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[byslantedlight]

Okay, I'm going to try and be a bit brief for the second post today, cos I'm sure you'd appreciate the change... *g* So - my favourite highlights:

Welsh cemetery creep

(I stopped cos the cemetery was in the middle of nowhere and said it was War Graves Commission, but I couldn't see any. I did find many tombstones for "Sister...", three to a gravestone, so presumably there's a nunnery nearby.) I was somewhat disturbed by the way bare earth was spilling over onto the pathways...!

Pentre Ifan burial chamber

It's Neolithic, about 5500 years old, stripped down to the stone. (Hmmn, what is it with places of the dead in Wales?!)

View while driving north


Much disappointment

But I fell in love with the Corres Craft Centre anyway. I'm going to make myself a stool. *g* (Well, not for a while, but I'm going to *g*)

Did you know every oak tree begins with a star? *g*

(Click it bigger to see...)

A beach...

...and a bagpiper. *g* It was lovely - I suddenly heard pipes, and when I looked around an old chap in full dress was walking down to the beach with a little girl who had her hands over her ears! When they got there, she began playing on the rocks, and he began playing the pipes, and it was lovely to hear against the waves.

Sunset over the mountains...

...and sunset over the sea. I had time for both! (And beneath that sea is a submerged forest - only visible at very low tide, but there...)

And now I am very tired indeed, and I've not even read my flist yet! Maybe if I'm up early tomorrow I can catch up... How're you all doing, though?

Comments

[loxleyprince.livejournal.com]

Shame about King Arthur's Labyrinth, but Yay!!! for the Corres Craft Centre! I love the idea that every oak tree begins with a star :-) And you saw sheep! (Not coloured ones, sadly, but still - sheep!) Be wary of Welsh sheep on misty mountainsides though - they have a nasty habit of leaping off the mountainside into the path of oncoming traffic without any warning (and absolutely no hand signals.) The sooner someone invents a day-glow gene for Welsh sheep - the better...

Pretty sunset, bizarre piper-on-the-beach (although I'm sure his neighbours are enormously grateful that he practises there and not at home,) and RESULT on the YHA room! Ta for posting all the pretty pictures, dear, and for sharing your holiday with us. :-)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I love the idea that oak trees start with a star too! *g*

I did indeed see sheep - and I think you've solved the mystery of the orange sheep in the Isle of Man - clearly experimenting with the day-glow gene! The Manx ones jump too!

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

Bagpipes on the beach would be just magical. (eta: his wife probably sent him out of the home - I'm giggling at the thought now!) And everything is so pretty and peaceful! (well except for the bagpipes *g*).
Why is that bare earth trying to sneak out of the cemetary? That's a bit weird....

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I loved the bagpipes - they were magical! There's something about the sound of them anyway - they were built for wide open spaces...

I couldn't work out the bare earth at all - it didn't look at all like moles, and it definitely seemed to be creeping in one direction!

[(Anonymous)]

somewhat disturbed by the way bare earth was spilling over onto the pathways...!

Moles...?

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

It didn't look at all like mole-diggings - and if definitely seemed to be creeping in one specific direction!

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

Such a lovely tour. Thanks! But what exactly is Arthur's Labyrinth?

Oh, and I love the idea of bagpipes on the beach! I love bagpipe, anyway, but hearing them on the beach would be magical. Lovely sunset over the water, too.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, Arthur's Labyrinth is what I was all excited about finding when I was planning my trip - and underground boat tour, with stories from Merlin! Oh well - when I'm up again for the stool-making lesson, I shall do it then!

Bagpipes on the beach really was magical - if you asked me, I wouldn't say I liked or disliked bagpipes, I think, but actually when it comes down to it, my ears prick up whenever I hear them, and I do love their sound, especially when its in wide open spaces like this!

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Fab photos, thank you so much. I'd love to know why the bagpipes on the beach... is there an amazing story there, or just a place to play without annoying his family?

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I honestly don't know why the bagpipes - I thought at first he was doing some tourist thing, since he was all dressed up too, but it would have been a funny place for it, and he wasn't asking anyone for money or anything. So I'm assuming he's just playing without annoying his family - although there's got to be a story behind a man playing bagpipes on the beach in full costume, in Wales... *g*

[freetraveller15.livejournal.com]

Lovely sunsets and such clear skies...
And I love the story of oak trees starting with a star. I never knew!
Enjoy Wales :)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I never knew about the oaks starting with stars either - isn't it wonderful! *g* And thank you!

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Bagpipers in Wales! I'm sure there's a story there.