{"id":33742,"date":"2020-05-27T08:44:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T07:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=33742"},"modified":"2020-05-26T09:55:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T08:55:02","slug":"a-sunny-bank-holiday-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/05\/a-sunny-bank-holiday-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sunny Bank Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I barely registered that it was Bank Holiday on Monday. It wasn&#8217;t until I started doing some work that Anna said &#8216;it <em>is<\/em> a Bank Holiday you know&#8217;. I took that as notification to stop working as soon as I could and chill for the day instead. I&#8217;d already ridden a stage of Our Giro so the rest of the day was spent in a fairly relaxed manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The weather was as good as it gets, especially for a Bank Holiday and the beach and golf course were looking lovely bathed in sunlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Bathed-in-Sunshine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Bathed-in-Sunshine.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Bathed-in-Sunshine.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Bathed-in-Sunshine-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Bathed-in-Sunshine-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Bathed-in-Sunshine-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t resist a paddle on the sea so had a nice relaxed surf ski from Ynyslas around to Aberdovey. 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