully releases on one side. I know I have fairly broad shoulders but I&#8217;m fairly adept at getting in and out of wetsuits so shouldn&#8217;t really struggle this much. Getting it off wasn&#8217;t much easier either. Once on it fitted perfectly and was nice and comfortable out in the water. It wasn&#8217;t the warmest suit but it was fairly flexible and I soon forgot about it once paddling.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the second time I went to use it I noticed that the neoprene had ripped at one side where the chest zip attaches.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25292\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Wetsuit-Tear.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25292\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Wetsuit-Tear.jpg\" alt=\"Wetsuit Tear\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Wetsuit-Tear.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Wetsuit-Tear-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Wetsuit-Tear-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wetsuit Tear<\/p><\/div>\n<p>No doubt partly caused by the difficult entry and exit from the suit but even so, not really what you expect from a brand new suit. As I said earlier, I&#8217;ve had loads of wetsuits in my time, some of which have lasted for well over 300 uses. A wetsuit that only lasts a single use isn&#8217;t really fit for purpose. I contacted the retailer and they contacted Typhoon. The good news is that Typhoon have agreed to cover the wetsuit under warranty and want the faulty one back for inspection. I was expecting an argument as that&#8217;s the way these things normally go, but the retailer (Wetsuit Outlet) have sorted it out for me and the manufacturer (Typhoon) agreed to refund under warranty so I can&#8217;t ask for more than that.<\/p>\n<div class=\"amazon_ad_right\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=alslikklworls&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=GB&amp;placement=B01NC0J3EP&amp;asins=B01NC0J3EP&amp;linkId=4213fe755a1e34c3a424455a8a507f2f&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>It does mean I&#8217;m back to square one trying to decide which suit to buy and don&#8217;t have any extra money to spend on a top of the range one. Mind you, I think this time I&#8217;ll go for one with a chest zip that opens on both sides. It does seem that the better suits all have the single side zips though. Maybe with a more flexible neoprene the single side chest zip entry would be OK, but I think on a more budget suit there just isn&#8217;t enough give around the neck with this design and it puts undue stress on the neoprene as you get into and out of it.<\/p>\n<p>I think maybe I&#8217;ll go for either the\u00a0 Mystic Star 3\/2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have loads of wetsuits &#8211; I&#8217;ve lost count of how many. There&#8217;s at least: 2x C-Skins winter suits 1x Rhino short sleeve summer suit 1x O&#8217;Neill shortie 1x Excel 3\/2mm Spring\/Autumn suit 1x Snugg 4\/3mm Spring\/Autumn suit 1x Blue Seventy Reaction swimming wetsuit 1x TYR Hurricane swimming wetsuit 1x wetsuit shorts and vest for&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1312,"featured_media":25292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1454],"tags":[446],"class_list":["post-25284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-wetsuit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Time for a new wetsuit - A Simple Life of Luxury<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/time-new-wetsuit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Time for a new wetsuit - A Simple Life of Luxury\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I have loads of wetsuits &#8211; I&#8217;ve lost count of how many. There&#8217;s at least: 2x C-Skins winter suits 1x Rhino short sleeve summer suit 1x O&#8217;Neill shortie 1x Excel 3\/2mm Spring\/Autumn suit 1x Snugg 4\/3mm Spring\/Autumn suit 1x Blue Seventy Reaction swimming wetsuit 1x TYR Hurricane swimming wetsuit 1x wetsuit shorts and vest for&#046;&#046;&#046;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/time-new-wetsuit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"A Simple Life of Luxury\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/justal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/justal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-14T02:23:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-10-14T07:21:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Wetsuit-Tear.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alan Cole\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@justalcole\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@justalcole\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alan Cole\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/time-new-wetsuit\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/time-new-wetsuit\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan Cole\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372\"},\"headline\":\"Time for a new wetsuit\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-14T02:23:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-14T07:21:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/time-new-wetsuit\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":851,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/time-new-wetsuit\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/Wetsuit-Tear.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"wetsuit\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/time-new-wetsuit\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/time-new-wetsuit\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/time-new-wetsuit\\\/\",\"name\":\"Time for a new wetsuit - A Simple Life of Luxury\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/time-new-wetsuit\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/time-new-wetsuit\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/Wetsuit-Tear.