{"id":72400,"date":"2026-08-01T13:44:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T13:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=72400"},"modified":"2026-08-01T13:44:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T13:44:48","slug":"dolgellau-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/08\/dolgellau-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolgellau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To live and walk through<\/p>\n<p>this ancient place<\/p>\n<p>is like going back in time<\/p>\n<p>over the \u00a0bridge \u00a0into the square<\/p>\n<p>you can imagine ancestors there<\/p>\n<p>dark stone fronts<\/p>\n<p>and \u00a0ancient houses<\/p>\n<p>close your eyes<\/p>\n<p>and dream awhile<\/p>\n<p>the clatter of the<\/p>\n<p>carts and horses<\/p>\n<p>a market town with<\/p>\n<p>so much style<\/p>\n<p>Cader Idris<\/p>\n<p>guards the \u00a0skyline<\/p>\n<p>The wnion underneath it flows<\/p>\n<p>for many a Mile<\/p>\n<p>its as if you are going<\/p>\n<p>back in time<\/p>\n<p>misted \u00a0knowing<\/p>\n<p>Forest lanes<\/p>\n<p>Eldon Square<\/p>\n<p>a meeting place<\/p>\n<p>To \u00a0shops of interest<\/p>\n<p>That just sit there<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>tourists drawn from every which way<\/p>\n<p>the Royal Ship \u00a0Hotel<\/p>\n<p>a place where<\/p>\n<p>one can sit on the stone cobbles<\/p>\n<p>And enjoy a pint<\/p>\n<p>of ale<\/p>\n<p>And share<\/p>\n<p>The mountains<\/p>\n<p>giants they protecting<\/p>\n<p>summits closer to the clouds<\/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>bear witness<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>houses<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To live and walk through this ancient place is like going back in time over the \u00a0bridge \u00a0into the square you can imagine ancestors there dark stone fronts and \u00a0ancient houses close your eyes and dream awhile the clatter of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/08\/dolgellau-5\/\">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":[485],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72400","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=72400"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72402,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72400\/revisions\/72402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}