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Davie

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Summer Walk in Wales
« on: July 11, 2015, 12:54:09 PM »
I had a choice, Peak District or North Wales. Noth Wales won and I headed through Llangollen and Corwen and turned south towards Llandrillo. After passing through a village I kept my eye open for a small road with a post box on the corner, my guide. I turned up and a short distance found a small triangular patch of ground where I knew I could part the car.

I walked downa hill before turning west through a forest and after a mile and a half got to open country and freedom to get naked. This was almost a mistake as the flies attacted me but after moving on  bit they (happily) disappeared. I walked along an old track to the summit of a pass at just under 600 metres by a memorial and a visitors book, which I signed. To my right was the imposing summit of Cadir Bronwen but I left that having been there several times. Instead I turned left and headed up to Moel yr Henfaes. The views were stunning, Snowdonia stretched as did the Arans. I could see Tryfan poking its summit out. Mavellous! The last summit was a large area of moor land and quite hard to walk across. I started downhill and returned to the woods. Altogether I did about eight miles in hot conditions. (well hot for the UK!!) with a warm and at times stiff breeze.

I only saw a couple of bikers in the far distance and another two later on who didn't bother me.

The day was ended with re-hydration of Doombar, lovely Cornish ale.

Davie  8)

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Re: Summer Walk in Wales
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2015, 06:40:42 PM »
I like the landscape and the views, Davie.

Picture #2 reminded me of my area, but only if you remove all of the color green. Low scrub and tough hardy plants that have to survive minimal conditions.

Yeah, take out the green and it looks like parts of the desert here.

I think I will try to find a pronunciation guide for all these Scottish, Irish and Welsh names. My brain just locks up when I see them.

My wife and I discovered a show from Wales called "The Hinterlands". In the show all signage had both languages on them (English & Welsh) and the credits also had both. Apparently the show was a hit and a English version was released. Beautiful country there.

I know what I mean when I say hot, define "hot" for the UK.

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Re: Summer Walk in Wales
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2015, 07:17:21 PM »
Hot in the UK is definitely cooler than other places because it is can be quite humid here. 30 C can be extremely uncomfortable in the UK (when it happens) whereas in continental Europe can be extremely pleasant. The highest recorded temperature ever in Scotland was 32.9C back in 2003.

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Re: Summer Walk in Wales
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2015, 07:27:42 PM »
32.9! I am just on my way outside to lug some rocks around, before it gets hot. It is currently only 32.88888C.

It would seem that people get y used to anything.
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Re: Summer Walk in Wales
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2015, 07:33:30 PM »
A week ago we were running around 40-45 C (105-115). That's about 10 D warmer than normal for this time of year.

Too warm for much of anything.

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Re: Summer Walk in Wales
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2015, 08:02:10 PM »
The high temp may be ridiculous like that, but when the sun goes down, or an evening monsoon rips through, it cools rapidly. Evenings are very pleasant, and with a sunrise at 4:30 or 5:00 the lows in the seventies and eighties F make for a good morning until say 10:00am. The heat is much more tolerable and the pleasant is more so, in skin, naked.

There are a few hours of pleasant each morning and evening. In the morning, when hiking, like a lobster in a pot as the heat rises, it takes a while longer before I notice the heat and I tolerate more of it.

Where I live, there is a Bernoulli's tube effect, creating a light breeze most of the time. The elevation brings the temps down 5F or 6F from down in town. A passing cloud brings a pleasant cool sensation during monsoon. Most days there are few clouds, however.

So, yea it may have been 105F or 110F on a given day, but only for a few hours in the afternoon. The rest was nice, but only because I was naked. I'm comfortable up until 102F nude. After that, I search for shade and better, swimming pools and air-conditioning, which are better nude, too. ;)
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