5 posts tagged lleyn

The pretty little resort of Abersoch lies in a sheltered spot facing east at the hinge of 2 sandy bays on the Lleyn Peninsula's southern shore. I didn't linger there long. I wanted to climb the small hill of Mynydd Tir-y-Cwmwd (at 132m the highest ground on this section of coastline) starting from the even prettier nearby coastal village of Llanbedrog.

The next morning I woke to the boom of thunder, the flash of lightning and the pelting of hailstones. The storm lasted intermittently for several hours. I stayed snoozing in my sleeping bag. Mid-morning I reluctantly made an undignified, backward exit from the tent.

The Rhinogs have a reputation as being some of the roughest walking country in Wales. Although I like to think I returned from my big Camino walk in December reasonably fit, since then I've done little strenuous activity and have put on some weight.

...You cannot live in the present,At least not in Wales.There is the language for instance,The soft consonantsStrange to the ear.There are cries in the dark at nightAs owls answer the moon,And thick ambush of shadows,Hushed at the fields' corners.There is no present in Wales,And no

Just before 1 a.m. this morning I was on the internet, when I felt a strange kind of wobble.  I didn’t think much of it at the time, as I presumed - rather oddly! - that it was my housemate just jumping up and down in his room next door.  I turned on Breakfast just after 7am to catch Graham