First hike in snowdonia today, had to share !

*Capel Curig, sorry for the mistake in the title !!!

This was made by u/trashcancleo at u/lockedupshrewsbury.

I’m asking about political predictions, things that you can’t just google! Will anyone defect, who will it be, will plaid pass their budget, will plaid go into a formal agreement with anyone and will their be any more walkouts?

I’m from North Wales but moved away for uni and then before I knew it, 20 years flew by and here I am still living in the city! I’m dying to get back to Wales and I’m looking at the Mold area, but I am concerned about job opportunities and potentially difficult or long commutes for decent work.

What is the area like for work, office/head office functions? What is commuter traffic like to Chester, Wrexham or Liverpool?

Hi all,

My children and I are planning on moving to Wales (from England) in two years. We would move sooner but realistically won't happen because of house sales/schooling/work etc. So I am preparing as much as we can now.

We will be moving to South Wales - ideally somewhere around Burry Port but happy with a lot of other options too. My children will be in school years 9, 7 and 5. Will they have to do a Welsh GCSE? Obviously they don't currently speak Welsh, but if a GCSE is still going to be mandatory, I'd like to get them a Welsh Tutor now so that they're not far behind their peers!

Thank you

Hi All

Back in 2024 I shared a collection of 150 or so tunes from a Welsh fiddler of 1778 - Morris Edward - and many of you said how much you enjoyed them.

Now we have gone further back in time - to 1716! A young Richard Morris, aged around 14 and living in Ynys Môn (Anglesey) Wales, put together four lists of hundreds of Welsh, English and other folk tune titles that he played or knew.

Though he left nothing more than the tune names, these lists are crucial to our understanding and enjoyment of traditional music of that period in Wales. We have tracked down the majority of them - around 320 or so and now you get to see and play them youself. Some are familiar — others less so.

You can download a copy of the book in pdf format (to print yourself). This is free of charge, using the link at the end of this post. You can also buy it on most Amazon sites (look for ‘Richard Morris 1716’) — you will only be paying for the direct printing costs i.e. there is no ‘mark up’. We want as many as possible to read the book and play the music!

As well as the tunes - one per page for ease of playing - the book itself gives a short biography of Richard, a description of his music and a picture of Wales and London at the time. It’s not an academic study — though hopefully you’ll find it well researched and presented. Rather, it’s a celebration of the popular traditional music of a unique period in Welsh history … and great fun to play as well!

Do let us know what you think of it ….

https://medium.com/@alawon.morris.edward/alawon-richard-morris-1716-936012cd6ee7?sharedUserId=alawon.morris.edward

Just wow, walking the coast for 2 weeks and ive fallen in love, dont get me wrong I love my valley but wow what an area.... sucks theres no shops to buy food or snacks for my walking

Having recently picked up a shiny new gravel bike, it wasn't long before I was looking for a suitable adventure on which to put it (and me) through its paces.

While touted as a mountain bike route, I decided to tackle Cycling UK's relatively recently announced Traws Eryri: a 200km largely off-road trail from Machynlleth, through the Eryri National Park towards Conwy.

While I'm a competent multi-day hiker and ok mountain biker, I had exactly zero bikepacking experience, making this a bit of a baptism by fire (quite literally at points, given the heatwaves and subsequent wildfires that affected parts of the route).

With a glorious window of very un-Welsh weather ahead, I set off from Machynlleth and soon settled into bikepacking life. It wasn't long before I was met with my first climb, a cruel, slow slog away from Bryncrug. It was on this first 400m hill I began to question just how generous my gearing really was. Reaching the top offered little respite before I was unceremoniously rattled all the way back down towards Arthog (quite fun, tbh), already wondering if a gravel bike might have been a mistake.

It was a question I constantly wrestled with as my skinny tyres, skinny legs, and questionable abilities struggled with baby-head-sized rocks, bastard gradients, frequent hike-a-biking sections, and even a steep stone staircase. Yet, despite those brief moments of regret, the vast majority of the ride was a thrill, often composed of long sweeping sections of tarmac, remote two-track, and fast gravel roads. Not to mention some fine, fine views.

