{"id":66309,"date":"2025-01-16T12:34:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T12:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=66309"},"modified":"2025-01-16T12:37:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T12:37:29","slug":"bala-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/01\/bala-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>North wales boasts the town of Bala<br \/>\nAn amazing lake we see<br \/>\nSurrounded by steep mountains<br \/>\nFeeding the river Dee<br \/>\nA glacial lake so beautiful<br \/>\nApparently we hear<br \/>\nA monster lives deep in its depths<br \/>\nCalled Teggie and it\u2019s clear<br \/>\nSeen in 1920 quite a while ago<br \/>\nBut seemingly prefers it\u2019s permanent snooze<br \/>\nDeep down below<\/p>\n<p>Llyn Tegid is the lake\u2019s name<br \/>\nA truly stunning place<br \/>\nWhere we see the Arenig Mountains<br \/>\nHeld in a soft embrace<br \/>\nFoxes badgers Otters<br \/>\nSquirrels are around<br \/>\nRed Kites often circling<br \/>\nAnd Buzzards too abound<br \/>\nA very rare Gastropod<br \/>\nKnown as the glutinous snail<br \/>\nWanders around the edges slowly<br \/>\nOn its unique trail.<\/p>\n<p>Heather Spruce and Rowan<br \/>\nTree cover galore<br \/>\nIt truly is a  place of beauty<br \/>\nAnd all of Natural Law<br \/>\nI think has  been appropriated<br \/>\nAnd certainly for me<br \/>\nvisiting and sharing<br \/>\nMakes  my soul urge,  joyfully<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North wales boasts the town of Bala An amazing lake we see Surrounded by steep mountains Feeding the river Dee A glacial lake so beautiful Apparently we hear A monster lives deep in its depths Called Teggie and it\u2019s clear &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/01\/bala-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[749,485],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-country-tale","category-wales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66309"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66311,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66309\/revisions\/66311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}