tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post2549320300431972820..comments2024-01-02T04:23:58.690+08:00Comments on Tim Budden: On Holiday!!Tim Buddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167612998109504906noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-74237501233687882532021-09-28T20:24:28.003+08:002021-09-28T20:24:28.003+08:00Appreciate thiss blog postAppreciate thiss blog postHoward Lhttps://www.howardlowe.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-73106824979581383942008-10-17T14:54:00.000+08:002008-10-17T14:54:00.000+08:00From Gerald of Wales - The Description of Wales. A...From Gerald of Wales - The Description of Wales. A description of Llanthony in 1188:<BR/><BR/>In the deep vale of Ewyas, which is about an arrow-shot broad,<BR/>encircled on all sides by lofty mountains, stands the church of<BR/>Saint John the Baptist, covered with lead, and built of wrought<BR/>stone; and, considering the nature of the place, not unhandsomely<BR/>constructed, on the very spot where the humble chapel of David, the archbishop, had formerly stood decorated only with moss and ivy. A situation truly calculated for religion, and more adapted to<BR/>canonical discipline, than all the monasteries of the British isle.<BR/>It was founded by two hermits, in honour of the retired life, far<BR/>removed from the bustle of mankind, in a solitary vale watered by the river Hodeni. [...]Owing to its mountainous situation, the rains are frequent, the winds boisterous, and the clouds in winter almost continual. The air, though heavy, is healthy; and diseases are so rare, that the brotherhood, when worn out by long toil and affliction during their residence with the daughter, retiring to this asylum, and to their<BR/>mother's lap, soon regain their long-wished-for health. [...] Here the monks, sitting in their cloisters, enjoying the fresh air, when they happen to look up<BR/>towards the horizon, behold the tops of the mountains, as it were,<BR/>touching the heavens, and herds of wild deer feeding on their<BR/>summits: the body of the sun does not become visible above the<BR/>heights of the mountains, even in a clear atmosphere, till about the<BR/>hour of prime, or a little before. A place truly fitted for<BR/>contemplation, a happy and delightful spot, fully competent, from its first establishment, to supply all its own wants ...Mike Hemsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450827134992941971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-40983497251726029492008-09-12T06:10:00.000+08:002008-09-12T06:10:00.000+08:00Must be nice to visit home after being so far away...Must be nice to visit home after being so far away.<BR/><BR/>Love the tower room, would not like to descend 48 stairs to go to the bathroom, however!<BR/><BR/>And all the fossil finds...wonderful!High Desert Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06612606483622054573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-25730656176452511912008-08-31T14:53:00.000+08:002008-08-31T14:53:00.000+08:00These pictures are really beautiful, aren't they? ...These pictures are really beautiful, aren't they? but the steps going up to the room are certainly way more narrow than they look like in the picture... It was good exercise for me to struggle up and down especially after the 6-hour hard trekking in the Black Mountains...But Welsh valleys are really very nice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-20818635760812478502008-08-17T13:35:00.000+08:002008-08-17T13:35:00.000+08:00Pyrite fossils! Oh my, what a truly amazing find! ...Pyrite fossils! Oh my, what a truly amazing find! The whole vacation sounds restful.ZenCrafterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12161858043705055699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348071525308921952.post-90657479809276449882008-08-12T18:41:00.000+08:002008-08-12T18:41:00.000+08:00Waah! Proud of you posting while officially on R+R...Waah! Proud of you posting while officially on R+R! I remember this place.. as I recall it's just over the next ridge ... and just before the 'truth of the Gospel' where young cyclists' legs are subjected to temptation of dismounting. We didn't make it to Llanthony so I'm dead jealous, but we did spend a happy afternoon in Hay-on-Wye browsing for books! MikeMike Hemsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450827134992941971noreply@blogger.com