Operation Eagle, Celtic Edition! Over the Severn into Cymru with a Brains ale and saxophone on a soft hill
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Let's wander round the 3rd Marquess of Bute's fairy Castell Coch constructed by William Bruges of high gothic Houses of Parliament fame on the remains of a 1290 mediaeval fortress high above the river Taff in a true Bavarian setting amongst woodland on a cliff
Aesop's fables enchant! ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ
Rhondda coal mining valley, a dragon my dad painted when I was a child, a crafty Oz wine ๐ท and sunset over Cefn Mawr, high mountain at the head of the Rhondda looking over the Brecon Beacon range towards Brecon
Past the Penderyn distillery I cross the mountain pass at dusk and walk around quaint Hay on Wye, with 2 pints in the Three Tuns c.1600 before sleeping under the incredible bright starscape on Malvern Hills ๐
Next morning I load up 65 litres of fresh water from the spring and wend my way to Ludlow and onto the wild Mitchell's Fold stone circle, I will recount the legend at the finale of my travels! ๐ท๐ถ
Past old mine workings I trot 1600ft up the Shropshire Stiperstones range to finally sit in the heights, the legendary Devil's Chair beyond huge granite boulders overlooking the gentle rolling Welsh hills with the Long Mynd behind, I played Loch Lomond up there on saxophone!!
Take the high places
And whistle the de'il out of town
I found a holy well near Oswestry and supped with Mr P in Darwen, Lancs with laughs over 3 bottles of ๐ทย
Much fun had, and how will St LadyFeck fare in Scawtlun? That's next! ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ฅ
My sax solos here daily ๐๐ผ
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Your generous beers are much appreciated as my petrol and meal money is shoestring precarious (poor piano tutor by day)ย
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