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Title: Narrative of a journey : associated with a fly from Gloucester to Aberystwith, and from Aberystwith through North Wales, July 31st to September 8th 1837
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Turner, Thomas, of Gloucester Radclyffe, William, 1780-1855, engraver. egr Turner, Thomas, of Gloucester, signer. sgn UPB
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Publisher: London : Printed for private distribution only
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
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LES.BEDD-GELERT TO LLANBERIS . . . 12 ( ALREADY will the irresistible spell, withwhich this wild yet charming district hasentranced the mind, have produced, mayhap, toolaboured a description of the beauties and wonderswith which we have been surrounded. And yetthis day has again so crowded the imaginationwith fresh delights, that one is in danger of addingtenfold to former transgression. It has trulyproved the day of days during this our memo-rable excursion. Its course was commenced bya ramble through a luxuriant hanging grove,to Tan-y-Bwlch Hall, the elegant seat of Mrs.Oakley, rather at the northern end of the vale.This lady has formed the most charming walksand vistas, through her woods, for a considerabledistance, to which visitors have a liberal andready access. From the terrace, in front of thehouse, the view is splendid and enchanting. Herethe celebrated scenery of the entire vale of Fes-tiniog, watered by the windings of the riverDwyryd, with the noble range of the Merioneth-
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TAN-Y-BWLCH TO BEDD-GELERT. 99 shire mountains in the distance, is enjoyed to thegreatest advantage. By many tourists, this valleyhas been considered as the Tempe of thenorthern principality. Mr. Pennant confers thisepithet upon it. It has also been affirmed, that itaffords studies for the painter, rich even as thosewhich Tivoli or Frescati could boast; whilst LordLyttleton says of it; With the woman one loves,with the friend of ones heart, and a good study ofbooks, one might pass an age here, and think it aday. It is certainly an enchanting spot; but itis possible that the exalted praise, bestowed byvarious travellers and tourists, may appear some-what fulsome: still, it is justly to be esteemed asone of the most captivating amongst the manyfascinations of Wales. From Tan-y-Bwlch, thepedestrian may ascend Moel Wyn, a mountainwith two distinct summits, the one being 2566,and the other 2327 feet above the level of thesea. Rather more northwards is also Cnicht,another mountain, in heigh

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