{"id":566,"date":"2007-11-20T20:14:26","date_gmt":"2007-11-20T20:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/mountain-biking-at-nant-yr-arian\/"},"modified":"2007-11-20T20:14:26","modified_gmt":"2007-11-20T20:14:26","slug":"mountain-biking-at-nant-yr-arian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/11\/mountain-biking-at-nant-yr-arian\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain Biking at Nant Yr Arian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had another nice day in the hills today mountain-biking with Reg, Shem and Martin. We started at Pendam where I met Reg at around 10am and had a cup of tea, Shem and Martin turned up, Shem with his brand new bike. A Giant Anthem which looked really nice and was pretty light too. We had a little ride around most of the Pendam Trail then stopped for a cuppa before heading of towards Nant-y-Moch and back.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing too strenuous, just a steady pace with lots of little stops. 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