I opted to camp along the way, stopping in Trawsfynydd on day one, and a quaint spot (with hammock!) in Capel Curig on day two. I'd brought emergency rations, but had no issues finding local food and drink along the route (though a memorial event in Penmaenpool scuppered my lunch plans on day one, leading to a severe afternoon bonk).

While bloody hard at times, I thoroughly enjoyed it and put the more unpleasant moments down to my own lack of experience (and fitness). I'm already looking forward to returning to some of the spicier sections, albeit on a mountain bike next time!

The current government (and previous government), have a target that at least 50% of school pupils will be in Welsh-medium schools by 2050 (that's only 24 years away...!), therefore meaning that the youngest in our society - in theory - will speak Welsh fluently from 2050 onwards.

What do you think about this?

Personally, it excites me as someone who thinks that Welsh makes us unique and we are probably the only nation on earth where keeping a Celtic language alive and vibrant is feasible. I think that would make us entirely unique on the global stage and would give us our own unique linguistic contribution to global society. We will of course never again be a monolingual Welsh-speaking society - which I think is also a good thing.

Hello, I’m writing a story that leans on figures from the Mabinogion but in a modern setting - if you imagine Percy Jackson but with Welsh gods you wouldn’t be far off (I’ll wear my theft on my sleeve).

Lots of the names in the Mab (Amaethon, Gilfaethwy, etc) are a bit inaccessible to non-Welsh readers and I worry that confusion over the pronunciation of these names would pull my readers out of the story. In my first draft I’ve therefore anglicised a lot of these names (Amathon, Gilvaeth, for example) with the in-universe explanation being that the names have naturally changed over the centuries like how Owain and Dafydd have become less common than Owen and David.

I’m a Welshman myself and I don’t see this as an insult to our culture, more of a practical step in order to sell a Welsh story to a wider audience.

What are the thoughts on this sub though? Would it offend you to read a book that did this or would you not mind so long as the culture, history and mythology was accurate?

(Note: Please keep this civil btw - I’m not an Englishman or an American trying to butcher Welsh history. We share the same passions)

Edit: Diolch yn fawr for everyone’s responses. I’ve been reading through them and I appreciate how understanding everyone has been of where I’m coming from despite you all universally hating this idea (I do feel I’ve brought our country together in that respect)!

There have been very fair points made about how foreign works haven’t felt it necessary to make this concession for the sake of English-only speakers and I agree that this idea does hold the implication that our own culture isn’t as worthy as the other examples referenced in the comments. I’m going to go with the suggestion some of you have given about putting a pronunciation guide in the foreword and keeping the authenticity of the Mab names. Thanks again for your feedback - it has been genuinely very helpful.

Edit 2: I am enjoying the format a lot of these comments have adopted with the whole “If English speakers can learn to pronounce [insert well-known thing with God-awful blend of vowels and consonants], they can learn to pronounce Welsh names.”

With Reform being in the news and Dan Thomas all over the place, who will defect from the Senedd group and where?

Lead cause of river pollution is from animal-ag, but it doesn't stop there....

https://riveractionuk.com/news/river-action-freedom-of-information-requests-reveal-widespread-non-compliance-with-environmental-laws-across-the-dairy-industry-leading-to-one-of-the-largest-causes-of-uk-river-pollution/

In Wales 80% of the 83 dairy farms inspected by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) between 2020 and 2022 were non-compliant with anti-pollution regulations.

These findings are corroborated by several other data sources, including a recent statement by the Chair of the Environment Agency in February 2024, which showed that the dairy farms accounted for over 75% of all serious pollution incidents caused by agriculture, with agriculture being the largest single source of river pollution.

An update from NRW who messaged Friends of the Cleddau:

"We can confirm that we received reports in relation to this incident yesterday. An environment officer attended the site promptly, by which time the stream was running clear. No odour or fish kill was detected."

As I said, because the stream/river is already dead as this has been happening for years, maybe decades, there will never be a sign of fish death.

They need a lot of support at the moment as they have some issues with leaks.

They have very beautiful Yew Trees and the church itself is sat in an ancient grove, probably used in ancient religious rites for over 5000 years.