Monday, 1 March 2010

LOOKING UP

VIEW OF CASTLE COCH, WALESCLICK ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM

THE FALLS

ANOTHER OF NORWAY'S BEAUTIFUL WATERFALLS


WELSH CONNECTION

SECOND SEVERN CROSSING, LINKING WALES AND ENGLAND, OPENED IN JUNE 1996

Sunday, 28 February 2010

HAPPY ST DAVID'S DAY FOR 1st MARCH

ST DAVID, (DEWI SANT) PATRON SAINT OF WALES, DEPICTED IN A STAINED GLASS WINDOW.

ST DAVID'S CATHEDRAL

ST DAVID'S SHRINE IS IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CATHEDRAL. IN MEDIAEVAL TIMES, ST DAVID'S SHRINE WAS A FAVOURITE PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE AND TWO PILGRIMAGES TO THE SITE WAS CONSIDERED EQUAL TO ONE PILGRIMAGE TO ROME.


THE OLD SHRINE

THE SITE OF THE OLD SHRINE OF ST DAVID, WHICH WAS DAMAGED AND EVENTUALLY DESTROYED DURING THE REFORMATION AND COMMONWEALTH.

NEW SHRINE

BONES, BELIEVED TO BE THOSE OF ST DAVID, WERE DISCOVERED IN 1866. IN 1920, THE BONES WERE PLACED INTO THIS OAK CASKET WHICH WAS THEN ENCLOSED BEHIND THE IRON GRILLE.

Wednesday, 24 February 2010

WELSH FORTRESS

CONWY CASTLE, NORTH WALES, WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1283 AND 1289, DURING THE REIGN OF
KING EDWARD I.

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