Category Archives: Wales

A song thrush on my front gate

Posted on June 14, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Standing in the kitchen Cooking some brown rice Added a tin of organic garden peas It’s looking nice Noticed on my front gate A song thrush olive brown Sitting in the sunshine It’s back toward the town A rather rotund … Continue reading →

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Afternoon in Dolgellau

Posted on June 12, 2026 by Rex Tyler

A lovely blue sky A shine in my eye A breeze blowing into me Bright in the air The mountains on show Their summits just grow Birdsong it’s just everywhere Rose petals flying There’s no denying Changing and dancing Kind … Continue reading →

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Sixth of June

Posted on June 6, 2026 by Rex Tyler

A sky of lumpy porridge A Misty mountain top The bushes dancing every which way Their gyrations will not stop It is early Summer Who’d be a seagull Out across the estuary A loner The nights dull The early flowers … Continue reading →

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Cader cabs

Posted on June 4, 2026 by Rex Tyler

In and around Dolgellau The charming hamlet where Lots of Listed houses and interesting shops That people share Getting there from outlying places Cader cabs is on the ball A Really genuine taxi service It’s easy, to give them a … Continue reading →

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Luca’s Photography

Posted on May 30, 2026 by Rex Tyler

It’s clearly a therapy That we can see With his Canon he captures Art forms that be Hiding in plain sight Fastidious sense Awarding and sharing New found confidence A stage set observing A great panoply The Snowdonia sky’s she … Continue reading →

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Awelfa’s garden

Posted on May 28, 2026 by Rex Tyler

It comes on all levels Alpine inclines Fruit trees and ferns So many signs Of deep thoughts And caring Selections we see Wild edibles bordering Attract the Bee No immaculate borders Nor flowers in straight rows All sorts of orders … Continue reading →

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Cregennan Lakes

Posted on May 8, 2026 by Rex Tyler

The Landscape Here, around these parts Are breathtakingly fine Both Cregennan Lakes For all our sakes Are scenically divine Unbelievable Mountain vistas Wondrous lakes of myriad blues Brown trout Blue and Rainbow Trout And absolutely inspiring views The estuary of … Continue reading →

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Cregennan Lakes

Posted on May 7, 2026 by Rex Tyler

£15 per day to fish The Cregennan Lakes Of blue Just beneath the mountains The most amazing view The sheep and lambs they ponder On ridges low and high Cader Idris and other mountains Richly deck the sky A gated … Continue reading →

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Awelfa in Spring

Posted on April 28, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Near my house is a track It, doesn’t go that far Bounded by bushes And wild flowers that are Edible many of them Just free to eat Where hedgehogs and even a stoat Do compete Sedums and ground Ivy clovers … Continue reading →

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The twelfth of March

Posted on March 12, 2026 by Rex Tyler

A sky of oatmeal Away across The hills of Dolgellau we Can feel the strength Of the wind, it’s length A misty aura aggressively Pounding AWELFA night and day In a rigourousness And a bludgeoning way A Spartan look into … Continue reading →

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Castell Harlech

Posted on March 1, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Since 1289 this majestic castle Has stood feeling strong as can be 950 tireless brave workman Piled stone upon stone Near the sea Imagine the weight of these boulders With Some kind of scaffolding they Built up these battlements sturdy … Continue reading →

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Stormy

Posted on February 21, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Snowdonia’s Mountains Protect us The winds threaten Often, and we Who live in the various areas Perhaps near an estuary Suffer the wintry vagaries The menacing thunderous roar That comes into the stone houses vistas A banshee that few dare … Continue reading →

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Swansea Jack

Posted on February 20, 2026 by Rex Tyler

In 193o a black retriever They named him Swansea Jack A kindly helpful canine And something he didn’t lack Was leaping into the water When anybody fell And was drowning Jack would plunge into the water I hear tell In … Continue reading →

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The King Tree

Posted on January 31, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Standing close to the King Tree Coed y Brenin forest park At Tyn-y-Groes It makes it’s mark Seemingly it knows The river whitens at that point Over the boulders below This massively impressive tree All these years did grow An … Continue reading →

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Dinorwic Lake Quarry

Posted on January 30, 2026 by Rex Tyler

It was once the scene of massive Slate workings High up here Seventy eight long years Since closure It isn’t really clear When coming upon What now is a genuine UNESCO site It’s just been left to Nature To reclaim … Continue reading →

