Duet, Ogof Lwyd, Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd.
Mynydd Mawr, Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd.
Seascape from Mynydd Mawr, Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd.
Porth Llanllawen & Mynydd Mawr, Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd.
Last light, Mount Pleasant, Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd.
Yr Eifl, Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd.
Camp by Whistling Sands, Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd.
The ponies, and sheep, and those dramatic volcanic cones. Wonderful. PS: As I’m not Welsh, a helpful guide to name pronunciations would be good! 🙋
I’m English so I need that guide too! Sometimes the spellings are Anglicised on maps and guides which I try to avoid in my captions as Welsh is the language of Wales and I want to emphasise the difference in my project.
The emphasis in Welsh is usually on the penultimate syllable and this is where the alphabet differs from English:
• C – pronounced as a K, as in English ‘kick’ eg: Caernarfon (kyre-nar-von).
• CH – pronounced as in the Scottish ‘loch’ and the composer Bach.
• DD – pronounced TH, as in English ‘breathe’ eg: Beddgelert (beth-gell-airt).
• G – pronounced as a hard G, as in English ‘get’ eg: Beddgelert (beth-gell-airt).
• LL – roughly pronounced THL eg: Llanberis (thlan-ber-ris).
• F – pronounced as a V, as in English ‘of’ eg: Felindre (veh-lin-dray).
• FF – pronounced as an F, as in English ‘off’ eg: FFestiniog (fest-in-yog).
• W – pronounced as an OO, as in English ‘swoon’ eg: Llanrwst (thlan-roost).
• Y – has two different pronunciations. In all but the last syllable of a word it’s pronounced as a ‘U’ – as in English ‘fun’. When it is in the last syllable of a word it is pronounced as an ‘i’ – as in English ‘is’. For example, the Welsh for mountain is mynydd (mun-ith); the Welsh for mountains is mynyddoedd (mun-uth-oith). Because it no longer occurs in the last syllable, the sound of the second y changes from ‘i’ to ‘u’ (also, notice the emphasis moves along to the new penultimate syllable). In single syllable words, the Y is unpredictable!
Thank you Quintin. I’ll practise, and try not to get my tongue in a twist! Overall, it seems a soft language.
Yes it sounds very lyrical, I enjoy being in a cafe there and overhearing the song of spoken Welsh all around
The clouds create such a wonderful atmosphere. It is always special to get to share space with animals. I hope you haven’t had any confrontations/aggressive behavior toward you during your trek.
Yes it really is special to spend time with animals especially on this part as I didn’t see many humans! Unfortunately I’ve had a number of unpleasant encounters with aggressive dogs and cattle stampeding. My experience of wild horses is that they have been placid, I always think they look magical by the coast, especially the white ones.
Yes, the horses are gorgeous. I hope you won’t run into any more trouble with animals.
Thanks, I walk around the edge of fields with cattle now!
Love the ponies and the sheep, and that looks a nice little place to pitch a tent. Thanks for explaining the Welsh language – I spend a lot of time in North Wales on holidays and short breaks so I do like to get things right, but it doesn’t always work! 🙂
I find it very difficult too!
Woow that was some pretty scenery
Beautiful place isn’t it
Keep up the great work ur truly blessed my friend
That’s the pretties loudness of silence I have ever heard. Does that make sense u feel me though right.