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\"windy\"<\/a>

Windy Miller!<\/p><\/div>\n

And so the wind keeps blowing!<\/p>\n

It’s always windy here, but until the last week or so, the autumn had been fairly quiet. All that has changed now and autumn has shown its true colours. After a good windsurf session at the weekend, it has stayed windy all week so far. I was at work on Monday so couldn’t\u00a0 get out, but did go for a sail on Tuesday. It was then my last day at work on Wednesday and although I couldn’t get out for a windsurf I did go for a Mountain Bike ride in the evening.<\/p>\n

I met Dave at Angler’s Retreat where it was dark, cold, blowing a gale and pouring with rain. It didn’t take us long to decide to head to the relative shelter of Nant yr Arian for our ride. It wasn’t much better there, still pouring with rain, one degree warmer but it was a little sheltered from the winds. Once we were out and riding it wasn’t too bad though, and as usual it was enjoyable and I felt better for it. As I said a couple of days ago “Just get out there and do it!<\/a>”<\/p>\n

When I got home it was as usual extra windy. I’m sure this is one of the windiest places around, which is afterall one of the reson we picked this location to build our house. I could tell it was wild outside as Anna was snuggled up indoors watching the TV with the subtitles on. No matter how loud she had the volume she couldn’t hear the TV over the howling wind and hammering rain, so subtitles were the only option!<\/p>\n

It’s still blowing a hoolie today as well and I’ve just got back from a brilliant windsurf session<\/a>. Challenging conditions and therefore a very satisfying session for me as I coped well and had a sense of achievement after every run. I felt a little sorry for Simon though as he didn’t fare quite so well.<\/p>\n

Not a bad way to spend my first day back as a full-time freelancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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