Tuesday, 8 May 2012

The Devil in Wales


From Portmeirion we made our way along the coastal roads of Snowdonia National park and over to Aberswyth. From there we took a small scenic road to the Devil's Bridge where we stopped for a quick lunch at the nearby tea rooms before venturing along the path to see the three bridges and the the Devil's bridge waterfall. The three bridges cross the ravine and were built one on top of the one another at various times. Legend has it that the smallest and oldest bridge was built by the Devil in order to gain an old Welsh woman's soul. However, she tricked the Devil and kept her soul and the devil never returned to Wales. From the three bridges a steep and many staired path winds down the ravine and offers a number of views of the impressive waterfall. We made our way cautiously and very slowly as I don not move very quickly in my current state. I was hoping that all the stairs might induce labour but we made it back to Bristol without incident

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