{"id":47025,"date":"2025-09-22T08:54:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=47025"},"modified":"2025-09-22T08:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:54:12","slug":"weekend-weather-rollercoaster-rain-runs-honey-and-windsurfing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/09\/weekend-weather-rollercoaster-rain-runs-honey-and-windsurfing\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Weather Rollercoaster: Rain, Runs, Honey, and Windsurfing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I think the most notable thing about the weekend was the rain on Saturday. When I got up early, the little raindrop on our home info panel that I built was already full to the brim. The Borth & Ynyslas weather station in our garden had already recorded more than 25 mm of rain. At this rate, and with it looking as though it would rain all day, we might even beat the all-time record. First task of the day was therefore to check that record: it was 55.8 mm on January 10th, 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sure enough, the rain kept falling all day, sometimes in quite intense downpours. It wasn\u2019t a day for outdoor activities, so I turbo trained in the shed, did some bike maintenance, tested out my lights for a possible night ride, fiddled with the new dishwasher, and otherwise chilled on the sofa watching the World Athletics Championships. Oh, and I baked some brownies as it was a brownie kind of day. I did walk to the beach to check the surf at one point\u2014just in case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of the evening the rain had eased, and by midnight the rainfall gauge had recorded 41.4 mm. Definitely a wet day, but still quite a way off the record.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sunday was a complete contrast, with clear blue skies and no wind at all to start with. The first activity of the day was a lovely run around the dunes. Unusually for me, I did quite well just enjoying the weather, the scenery, and the run without worrying about my pace\u2014which was very slow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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