{"id":69218,"date":"2025-08-24T17:03:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T17:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=69218"},"modified":"2025-08-24T17:07:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T17:07:17","slug":"cader-idris-and-the-estuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/08\/cader-idris-and-the-estuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Cader Idris and the Estuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->A winding road<\/p>\n<p>and quite a hill<\/p>\n<p>some damn fine cottages<\/p>\n<p>both sides spill<\/p>\n<p>either side upwards high<\/p>\n<p>through rusty gates<\/p>\n<p>farmers rely<\/p>\n<p>on the traveller class<\/p>\n<p>to observe the rules<\/p>\n<p>its steep up here<\/p>\n<p>ferns appear<\/p>\n<p>shaley ground<\/p>\n<p>its very clear<\/p>\n<p>steep ravines<\/p>\n<p>Heather growing<\/p>\n<p>spikey berries<\/p>\n<p>just bestowing<\/p>\n<p>hues of red<\/p>\n<p>winding high<\/p>\n<p>tis a place to touch the sky<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the Estuary it stretches far<\/p>\n<p>sand and sea you see they are<\/p>\n<p>Pointing out into the Sea<\/p>\n<p>and Cader Idris<\/p>\n<p>standing free<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>such silence up here<\/p>\n<p>Peaceful views<\/p>\n<p>a cinder track<\/p>\n<p>its such good \u00a0news<\/p>\n<p>Oak trees clinging for all their worth<\/p>\n<p>and spiny thistles<\/p>\n<p>that have given birth<\/p>\n<p>to a dome shaped viciousness<\/p>\n<p>that we see<\/p>\n<p>and a place of \u00a0 such tranquillity<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>so very close to Dolgellau<\/p>\n<p>packed today<\/p>\n<p>Tourists \u00a0ply<\/p>\n<p>the \u00a0bank holiday shops<\/p>\n<p>for ice cream and tea<\/p>\n<p>And \u00a0back to Awelfa<\/p>\n<p>the lucky three<\/p>\n<p>Dewi<\/p>\n<p>Harry \u00a0and Rex<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[905,485],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-day-in-the-life","category-wales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69218","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=69218"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69221,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69218\/revisions\/69221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}