I cycled to Dolgellau from Barmouth – stepped off of my bike and walked the tight streets of the town. Having found a launderette, I stopped to take some snaps. Having previously snapped in Emlyn, Craig y Don, Welshpool and Rhayader, I am no stranger to Welsh washing . As it was qui...
axe, an uplifted noose, a spear and a khatanga hum hum phat om To you who wear a tiger-skin garment hum hum phat om I bow to you whose great smoke-coloured body dispels obstructions hum hum phat Eight lines of praise to the Mother om I prostrate to Vajravarahi, the Blessed ...
Formerly the Scarbough to Whitby Railway –the line opened in 1885 and closed in 1965 as part of the Beeching Axe. Yet again I chance upon a delightful post-war home. I parted company with the track dropping down to the Esk Valley from the Larpool Viaduct. Construction began in October ...
ANITRA The sons of the desert await at thy tent-door; they pray for the light of thy countenancePEER Stop! Say in the distance I'd have them assemble; say from the distance I hear all their prayers. Add that I suffer no menfolk in here! Men, my child, are a worthless crew,...
He is clad all in copper and carries a copper axe. Väinämöinen finds this being quite strange and has difficulty believing how this tiny man could be useful. Väinämöinen’s doubt is further evidence of his learning experience; his expression of disbelief in some translations is...