{"id":26272,"date":"2018-03-18T07:04:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T07:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=26272"},"modified":"2018-03-18T09:12:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T09:12:09","slug":"the-beast-from-the-east-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/03\/the-beast-from-the-east-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beast from the East 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter is back with a vengeance. Yesterday the strong easterly winds were back with winds above 40 knots all day long and gusts up to a massive 64.5 knots again. It was only just above freezing too with some snow flurries. My trip to North Wales was cancelled as it was likely to be too windy for surf skiing and the drive there may have a been a little treacherous for some too.<\/p>\n<p>Instead I had a &#8216;rest day&#8217; at home.<\/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-26272 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\/2018\/03\/Spice-Racks.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Spice-Racks-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Spice Racks\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-26281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Spice-Racks-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Spice-Racks-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Spice-Racks.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-1-26281'>\n\t\t\t\tSpice Racks\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Spicy.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Spicy-150x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Spicy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-26282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Spicy-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Spicy.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-26282'>\n\t\t\t\tSpicy\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>After a satisfying our OCD with new spice racks and a clear out of some cupboards I baked a &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epicurious.com\/recipes\/food\/views\/star-anise-and-coriander-spice-cake-101767\">Coriander Seed, Star Anise and Semolina Cake<\/a>&#8216; &#8211; A weird combination but I discovered that we had a excess of coriander seeds, star anise and semolina so decided it was time to use some up. What better way to use up excess (out of date) ingredients than to bake a cake.<\/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=B074JYK561&amp;asins=B074JYK561&amp;linkId=82661c29f8a648ba84065f78c7e66a18&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>Annnamarie, Geoff, Evie-Rosa and Archie popped in. They left Archie with us and went to the Libanus Cinema in Borth while we looked after Archie. They came back to collect him and stopped for coffee and cake afterwards. They seemed impressed with the cinema as it was their first time there and were impressed with the cake too! There were heavy snow flurries on and off all day and the wind continued to howl. I took a walk over to the beach, wandered around the garden, did some work and fiddled with my latest pack of GoPro mounting accessories. I had lost a little nut from my suction cup and it was cheaper to buy a pack containing 45 different accessories than it was just the suction cup, or probably even a bag of nuts! Not only did I have a new suction cup and a load of spares from the other, but I had plenty of spares of everything else too. The adhesive mounts are always handy, the spare bike bar mount will be useful too. I\u00a0don&#8217;t really need extra helmet, head and chest mounts but\u00a0I&#8217;ve got them. Nor did I need another monopod. The new gorilla-pod style tripod is nice though and so is the clamp mount. Who knows if I&#8217;ll ever use the wrist mount though or many of the other things but for \u00a311.49 you can&#8217;t really go wrong.<\/p>\n<p>The wind eased a little overnight and we were greeted on Sunday morning with a Winter Wonderland.<\/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-26272 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\/2018\/03\/Snow-Again.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snow-Again-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Snow Again\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-26273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snow-Again-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snow-Again-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snow-Again.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-2-26273'>\n\t\t\t\tSnow Again\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\/2018\/03\/Snowy-Foliage.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snowy-Foliage-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Snowy Foliage\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-26274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snowy-Foliage-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snowy-Foliage-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snowy-Foliage.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-2-26274'>\n\t\t\t\tSnowy Foliage\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\/2018\/03\/Snowy-Leaves.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snowy-Leaves-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Snowy Leaves\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-26275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snowy-Leaves-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snowy-Leaves-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snowy-Leaves.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-2-26275'>\n\t\t\t\tSnowy Leaves\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\/2018\/03\/The-Beast-From-the-East-2.0.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Beast-From-the-East-2.0-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Beast From the East 2.0\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-26276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Beast-From-the-East-2.0-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Beast-From-the-East-2.0-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Beast-From-the-East-2.0.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-2-26276'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Beast From the East 2.0\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It\u00a0doesn&#8217;t look like I&#8217;ll be getting out for a ride today either now. Hopefully once the others are up I can encourage them out for a play\u00a0in the snow somewhere and I guess I&#8217;d better spend some time on the turbo trainer.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .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-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .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-3' class='gallery galleryid-26272 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\/2018\/03\/More-Snow.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"76\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/More-Snow-200x76.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"More Snow\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-26277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/More-Snow-200x76.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/More-Snow-720x272.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/More-Snow-1320x500.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/More-Snow.jpg 1024w\" 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-3-26277'>\n\t\t\t\tMore Snow\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\/2018\/03\/Snow.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snow-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Snow\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-26278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snow-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snow-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snow.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-3-26278'>\n\t\t\t\tSnow\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>There is a little wave too so if the wind\u00a0doesn&#8217;t pick up as much as it&#8217;s forecast to I might just have to go out for a little sub-zero surf-ski session.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26279\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snow-at-Ynyslas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26279\" class=\"size-large wp-image-26279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snow-at-Ynyslas-720x540.jpg\" alt=\"Snow at Ynyslas\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snow-at-Ynyslas-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snow-at-Ynyslas-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snow-at-Ynyslas.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow at Ynyslas<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26280\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snow-on-the-beach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26280\" class=\"size-large wp-image-26280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snow-on-the-beach-720x540.jpg\" alt=\"Snow on the beach\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snow-on-the-beach-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snow-on-the-beach-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Snow-on-the-beach.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow on the beach<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s almost 7am, minus 1.8\u00baC with a 15 knot NE wind at the moment.\u00a0I&#8217;ve been for a walk already but now need to get out and do something slightly strenuous!<\/p>\n<p>[UPDATE] It&#8217;s now 9:10am and I did go for a nice &#8216;chilled&#8217; surf ski session and even a little swim.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tCUqqUf_VNk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter is back with a vengeance. Yesterday the strong easterly winds were back with winds above 40 knots all day long and gusts up to a massive 64.5 knots again. It was only just above freezing too with some snow flurries. My trip to North Wales was cancelled as it was likely to be too&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1312,"featured_media":26273,"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":[8,762,10,9],"tags":[541],"class_list":["post-26272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-recipes","category-wales","category-weather","tag-snow"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Beast from the East 2.0 - 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\/2018\/03\/the-beast-from-the-east-2-0\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Beast from the East 2.0 - A Simple Life of Luxury\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Winter is back with a vengeance. 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