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Snowdonia ERYRI. My Love

Posted on January 30, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Snowdonia it is A magic kingdom And it be Where My house is ringed by mountains It’s where Their snow tops smile at me Expressions unfamiliar Mysterious and bold Far across the valley Where stone city has took hold Lots … Continue reading →

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Frost on roof tiles 9.40am 14/1/2026

Posted on January 14, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Frost on roof tiles Melt on stem The sun is rising Like a gem Of auric Crystal we can see A glowing sky A mystery Above the mountains Across the green Forests weeping We all have been Through those great … Continue reading →

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The outline

Posted on January 13, 2026 by Rex Tyler

The outline of the mountains It changes every day Almost every moment That’s all I can say Dancing with the clouds above It’s tresses auburn red Forests proud and beautiful Forever in my head And all this from my window … Continue reading →

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Rain like tears so it’s appears

Posted on January 12, 2026 by Rex Tyler

My windows Streaked with what appears Dolgellau’s angels Gentle tears Opaque for those apparently Seemingly set in stone Somewhere atop a hill The mountain lakes a chill Hollywood Heights With its bunch of lights Seagulls flying high Bowing in the … Continue reading →

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Storm Goretti

Posted on January 9, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Storm Goretti It’s been named Amber warnings Snow fall blamed Arctic air A jet stream too Exceptional winds May get to you We have all been frightened Destructive snow Multi hazards As we know Be weather ready Stay indoors How … Continue reading →

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Wales

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Rex Tyler

A country of contrasts Of history long Of mountains and waterfalls A land of song Magically mystically marvellously so It has its own language And dragon you know A friendly people And forests and trees neighbourly justice

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Snow and ice

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Rex Tyler

A dawdling energy Spreads over yonder Heavy eyed drowsy The mountains of white Kind of euphoric The sky blueing rapidly A huge heap of forest Pitch tar in spite Of Seagulls on chimney pots Warming the cockles A high ermine … Continue reading →

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From. My window

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Blue sky Glistening bushes Crisp and crunchy snow Robins, Sparrows and Blackbirds Flying too and fro Roofs all white Fields all white The family on their way Their cat is in the parlour And I stayed into day A steaming … Continue reading →

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Coed y Brenin Forest Park Tyn-y-Groes

Posted on January 5, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Over the cattle grid Park up an see The majestic ones Each Douglas Fir Tree Pushing into the sky Enormously so Aside the Mawddach’s Energised flow White water thrusting And laying sedate Pushing ahead At a voluminous rate It’s impulsive … Continue reading →

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Sunday in Dolgellau

Posted on January 4, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Sunday ever changing The truest Wintry scene A great ball of light Is hovering It feels like a fight It’s magnificence is plying With the mist and cloud Behold the forests trees laid bare In what is a darkening shroud … Continue reading →

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A Wintry Dolgellau

Posted on January 3, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Snow blankets north Wales as weather warnings issued across UK youtu.be/QL98QyF3fuw?si… via @YouTube The dominance of mountains whitened overnight The sun brings out the diadems so much true delight Lighting up the bushes everywhere one’s eyes Are held by the … Continue reading →

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Strings

Posted on January 2, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Festooned around the mountains apron Strings of sparkling diadems Vegetable strings Growing wild on fragile stems Illuminated by the sun Paths of light That the faeries spun Underneath the bluest sky Cloudless to the naked eye Staring this way staring … Continue reading →

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Buds bursting at Awelfa

Posted on January 2, 2026 by Rex Tyler

Beautiful buds are bursting awake Showing their crimson For everyone’s sake Under a blue sky Fast turning grey Cader Idris is not far away Sunk in the mist As the snow flakes fly Rose hips their thorns Hold a magician’s … Continue reading →

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Neolithic heritage

Posted on December 26, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Wild feral goats From Neolithic times The bleakest passes Steep cliffs rocky outcrops RuggeD landscapes where These shaggy souls are feeding In the Snowdonia air Disused slate those quarries Hard to spot they be The stench of wildness follows them … Continue reading →

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Snowdonia’s under skirt

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Rex Tyler

Wales place of mystery Ancient historic Under the mountain paths What can we see Once mining minerals Many were at it Now it’s the cavers Who breathlessly enjoy The utopian mesmeration

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