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First time i went to Dyffryn Ardudwy about 15 years back, it was a bright sunny day and a little breezy, and the huge oaks at the site were blowing quietly in the wind. The place struck me as being immensely peaceful and i set to with camera, snapping away.

I had loaded up some high res film with the intention of taking some b/w photos see:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/image.php?image_id=3397

While i was busy checking out angles etc, the place was deserted, but everytime i took a picture i had the really unnerving feeling of being watched, and expected to hear the large cobbles crunch and slide beneath sandalled feet behind me.

I stayed in an old house made of stone at the tip of the LLeyn called Gelliwig and spent each morning walking the lanes, i found the whole area to be almst charged with a subtle 'presence' - perhaps it was Blodeuwedd waiting to bloom again...

That 'presence' is in my experience, present throughout much of Wales, more notably the Hafod area. The Hafod and the Rheidol/Mynach areas around Devil's Bridge literally 'buzz' with something, both unnerving and awe-inspiring. Strata Florida has seen me right off, couldn't camp there just on account of the semi-veiled malignancy the place emitted. Funny you mention Blodwedd, Wales is most definately a female energy, like no other I've felt. If the Morrigan lives anywhere, you'll find her there, for sure. Whispers in the trees, eyes in the rocks, and the truth of life in running rivers.

*brrrrrrzzzurrr*