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Silbury Hill / News by The Eternal

That sounds idyllic June.I don't get down there often enough. The Eternal Posted by The Eternal
29 Nov 23ce

Silbury Hill / News by The Eternal

I walked along the WK Avenue earlier today, then to the top of Waden Hill to pay homage to Silbury sitting in its moat which is fed by various winter springs and small rivers. No one else around, the bright November afternoon sunlight casting long shadows. It was very peaceful and uplifting to be out there - the day felt like a gift. tjj Posted by tjj
24 Nov 23ce

Crugiau Rhos-Wen (South East) / Image by GLADMAN

Aside from the wind turbines looming through the mist................ GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
20 Nov 23ce

Crugiau Rhos-Wen (South East) / Image by GLADMAN

I think a trek through the Amazon Rain Forest would be a similar experience! The Eternal Posted by The Eternal
19 Nov 23ce

Floutern Cop / Miscellaneous by GLADMAN

Complete nutter. Made Tom from Father Ted look like a government diplomat... GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
15 Nov 23ce

Floutern Cop / Miscellaneous by thesweetcheat

Cool, well thank the Pastscape visitor for the accuracy! thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
15 Nov 23ce

Mynydd Egryn / Link by GLADMAN

By the time I got here I was getting pretty tired after the walk from Dyffryn Ardudwy, or I might have paid better attention - the path up from the bwlch on the right-hand side was clear on the ground, so I anticipated (wrongly) that there would be gates or stiles. Anyway, we know now :) thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
15 Nov 23ce

Floutern Cop / Miscellaneous by GLADMAN

Hi Gladders, Nice post and warning. However, the warning is no longer needed. A few years ago the aggressive farmer took to taking a shotgun with him to threaten anyone approaching Floutern Pass. Thankfully, his going too far resulted in one person (can't understand why no-one elses did) reporting him to the police. Issue ended. The Eternal Posted by The Eternal
15 Nov 23ce

Floutern Cop / Miscellaneous by thesweetcheat

Hi sweetcheat, I'm currently reviewing old memories via my posts and have to agree then the description you quote matches exactly what I found, except it's a bit more overgrown now. The Eternal Posted by The Eternal
15 Nov 23ce

Mynydd Egryn / Link by GLADMAN

Well, for once I'd actually looked at the map pretty closely and had sussed that. According to the farmer, many of the walls which used to exist are no longer in repair. Assume those are lower level, though GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
14 Nov 23ce

Mynydd Egryn / Link by GLADMAN

Lovely, a "bit breezy" indeed! I meant to tell you to stay on the left side of the wall up from Bwlch y Rhiwgyr, but it looks like you did that anyway (there is a path up on the other side too, but it runs into several hard to climb drystone walls). thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
13 Nov 23ce

Tyrebagger / Image by thelonious

4 sec shot did make the colours pop a bit but they are not too far off. My camera has a bit of a mind of its own. I just press buttons and hope :-) thelonious Posted by thelonious
13 Nov 23ce

Tyrebagger / Image by thelonious

It's great, I love the colours that have come into it. thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
13 Nov 23ce

Tyrebagger / Image by thelonious

Thanks tsc, Just messing about with my camera and headtorch :-) thelonious Posted by thelonious
13 Nov 23ce

Tyrebagger / Image by thelonious

Absolutely love this photo. thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
13 Nov 23ce

Hengwm Ring Cairn / Image by thesweetcheat

It's a cracker. Always good to visit a circle of some kind. thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
05 Nov 23ce

Hengwm Ring Cairn / Image by thesweetcheat

And that is a superb site :-) drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
04 Nov 23ce

Gau Graig, Cadair Idris / Image by thesweetcheat

It's impressive drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
04 Nov 23ce

Gau Graig, Cadair Idris / Image by thesweetcheat

Funnily enough, I really enjoyed the wind. Had full winter kit to hand, so still able to hang out GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
04 Nov 23ce

Gau Graig, Cadair Idris / Image by thesweetcheat

Glad you got to Egryn, even if less than lovely conditions.

Thank you - Mynydd Moel eventually followed in May, too. As you can see I'm ridiculously far behind with posting stuff, but might catch up over the winter as I had Covid not long after this trip, which kept me off the hills for ages. Between us we're getting there!
thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
04 Nov 23ce

Gau Graig, Cadair Idris / Image by thesweetcheat

Very similar wind on Mynydd Egryn last month. But I wasn't going to postpone a second time. Literally blowing me over as the video will show.

Liking the fact you're logging images of stuff I wish in retrospect I'd have captured back in the day. But, to be fair, you wouldn't focus upon a 'sheepfold', right? Assuming you've got pictures of the Mynydd Moel cairn, right?

Incidentally, I tried to find the cairn cited by GAT below and west of Twll Yr Ogof, too. Couldn't believe I'd missed it last time... but nothing obvious there
GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
04 Nov 23ce

Gau Graig, Cadair Idris / Image by thesweetcheat

Yeah, it looks like a modern marker to me. It's an obvious outcrop and looks like the high point, although its not actually the summit. thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
04 Nov 23ce

Gau Graig, Cadair Idris / Image by thesweetcheat

It's a really odd site. The corners are right angles, which usually suggests medieval rather than prehistoric. But it's of little use as a sheepfold (there is a definite sheepfold on a little level shelf further down the NE ridge which I passed on the way up). Its location is much more suggestive of either something strategic (lookout over the pass?) or we have to fall back on "ritual". It's a terrific spot, but not that day. I couldn't stand up in the winds, luckily the rain had eased after lashing at me most of the way up. It took me the best part of two hours to climb a couple of hundred metres as I had to keep sheltering behind various outcrops when the weather got particularly bad. Much nicer in May sunshine on the way down from Cader this Spring! thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
04 Nov 23ce

Gau Graig, Cadair Idris / Image by thesweetcheat

That's a better view... the cairn seems more like the 'Pile of Stones' I found on Clip recently GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
04 Nov 23ce

Gau Graig, Cadair Idris / Image by thesweetcheat

Ahh.... nice one. You would say much too small - and, furthermore, lacking a 'less difficult' practical approach for the inhabitants - to be a hillfort... and way too exposed for animal husbandry. So what is it? GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
04 Nov 23ce
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