{"id":5702,"date":"2010-08-31T08:54:38","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T07:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5702"},"modified":"2010-08-30T17:03:16","modified_gmt":"2010-08-30T16:03:16","slug":"gone-surfing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/08\/gone-surfing\/","title":{"rendered":"Gone Surfing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a gorgeous Bank Holiday Monday here. Clear blue skies saw the temperature drop to 4\u00baC over night but the sun was up early and it soon warmed up. With no wind at all it was a perfect day for the beach.<\/p>\n<p>My parents were still here along with my sister and her children Kia and Shaun so we had breakfast and headed across with surf boards and such like. It&#8217;s rare for us to sit on the beach in holiday-maker style as we tend to just walk across, do what we were going to do and come home again, but as there were lots of us we set up camp on the edge of the dunes and Morgan and I went for a surf.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan had fun and managed to stand up well, but the sea was a little cold so he didn&#8217;t stay out long. I then went out, and had a good surf with some decent 2-3 foot sets coming in. I don&#8217;t surf that much these days as I tend to windsurf so its good to get back to my roots now and then and make sure I can still do it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_5703\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Clear blue skies, surf, sun and ready to go.\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGP0928.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5703\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5703 \" title=\"IMGP0928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGP0928-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Time to hit the waves\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGP0928-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGP0928-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGP0928.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Time to hit the waves<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5704\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Lines through the dunes\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGP0959.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5704\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5704 \" title=\"IMGP0959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGP0959-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Surf's Up\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGP0959-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGP0959-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMGP0959.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surf&#39;s Up<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a gorgeous Bank Holiday Monday here. 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