#Walking north wales

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[howlsofannwn]

"...brittle with relics... worrying the carcase of an old song."

- R.S. Thomas

[lycomorpha]

Every branch and twig was covered in script/scribble lichens (Graphis spp & similar) and comma lichens (Arthonia spp.) Ceunant Llenrych, N. Wales

[aalexaeve]

today’s walk was serving folklore and twilight at the same time and i was living for it

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[bigvolcano]

A walk in progress: Construction starts on 39-kilometre Gidjuum Gulganyi Walk in Tweed Byron hinterland

NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Senior Project Officer Daryl Moncrieff said the walk will deliver a world-class bushwalking experience and will help to foster advocacy for environmental conservation and sustainability.

Construction is underway on the Gidjuum Gulganyi Walk, a new 39-kilometre multi-day walk stretching from the new Unicorn Falls car park in Mount Jerusalem National Park to Minyon Falls in northern New South Wales. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Senior Project Officer Daryl Moncrieff said the walk will deliver a world-class bushwalking experience and will help to foster advocacy…

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[bingqiv]

been a bit excessive and bought six packets of welsh cakes to smuggle back into england

[neilirving73]

We Had A Nice Hike Up Moel Famau

[intuitive-revelations]

This week in obscure Doctor Who expanded universe references the internet has found:

First, the pub has a beer called Llanfer Ceiriog Pale Ale. While there's some similarly named locations IRL, with the Ceiriog Valley being a valley in North-East Wales, there is no place actually called this. Instead it's seemingly a direct reference to a fictional Welsh village visited by Seven and Ace in Cat's Cradle: Witch's Mark, connected by a stone circle to a planet of fantasy creatures. Quite ironic, given how mocking the landlady and patrons are about people thinking Welsh villages are backwards and full of witchcraft.

Secondly, while this might be a coincidence, Kate's suggestion of a Sontaran's arrival inspiring belief in God could be referencing DWM 59's comic: "The Gods Walk Among Us", where ancient Egyptians indeed mistake a Sontaran named Styx for a god.

Bonus, because it's not actually a reference, but just a reused filming location:

The pub Ruby stays in is the same one in Countrycide. At least in this case, however, it's just a filming location coincidence. The external shots are completely different, they're in different villages, and the pubs have different names.

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British Royal Family - The Princess of Wales pose with Dads as she takes part in a Dad Walk in the local park during a visit to "Dadvengers", a community for dads and their children, in Arnos Grove, North London | November 01, 2023

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Pembrokeshire is a county in the south west of Wales. The county is home to Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, the only coastal national park of its kind in the United Kingdom, which includes a 186-mile walking trail, the Pembrokeshire Coast Path. In the north of the county are the Preseli Hills, a wide stretch of high moorland with many prehistoric sites and the probable source of the bluestones that were used in the construction of the inner circle of Stonehenge in England.

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[naturistgirl]

Naked Hiking on The North Wales Coastal Path - Llywbr Arfordir Sir Fflint

Flintshire doesn't immediately spring to mind as a naturist paradise.

Wales is a truly beautiful country; land of my husband's birth. This place is culturally different to England and treated as an entirely separate nation. It has its own government, football and national rugby teams (both Union and League). It is one of the few countries in the world to proudly display a whacking great Draig Goch (Red Dragon) on its green and white national flag.

The national language of Wales is Cymraeg (Welsh) - an Celtic language like Gaelic. Both myself and my husband speak and write Welsh fluently. It is my husband's first language. He learned Saesneg (English) later at school. I learned Welsh to respect the traditions of the people whose land this is. It is not a difficult language to learn.

So what about Sir y Fflint (Flintshire)? This border county lies in the East alongside the estuary of the Afon Dyfrdwy (River Dee). The wide and shifting sands of the Dee separate England from Wales. Pointing out across the water; England is a vague distant blue smudge across there on a summer day with the tide out. You can conveniently forget about it (along with your clothes!),

This is the area most tourists shun and forget. As such it makes great naturist walking country! From Y Fflint (Flint town) you can walk past dunes and woodland, out along a lonely shoreline with only the seabirds for company!

Here you will see dunlin, egrets, oyster catchers, turnstones, curlews and all manner of geese when the seasons are right. It is an ever changing natural landscape, just waiting for the natural, naked you, to explore and enjoy. Noethlymun is the word for 'naked' here in Wales; heb dillad - clothes free. Take someone else along with you to share and enjoy this wild and beautiful landscape.

Thanks to my wonderful photographer husband Martin (above and below) for the gorgeous photos. We would love you to share, like and re-blog this post if you are naturists like ourselves. If you are naturally inclined, we hope this blog inspires you to walk naked yourself and find your own secret places to be wild and free.

Finally, we have a little difficulty understanding why some of you have such sad, empty blogs or ones with explicitly erotic names. A lot of you do like this blog, maybe just for the naked pics? We don't sit in judgement however. Variety is the spice of life after all. Please like and share if you wish. Please remember though that this isn't a sexually themed blog and the posts do not equate sex with naturism. That is not to say that we don't enjoy all manner of sexual activity; we do! You just won't find it on here.

Jane xx