{"id":35180,"date":"2020-11-23T10:26:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T10:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=35180"},"modified":"2020-11-23T10:26:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T10:26:29","slug":"weve-been-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/11\/weve-been-out\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ve Been Out!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Well, that was exciting. Anna and I left Ynyslas and drove all the way to Pontrhydfendigaid to do some Christmas shopping! 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