The Road To Nanhysglain

It's been a long time since I had a proper adventure... And in that time the world has changed dramatically. Where are we now? What is the world we find ourselves in? With trains and buses and public transport only marginally safe, I decided to get back into the swing of things with a walk....

Looking For Nanhysglain

In June of 1283 Dafydd ap Gruffydd was captured by the invading army of Edward I. Thanks to a betrayal by Einion. Bishop of Bangor, he and his family had been discovered at a place called Nanhysglain, allegedly somewhere close to the rocky mountain of Bera Mawr, in the Carneddau region of Snowdonia. This scant...

The Mystery Of The Croes Naid

The Croes Naid, also known as the Cross of Neath- The chances are that you’ve never heard of it but if you have you’ll know that somewhere in the last seven hundred years it disappeared without a trace. It was a part of the Welsh Crown Jewels and more specifically it belonged to the House...

The Carneddau Landscape: An Archaeological Overview

One quick look at an OS map of the Carneddau range, especially the Northern lowlands, around Tal y Fan and the area to the east of Abergwyngregyn (Aber), and something becomes immediately apparent. There are an awful lot of archaeological sites, especially prehistoric ones, in this relatively small area. What even a cursory glance can...

The Piper

There is a town in Germany, and you all know its name, for throughout the years it has garnered much fame. You can go there today, to see if you must, perhaps even taking a friend that you trust. For once, long ago, there were rats of distaste and they called in a piper to...

The Lost Music

There is a question that get's banded around a lot: 'What's the best song of all time?' Now that is an impossible question to answer for a number of reasons. Firstly, chief amongst these reasons is that nobody can ever listen to every song ever written, no matter how hard they tried, because it would...