A beautiful little waterfall in a wooded valley has been the inspiration for artists such as Gainsborough and Turner, as well as the unknown person who inscribed a Latin ode into a nearby rock. This is a place of inspiration.
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Amid the torrents ever-echoing road.
Posted in Landscapes/Nature, tagged afon gamlan, alcaic ode, inspiration., north wales, rhaeadr du, snowdonia, thomas gray, woodland on July 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
A Kings forest (Coed y Brenin), 4 rivers and 3 waterfalls.
Posted in Landscapes/Nature, tagged afon eden, afon gain, afon gamlan, afon mawddach, coed y brenin, disused mines, forest, mawddach falls, north wales, pistyll cain, rhaeadr du, rivers, snowdonia, waterfalls on July 16, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Coed y Brenin (The King’s forest) covers 9,000 acres lying within the Snowdonia National Park.
Originally it was part of the Nannau Estate, then became the Vaughan Forest. It became Coed y Brenin in 1935 to celebrate the silver jubilee of king George 5th.
There is forest, open heath land, rivers and waterfalls here, with plenty of [...]
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