June - 2018

Iron Age Hill Fort

Iron Age Hill Fort

The Iron Age Hill Fort at Tre Ceiri on the Lleyn Peninsular in North Wales dates back to 200 B.C. This site ,“Town of the Giants” is one of the most spectacular ancient monuments in the British Isles. This site was used by the Celts during the Roman Invasion of North Wales but the legionnaires never were able to take it over on account of the heavy barrage of stones pelted at them from above! Looking out to the west, over the Irish Sea the Isle of Man can be seen and on a cl

Hywel Roberts Life History

Hywel Roberts Life History

Hywel Roberts, who moved stateside 20 years ago, was visiting the area with an American tour group he had organised to explore north Wales. The group stayed at Tan y Gader, a luxury guesthouse in Dolgellau, which formerly served as the town’s maternity home between 1939 and 1974. Guesthouse owner Jayne Lacey said: “Hywel told us he was born at Tan y Gader and lived in Arthog and felt very moved and emotional when shown the room where he was born, which is now called The Secre

Moelwynion in Snowdonia

Moelwynion in Snowdonia

Yesterday a hike up the Cnicht in the Moelwynion Mountain range in the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales. This 689 meter majestic peak often referred as the Matterhorn of Wales can be reached from the village of Croesor. The fence made out of spoils from the local quarry. Cotton Grass growing on an upland fen and mount Snowdon the highest peak in Wales & England in middle left. Atop Cnicht. Rhinocarpon Geograhicum lichen littered the floor of the old quarry an excellent

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Tan Y Gader

Castell y Bere

Castell y Bere

Yesterday morning a visit to Castell y Bere, built by the Welsh Prince Llewelyn the Great in the 1220’s to defend the southwest part of the princedom of Gwynedd. Close by we visited the ancient Mary’s Chapel. Lunch in Aberystwyth and teatime at Nant Eos, a Georgian mansion nestled deep out in the woods. Nant Eos, translated into Welsh, is the place by the small creek where the nightingale sings!

Cader Idris

Cader Idris

We started off this morning in the foothills of Cader Idris and visited a Bronze Age burial ground. An old homestead above the Black Road built by the Romans 2000 years ago. Walking through glades of ancient oaks, hazel, holly and mountain ash trees, and the falls in Arthog. Wild Valerium and Foxglove blooming on the sea wall at Barmouth. Our ferryman shipped us over the Mawddach estuary where we caught the Miniature Steam Railway to Fairbourne. Last nights supper at Tafarn y

Tre Ceiri

Tre Ceiri

This morning our stalwart group of Walkabouters hiked up Tre Ceiri considered the finest Iron Age hill fort on these Isles. We descended the 1500 foot peak overlooking the Irish Sea down to Nant y Gwtheryn, a Welsh Learning Residential Center where we drank tea and gorged on freshly baked goods! Tonight storytelling around a fire at the roundhouse Nant y Gwtheryn here on the Lleyn Peninsular with a master storyteller presenting a tale from the Welsh folk tales, the Mabinogion

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