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-14T02:23:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-14T07:21:44+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/time-new-wetsuit\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/time-new-wetsuit\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/time-new-wetsuit\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/Wetsuit-Tear.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/Wetsuit-Tear.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":675,\"caption\":\"Wetsuit Tear\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/time-new-wetsuit\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Time for a new wetsuit\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"A Simple Life of Luxury\",\"description\":\"Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372\",\"name\":\"Alan Cole\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Selfie.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Selfie.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Selfie.jpg\",\"width\":950,\"height\":713,\"caption\":\"Alan Cole\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Selfie.jpg\"},\"description\":\"Alan is a Freelance Website Designer, Sports &amp; Exercise Science Lab Technician and full time Dad &amp; husband with far too many hobbies: Triathlete, Swimming, Cycling, Running, MTBing, Surfing, Windsurfing, SUPing, Gardening, Photography.... The list goes on.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pixelwave.co.uk\",\"http:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/justal\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/justalcole\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/justal123\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Time for a new wetsuit - A Simple Life of Luxury","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/time-new-wetsuit\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Time for a new wetsuit - A Simple Life of Luxury","og_description":"I have loads of wetsuits &#8211; I&#8217;ve lost count of how many. There&#8217;s at least: 2x C-Skins winter suits 1x Rhino short sleeve summer suit 1x O&#8217;Neill shortie 1x Excel 3\/2mm Spring\/Autumn suit 1x Snugg 4\/3mm Spring\/Autumn suit 1x Blue Seventy Reaction swimming wetsuit 1x TYR Hurricane swimming wetsuit 1x wetsuit shorts and vest for&#46;&#46;&#46;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/time-new-wetsuit\/","og_site_name":"A Simple Life of Luxury","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/justal\/","article_author":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/justal\/","article_published_time":"2017-10-14T02:23:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-10-14T07:21:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Wetsuit-Tear.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Alan Cole","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@justalcole","twitter_site":"@justalcole","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alan Cole","Estimated reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/time-new-wetsuit\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/time-new-wetsuit\/"},"author":{"name":"Alan Cole","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372"},"headline":"Time for a new wetsuit","datePublished":"2017-10-14T02:23:02+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-14T07:21:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/time-new-wetsuit\/"},"wordCount":851,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/time-new-wetsuit\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Wetsuit-Tear.jpg","keywords":["wetsuit"],"articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/time-new-wetsuit\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/time-new-wetsuit\/","url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/time-new-wetsuit\/","name":"Time for a new wetsuit - A Simple Life of Luxury","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/time-new-wetsuit\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/time-new-wetsuit\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Wetsuit-Tear.jpg","datePublished":"2017-10-14T02:23:02+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-14T07:21:44+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/time-new-wetsuit\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/time-new-wetsuit\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/time-new-wetsuit\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Wetsuit-Tear.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Wetsuit-Tear.jpg","width":900,"height":675,"caption":"Wetsuit Tear"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/time-new-wetsuit\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Time for a new wetsuit"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"A Simple Life of Luxury","description":"Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372","name":"Alan Cole","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Selfie.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Selfie.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Selfie.jpg","width":950,"height":713,"caption":"Alan Cole"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Selfie.jpg"},"description":"Alan is a Freelance Website Designer, Sports &amp; Exercise Science Lab Technician and full time Dad &amp; husband with far too many hobbies: Triathlete, Swimming, Cycling, Running, MTBing, Surfing, Windsurfing, SUPing, Gardening, Photography.... The list goes on.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.pixelwave.co.uk","http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/justal\/","https:\/\/x.com\/justalcole"],"url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/author\/justal123\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Wetsuit-Tear.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1312"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}