{"id":411,"date":"2007-05-31T19:48:36","date_gmt":"2007-05-31T19:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/what-to-do-in-wales-this-weekend\/"},"modified":"2007-05-31T19:48:36","modified_gmt":"2007-05-31T19:48:36","slug":"what-to-do-in-wales-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/05\/what-to-do-in-wales-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do in Wales this weekend?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/redirect.html%3FASIN=0711709939%26tag=alslikklworls%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=\/o\/ASIN\/0711709939%253FSubscriptionId=19823KDN97K84CXEAS02\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ec1.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/217WDK1YKXL.jpg\" alt=\"North Wales, Snowdonia and Offa\\'s Dyke: Walks (Pathfinder Guide)\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 4px 4px 0\" \/><\/a>Every cloud has a silver lining I guess.. 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