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Photo Journal of our 1990 Trip To Wales By Rhuddlwm Gawr |
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Photo Journal of our 1990 Trip To Wales By Rhuddlwm Gawr |
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INTRODUCTION
The following Photo Journal records our 1990 trip to Wales. The purpose of this trip
was fourfold: to pickup documents left to Rhuddlwm by his teacher Sarah; to reconnect with
our Welsh roots; to visit those sites sacred to our religion; and to meet with Taliesin
einion Vawr, the leader of Dynion Mwyn, our mother grove. The majority of the photos
on these pages were taken by Cerridwen and Rhuddlwm and scanned into internet
images. A few were obtained from the British Tourist authority and Cadw (which is
the historic environment agency within the Welsh Assembly Government with responsibility
for protecting, conserving, and promoting an appreciation of the historic environment of
Wales.) and are used with permission. I hope they bring as much joy to you as they
have to us. Click Here to Go To The
Introduction Page. Find Out Why We Went to Wales.
ABOUT OUR TRIP TO WALES |
On the one hand, it was a glorious trip and one which we will
never forget. On the other hand, it started out as the trip from hell. On the
first day, we sat on the airport taxiway for six hours because there were terrible
thunderstorms in New Jersey and the airport tower had been struck by lightening and was
down. And did I mention....Lady Cerridwen was pregnant! Finally we took
off from Atlanta. Of course by this time, the connecting Continental flight to
London/Gatwick had left, and we had to wait until the next day for a flight to
London. The airline put us up in a fleabag hotel and after a night of impatience, we
were finally on our way. The next morning we landed at Gatwick International
Airport, picked up our rental car and drove to Salisbury, Stonehenge and
Glastonbury. We stopped for the night just outside Glastonbury. From there, it
was a whirlwind tour of Wales as we crossed the Severn Bridge and began our examination of
Welsh Sacred sites.
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CLICK ON THE DAY BELOW TO GO TO THAT PAGE
| DAY ONE & TWO - Stonehenge, Salisbury and Glastonbury | DAY THREE - Glastonbury Tor, Chalice Well, Avebury, Silbury, Bath, Wales, Tintern Abbey, Raglan Castle and White Castle |
| DAY FOUR - Hay-on-Wye and Caerleon to visit the Roman Amphitheater.at Carelon | DAY FIVE - Cardiff, Cardiff Castle, National Library, National Museum, Opheal Bookstore |
| DAY SIX - Carreg Cennen Castle, House of Goddess People - Sion & Consort, St. Davids, Pentre Ifan burial chamber; the Nevern Cross; and Devils Bridge to Aberystwyth. | DAY SEVEN - Duffryn Burial Chamber, Harlech Castle, Criccieth Castle, Nefyn where we met Keith Morgan, Caernarfon Castle, Tan y Foel Country House Hotel near Betws-y-Coed |
| DAY EIGHT - Fairy Glen; Snowdonia
National Park, Museum of the North at Llanberis; Capel Garmon Burial Chamber.
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DAY NINE - A full day on Anglesey Isle. Menai Straits; Beaumaris castle; Bryn Celli Ddu; Bodowyn Burial chamber; Din Llugwy village and the Lugwy Cromlech; We returned through the Conwy valley to Betws y Coedd, |
| DAY TEN - Drove to Bangor; Conwy; Llandudno; Rhyl; Rhuddlan Castle; Denbigh Castle; and Bala Lake; | DAY ELEVEN - Left Wales. Drove via Shrewsbury, with brief stops at shops and on to London. Checked into The Town House. |
| DAY TWELVE - Visited Oxford University, RollRight Stones and White Horse of Uffington Sacred Sites | DAY THIRTEEN - Returned to Atlanta
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TYPICAL WELSH SCENERY |
Wales is a country of fantastically beautiful scenery.
Every day was a wonder as we drove through a National Park. Wales is unique because
they take special care to protect the wildlife and environment in these areas.
During the second day, we traveled through the Brecon Beacons National Park, and the
Presceli mountains where the stones for Stonehenge were quarried. The rivers and
valleys of this land provided great inspiration for the ancient Celts who lived here.
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Our fifth day was spent driving to St. Davids via Carreg Cennen Castle.
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The seventh day included journeys through Snowdonia National
Park. You will find the highest mountains in all of Wales and England here in the
North of Wales. Expert mountaineers and the British army train on Mount Snowdonia.
Northern Wales also has one of the world's major slate producing mines.
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SACRED AND MYSTICAL SITES |
There were many interesting places to stop during our twelve
day trip. A few of these are shown in the pictures on this page. We visited
Stonehenge and the Chalice Well. We walked around Avebury Circle and Silbury
Tor. We visited Pentra Ifan. We drove through Snowdonia National Park. We
visited the Faerie Glen near Betws-y-Coed and walked on Caer Idris. There are so
many sacred and magickal sites in England and Wales, you cannot possibly see but a few on
a twelve day trip, but we tried.
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THE TOWN WITH THE LONGEST NAME |
Get your passport stamped in the town with the longest name
in the world, on the island called Anglesey in North Wales.
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GELERTS GRAVE |
You should visit Gelert's grave during your trip. Gelert was
Prince Llywelyn the Last's dog. One day as Llywelyn was hunting, he left his baby
daughter and Gelert alone in his hunting lodge. When he returned, he was horrified to find
that his daughter was missing and that Gelert's mouth was covered in blood. Without
thinking, Llywelyn was so angry that he immediately killed Gelert with his sword - because
he thought he had killed his daughter. But as soon as he had finished doing this, he
heard his daughter screaming in the next room, and upon rushing into the room, he saw the
dead body of a wolf who had invaded the lodge and tried to attack the baby. He then
realised that his faithful dog had killed the wolf to protect his daughter. Llywelyn was
so sorry for his actions that it is said that he never smiled again after this day ...
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HISTORY |
Wales was anciently inhabited by several Celtic tribes, and many ancient and sacred
monuments can be seen. On this trip, we visited the remains of the Pentre Ifan Burial
Chamber, many famous Welsh castles and a host of standing stones. We saw many Celtic
crosses in the towns we visited, which have provided inspiration for the designs created
by the local craftspeople.
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After William the Conqueror took England, the Norman kings
tried to invade Wales, but met fierce resistance, especially in the north. King Edward the
First built many castles there in an attempt to establish the power of the English over
the Welsh. On this trip we visited two of the finest examples of these castles: at Conwy
and Caernarfon.
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WELSH FOOD & DRINK |
When you visit Wales please taste some of the local food and drink the beer! Don't go to a restaurant. Visit one of the many pubs. Pub food is excellent. You can try some of these in the towns where you stay. For example, in several Welsh pubs you can try cawl, a type of stew of lamb and vegetables; you can drink a pint of Lager (in the Castle Hotel pub in Trecastle); and in most bakeries you can buy Welshcakes, which are best enjoyed with a cup of coffee.
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ANIMALS |
We enjoyed watching the animals during our visit. Because the
weather was excellent (it only rained for 15 minutes, our entire stay,) we had the chance
to see all kinds of birds, strange looking cattle and sheep which were grazing in fields
in the lower land around Carreg Cennen, and mountain sheep in areas in North Wales. Wild
ducks, seagulls and herons were plentiful. On the first night we stayed at a bed and
breakfast on a cattle farm. The aroma was very intense.
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