{"id":29817,"date":"2019-05-06T11:51:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T10:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=29817"},"modified":"2019-05-06T11:47:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T10:47:21","slug":"monday-morning-swim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/05\/monday-morning-swim\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Morning Swim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What better way to start the week than a nice little swim in the sea. First time this year without my extremities covered in neoprene so it was a little chilly despite being in the balmy waters of Borth. It was a little choppy too as Jo, Sara, Nick and myself set off to the camels humps. Around the rocks we went and then headed back to the beach for coffee and cake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"405\" width=\"590\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/2346023234\/embed\/8bc89c88149c63e10fc5ac680290ba17d9ba994e\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s more, my GoPro had accidentally been set to timelapse mode so was taking random photos much of the way. Most of course were complete rubbish but one or two were interesting, so I kept a few of them along with the ones I took on purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Borth-Swim.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Borth-Swim.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Borth-Swim.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Borth-Swim.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=950&#038;ssl=1 950w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"713\" data-id=\"29818\" 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