{"id":45899,"date":"2025-06-02T10:06:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T09:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=45899"},"modified":"2025-06-02T10:06:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T09:06:37","slug":"wild-welsh-windsurfing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/06\/wild-welsh-windsurfing\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Welsh Windsurfing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After a busy day in the hills on Friday, I had a relatively relaxed Saturday. Sunday, however, was far from relaxed! It started with a run in very blustery conditions\u2014along the beach, through the dunes and around the boatyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"strava-embed-placeholder\" data-embed-type=\"activity\" data-embed-id=\"14659563501\" data-style=\"standard\" data-from-embed=\"false\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/strava-embeds.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>I then waited for the tide to drop before going windsurfing. 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