{"id":27100,"date":"2018-08-13T11:07:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T10:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=27100"},"modified":"2018-08-13T11:07:27","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T10:07:27","slug":"playing-at-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/08\/playing-at-the-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing at the Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was all geared up for my first proper down-winder on the surf ski this weekend. The forecast was looking good. There was supposed to be quite a bit of wind. It was supposed to be southerly and there should be some swell with it as well. OK, rain was forecast too, but if the conditions were fairly big and burly I was likely to get wet anyway. A down-winder from Borth to Ynyslas was on the cards<\/p>\n

Calm before the Storm<\/h2>\n

There looked to be a calm before the storm on Saturday morning so I headed off into the hills on my CX bike. There was a bit of a breeze and it wasn’t quite as warm as it had been. Arm warmers were called for but otherwise it was still shorts and T-shirt weather. My legs were a bit tired though so it was a fairly easy 2\u00bd hour pootle through the hills. The recent rain did at least mean they were green again.<\/p>\n

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CX in the Hills<\/p><\/div>\n

There\u00a0isn’t much water in Nant y Moch Reservoir though. It is pretty much empty.<\/p>\n

\"Nant-y-Moch\"<\/a>

Nant-y-Moch<\/p><\/div>\n

I was back at home in time for elevenses just before the rain start and then spent the rest of the day walking back and forth to the beach to check on the conditions.
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