{"id":71010,"date":"2026-02-21T18:19:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T18:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=71010"},"modified":"2026-02-21T18:23:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T18:23:35","slug":"stormy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/02\/stormy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stormy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Snowdonia\u2019s Mountains<br \/>\nProtect us<br \/>\nThe winds threaten<br \/>\nOften, and we<br \/>\nWho live in the various areas<br \/>\nPerhaps near an estuary<br \/>\nSuffer the wintry vagaries<br \/>\nThe menacing thunderous roar<br \/>\nThat comes into the stone houses vistas<br \/>\nA banshee that few dare ignore<\/p>\n<p>Chimneys and log fires<br \/>\nAre prevalent<br \/>\nInvoking curses galore<br \/>\nThe Birches and Hazels  and. hawthorns<br \/>\nThe ancient woods seen in the raw<br \/>\nSnow when it comes in the Winter<br \/>\nNot everywhere,  will it fall<br \/>\nHigh on the summits it whitens<br \/>\nBut not in the hamlets at all<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s to do with the winds<br \/>\nAnd direction<br \/>\nThe thunderous roar that we hear<br \/>\nThe thrashes the many  dry stone<br \/>\nWalls steps and houses<br \/>\nThat litter this  land<br \/>\nAnd freeze if you like<br \/>\nEvery bone<\/p>\n<p>Ominousness we can feel it<br \/>\nOver the valleys  we see<br \/>\nThe arrogant use of vile chem trails<br \/>\nBlotting the sun seriously<br \/>\nGovernments centrally wrecking<br \/>\nSuch ignorance nationally<br \/>\nThis  country of marvellous resilience<br \/>\nCan only survive and can be<br \/>\nSuccessful by moving the power base<br \/>\nEncouraging real people to<br \/>\nWork for the country<br \/>\nNot just for themselves<br \/>\nAnd go back in time <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snowdonia\u2019s 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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/02\/stormy-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":[749,905,358,713,793,831,822,485,363],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-country-tale","category-a-day-in-the-life","category-breathing-and-pollution","category-chem-trails","category-dry-stone-wall-dweller","category-midfulness","category-thoughts","category-wales","category-wildness-is-our-friend"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71010","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=71010"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71013,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71010\/revisions\/71013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}