And then there's those that give the length of the walk in hours.....
Pont Nedd Fechan to Sgwd Gwladus and return - 3 hours 22 minutes.
FFS sake Paul - you should take more than three pictures you know...:-)
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-- 79.84% of all statistics are made up on the spot. The other 42% are made up later on. In Warwick - looking at flat fields and that includes the castle.
That would be Gladys, in her South Pennines book. :-)
Any relation to Sgwd?
I dunno, but her last name is Sellers, and the book is a good exploration of the S.P. but if she had only used a GPS, or even a bit of cotton and measured the walks it would be useful.
I haven't used any walks from it, but have done a few which my walking partner extracted. It introduced us to the area. -- Gordon
That reminds me, Paul, I was going to ask you: What is the meaning of 'sgwd', please?
Waterfall. Other names are rhaeadr and pistyll.
Rhaeadr is the one I know, and pistyll - or something very like it - was mentioned recently by one of my Welsh teachers. I asked about sgwd at the time, but she's not familiar with the area (people here don't seem to get out much) and was unable to make the connection. Anyway, I thought it had to be something like that, so thanks. Do I take it the words are used in different contexts, or are they interchangeable (except in place names of course)? -- Fran If you need my email address please ask.
Rhaeadr is the one I know, and pistyll - or something very like it - was mentioned recently by one of my Welsh teachers. I asked about sgwd at the time, but she's not familiar with the area (people here don't seem to get out much) and was unable to make the connection.
Sgwd seems to be a local word (Beacons area) for waterfall, just like Fan is the common local word for peak or summit.
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Anyway, I thought it had to be something like that, so thanks. Do I take it the words are used in different contexts, or are they interchangeable (except in place names of course)?
Rhaeadr is the most common word I think. I believe that a pistyll is a "spout" or a high, narrow waterfall, so maybe a sgwd is a lower broader fall. One fall in Wales is named Pistyll y Rhaeadr.
Rhaeadr is the one I know, and pistyll - or something very like it - was mentioned recently by one of my Welsh teachers. I asked about sgwd at the time, but she's not familiar with the area (people here don't seem to get out much) and was unable to make the connection.
Sgwd seems to be a local word (Beacons area) for waterfall, just like Fan is the common local word for peak or summit.
Thanks. -- Fran If you need my email address please ask.