So I've been meaning to share some pics from our trip to the Welsh valleys. Not quite a month but what seems like a lifetime ago. That was until I looked back and realised that I'd hardly taken any, apart from a few family snaps...
So here are some pictures of self proclaimed intellectual love god Andrew Eldritch instead
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So here are some pictures of self proclaimed intellectual love god Andrew Eldritch instead
He has been in my life since I was 12 years old and still slumbers rent free in my head from time to time
Anyhoo,
Oh, I took some pictures of the ice creams I had, obviously.
Lemon crunch and bubblegum & rhubarb crumble and lemon crunch (with bubblegum sauce)
Anyhoo,
Lemon crunch and bubblegum & rhubarb crumble and lemon crunch (with bubblegum sauce)
Anyhoo,
The only other photos I took were of Lake Vyrnwy. A place we've often visited but I never ever tire of.
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Isn't it magnificent? On the surface, a picture of natural beauty. In fact, Lake Vyrnwy is a Victorian reservoir.
The huge
stone aqueduct was constructed between 1881 and 1888 at the behest of
Liverpool Corporation for the purpose of supplying the rapidly expanding
city of Liverpool with fresh
water.
During those years the people of the nearby village of Llanwddyn went about their daily activities.
They were eventually rehoused in a new purpose built settlement lower down the valley.
By November 1889 the village of Llanwddyn, its two chapels, three inns, ten
farmhouses, and thirty-seven houses were all lost forever under the water.
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This under water image is thought to be the remains of Llanwddyn
Apparently the remains of the dead were exhumed from the churchyard and re- interred in a new cemetery above water level
I'm told that several buildings of the old
village are visible when the reservoir is low. I have personally never seen this but Mr N has. I hope to see the drowned village for myself one day.
I love the gothic style of the straining tower. Worthy of many towered Camelot
It was a sunny day when we visited, which was nice and perfect for ice cream. However, I always prefer Vyrnwy later in the year when it is overcast, there are fewer visitors and there is a mist on the water. There is something about being in the vicinity of a drowned community that is endlessly fascinating. The stillness of the water and the eerieness of the area make my hair stand on end!
I love the gothic style of the straining tower. Worthy of many towered Camelot
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It was a sunny day when we visited, which was nice and perfect for ice cream. However, I always prefer Vyrnwy later in the year when it is overcast, there are fewer visitors and there is a mist on the water. There is something about being in the vicinity of a drowned community that is endlessly fascinating. The stillness of the water and the eerieness of the area make my hair stand on end!
If you ever get the chance, it is definitely worth a visit.
I've just realised that my post title might be making some people in the UK recoil a little. My apologies. For once I am not using this blog as a platform to bemoan the weather.
Here you go
Enjoy
I've just realised that my post title might be making some people in the UK recoil a little. My apologies. For once I am not using this blog as a platform to bemoan the weather.
Here you go
Enjoy
Lucy x