Category Archives: Wales

Winter in Snowdonia

Fur trees many stanzas Dark green tall and strong Clearly loving the mountain air They just seem to belongTogether Close and genuine Friends they seem to be Taking on the mountain winds That blow so crazily A leaden sky A … Continue reading

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North Wales

Those beautiful black stone buildings I love them I just feel I am entering a gothic time For me it’s very real The Mountain Ash Who saved the life of Thor Centuries ago Bending into the swiftly moving river Down … Continue reading

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The Welsh people

Being in Wales Meeting it’s people Everyone’s friendly That’s what I have found I love the North The lakes and the mountains Thoughtful and caring And wonderfully sharing A word like belonging A kind of fellowship Closer to Nature Emboldened … Continue reading

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LLYN TEGID

5 KM long and 1KM wide A lake of such substance And I hear that inside Is a real new age dinosaur Seemingly seen Likes the Welsh rarebit And It’s coloured green I had heard of a Gellilydan Close to … Continue reading

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The sheep

Wherever there’s greenery On the aprons we note There’s sheep bold and hardy Woolly of coat Their legs clearly able To gradients go Steeped in tradition And feeling a glow A contentment to wander The bogs and the dry To … Continue reading

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Frank

We met Frank and his dog “spot” whose blue eyes did hold A wearisome outlook In the wind cold Wanting to walk To play with his stick Take in the countryside And just to lick The wind scape The cool … Continue reading

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Bala

The lake It’s just huge It could be a sea With mountains around it It has waves and they be propelled by the wind From the mountains that blows A colourful spectacle Which really grows On one’s love and emotion … Continue reading

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It happened in Bala

There she was Just in front of us All by herself Waddling along In her crazy attire Not very colourful Unlike her beau Feeling our presence And hoping we’d go Sloshing through puddles She was strapped and alone As we … Continue reading

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Dolgun Uchaf LL40 2 AB

A forested idyll Where the perfect desire Beautiful mountains The softest of lyre Music to dream by Magically so Be embraced by the nature That doth earnestly grow On the true unsuspecting It’s tranquil for sure From ancient beginnings A … Continue reading

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