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English: Memorial to a wayfarer. A plaque in the crags at the col forms a memorial to an unnamed wayfarer. The inscription reads: 'Er cof am/ "Wayfarer"/ 1877-1956/ Un oedd yn caru Cymru/ A lover of Wales/ Erected by the R.S.F.' The metal box (right foreground) contains pads and pens.
Roger Thorley adds: The person mentioned on the memorial is a W M Robinson:- The cycling writer who had the most influence on the growth of rough stuff was W M Robinson (1877-1956) who wrote under the pseudonym 'Wayfarer'. In both his writing and lantern lectures he advocated leaving the tarmac to explore the wilder ways. To Wayfarer beyond the roads end there laid a wonderful world, which he urged the cyclist to seek out. To put this into context Wayfarer was a member of the cycling establishment with huge influence. When the Rough Stuff Fellowship (RSF) was founded in 1955 one of their first acts was to arrange for a memorial to him at the apex of the Nant Rhyd Wilym crossing in the Berwyns, North Wales This was a most fitting place as his most influential rough stuff article was an account of this crossing 1919 (2) entitled Over the Top (fig 1). This was done in March of that year through heavy snow, which of course added to the adventure. Contemporary readers would have recognised the military significance of the title. To many CTC and RSF cyclists the crossing has become known as 'The Wayfarer' and despite the partial tarmacing of the route is still very much a must do. It can be done easily in three to four hours, west to east being slightly easier. |
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