{"id":69231,"date":"2025-08-29T07:32:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T07:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=69231"},"modified":"2025-08-29T07:34:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T07:34:13","slug":"cadar-idris-and-the-estuary-onto-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/08\/cadar-idris-and-the-estuary-onto-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadar Idris and the Estuary onto the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fifteen minutes<\/p>\n<p>a shortish drive<\/p>\n<p>steeper and steeper<\/p>\n<p>in the woods<\/p>\n<p>we survive<\/p>\n<p>the twists and the turns<\/p>\n<p>Old woods<\/p>\n<p>dry stone<\/p>\n<p>Walls, old and crumbly<\/p>\n<p>Adventure calls<\/p>\n<p>out our names<\/p>\n<p>Up the tarmac road<\/p>\n<p>lower Precipice<\/p>\n<p>trail<\/p>\n<p>Gates to be opened<\/p>\n<p>.we mustn\u2019t fail<\/p>\n<p>Came upon a trail<\/p>\n<p>where the wild birds sail.<\/p>\n<p>Heather and oak trees<\/p>\n<p>Upwards we go<\/p>\n<p>looking out at the estuary far down below<\/p>\n<p>where the<\/p>\n<p>salmon and sea trout<\/p>\n<p>still in the flow<\/p>\n<p>go off to the sea<\/p>\n<p>with such glee and content<\/p>\n<p>in their bodily miracles<\/p>\n<p>It being meant<\/p>\n<p>the river, the mudflats in the face of a gale<\/p>\n<p>looking down at the estuary<\/p>\n<p>and the Irish Sea<\/p>\n<p>sharp eyes and tired brows<\/p>\n<p>its the best place to be<\/p>\n<p>fantastic silence<\/p>\n<p>looking out to the sea<\/p>\n<p>bilberries and \u00a0 heathers<\/p>\n<p>and \u00a0the odd tired oak tree<\/p>\n<p>a beautiful blue sky<\/p>\n<p>Up here carefree<\/p>\n<p>the Precipice Walk<\/p>\n<p>a marvellous descent<\/p>\n<p>so much to see<\/p>\n<p>I am beside myself<\/p>\n<p>the time I spent<\/p>\n<p>absorbing it all .<\/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":"<p>Fifteen minutes a shortish drive steeper and steeper in the woods we survive the twists and the turns Old woods dry stone Walls, old and crumbly Adventure calls out our names Up the tarmac road lower Precipice trail Gates to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/08\/cadar-idris-and-the-estuary-onto-the-sea\/\">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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-country-tale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69231","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=69231"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69233,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69231\/revisions\/69233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}