{"id":37660,"date":"2022-06-06T13:27:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T12:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=37660"},"modified":"2022-06-06T13:27:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T12:27:47","slug":"jubilee-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/06\/jubilee-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Jubilee Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No real Jubilee celebrations for us here over the weekend but it was nice to have some time off. I took a days holiday and had 11 days off in a row thanks to weekends and bank holidays!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diving in Spain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Morgan was off diving in Spain with some friends. He\u2019s completed his Open Water Diver qualification and has done some fun dives since. Hopefully we’ll have a full update from him once he returns this week. We have had a few photos sent through though and it looks as though they are having fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Lounging\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>
\"Waterpark\"<\/a><\/figure>
\"Al<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div>
\"Dinner\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>
\"Morgan<\/a><\/figure><\/div>
\"Morgan,<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Llyn Clywedog<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Anna and I had a nice little drive to Llyn Clywedog. We took the scenic route there, stopped for coffee and cake and then headed into Llanidloes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Clywedog\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>
\"Anna<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Sofa Shopping<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve been wanting (needing?) new sofas for years. We\u2019ve looked for new ones several times but have never been able to find any that we like, can afford and that fit into our rather modest living room. We therefore popped into Hafren Furnishers. We soon found a couple of sofas that we liked and that would fit. Affording them was a different matter as they were from a top of the range manufacturer. We wanted two two-seaters but they were \u00a33149 each. There was an electric recliner version that was on offer but it wasn\u2019t the ideal colour, it was discontinued, it wasn\u2019t perfect and there was only one of them. The discount wasn\u2019t enough to make it worthwhile. We had a bacon sandwich and a think about it. We got some more prices and haggled a bit but left empty handed saying we\u2019d think about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back at home we did some more research, made some decisions and then emailed with a bit more haggling. Best price we could get was \u00a32319 each, quite a discount from the original \u00a33149 but still a lot of money. Mind you, I do say that Anna\u2019s main hobby is being a \u2018sofa bear\u2019. The sofas do get a lot of use so maybe it was time that we had really nice sofas. After all, I\u2019d spend that much on a new bike or a new surf ski for my hobbies and they are nowhere near as comfortable as a sofa!! Our minds were made up. The order was placed and now we have to wait the standard 20-24 weeks for them to arrive.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wet Weekend<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The actual weekend was fairly wet and miserable. No problems there as it meant I could get out for a windsurf session in the estuary. It was a good session too. Nicely powered on a 4.5m sail and 85ltr board. We sailed across to Aberdyfi and it was nice to see 8 windsurfers out in total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n