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Nid yw’n bosib i Mike Parker ysgrifennu llyfr sych a difywyd, a dyw ei lyfr diweddaraf ar y ffin rhwng Cymru a Lloegr, All the wide borders, ddim yn eithriad. Mae i’r gyfrol strwythur diddorol. Tair rhan sydd ynddi, sy’n…
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Glyndŵr’s Way, day 6: Dylife to Machynlleth
The three of us are delivered back by car from Pennant to Y Star in Dylife – coming this way you can appreciate the scale of the lead waste tips – and we wait for M-A and her family to…
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Glyndŵr’s Way, day 5: Llanidloes to Dylife
It’s early on Saturday morning. Friday night has exhausted the inhabitants and the streets of Llanidloes are quiet as the four of us set out across the town. The Red Lion in Long Bridge Street is clearly a royalist stronghold,…
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Glyndŵr’s Way, day 4: Abbey Cwmhir to Llanidloes
From Abbey Cwmhir we’ve three days of long walking. Today, on paper, is the longest, at over fifteen miles. In addition, the temperature is forecast to be higher; already the sun is shining and we’re down to T-shirts almost from…
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Glyndŵr’s Way, day 3: Llanbadarn Fynydd to Abbey Cwmhir
Over breakfast in The Lion at Llanbister we chat with Mr T, whose farming family go back many generations in the area. He seems to share many of the conservative views for which Radnorshire people are known. We hear about…
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Glyndŵr’s Way, day 2: Short Ditch to Llanbadarn Fynydd
Another grey morning, with an easterly wind, but again we’re promised sun and heat later. Sharon appears at the Red Lion to take us back to Short Ditch, where we left off yesterday, along some narrow and winding lanes. She…
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Glyndŵr’s Way, day 1: Knighton to Short Ditch
It’s a grey and cool June morning in Knighton as C1, C2 and I set off on six days of walking Glyndŵr’s Way, as far as Machynlleth. We’ve all done some practice walks, but this promises to be a challenge. …
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Ar ôl Abertawe, beth?
Dan yr haul llachar a’r awyr glas daeth miloedd o bobl, o ardal Abertawe ac o bob rhan o Gymru, ynghyd yn Wind Street ddiwedd y bore ar 20 Mai, dan adain y faner Yes Cymru, i alw am annibyniaeth. …
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St Illtud’s Walk, day 2: Furnace to Pontarddulais
A week later, and I’m back at Furnace, this time with a companion, C. It promises to be sunny all day, with a slight breeze to offset the heat. We’ve walked up from the bus station, past the small villas…
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St Illtud’s Walk, day 1: Pen-bre to Furnace
It’s a local enough path, but I’ve never walked it before. St Illtud’s Walk, invented by Colin Davies of Llanelli Ramblers in 1994, joins two country parks, Pen-bre and Margam, passing through three counties and some very varied terrain. As…