Tag: pilgrimage
Cynwrig’s stone foot
![Cynwrig’s stone foot Cynwrig’s stone foot](http://i0.wp.com/gwallter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Llanelltyd-3-rotated.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1)
This week I finally managed to get to St Illtud’s Church in Llanelltyd, near Dolgellau, and see for myself the stone, just over three feet tall and chained up like a dog, that sits on a low plinth at the west end of the nave. In the dim light it’s very difficult to make out […]
A walk to see Melangell
![A walk to see Melangell A walk to see Melangell](http://i0.wp.com/gwallter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/pennant-6-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1)
It’s an airless morning in the dog days of August, and the temperature is already around 23 degrees. I’m setting out from Lake Vyrnwy on a pilgrimage – a walk over the hills to the church and shrine of St Melangell in Cwm Pennant. Of all the Welsh saints Melangell comes at the top of […]
Werner Herzog’s pilgrimage to Paris
![Werner Herzog’s pilgrimage to Paris Werner Herzog’s pilgrimage to Paris](http://i0.wp.com/gwallter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Herzog-5.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1)
Many think Werner Herzog our greatest living film-maker. His major fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s will always find new viewers. Aguirre, Wrath of God, a study in conspiracy, tyranny and madness, has a claim to be one of the most powerful ever made. Once you’ve seen it the first time, with its dense […]