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anyone ever been here? English / Welsh marches, from Tintern Abbey up to Hay-on-Wye. Wordsworth country. you *know*.

tell me about it. it's sort of the inspiration for my other thread. a friend went there 31 years ago, and I know I'll never get *that* feeling, but I want to see how close I can come.

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Thursday, 31 October 2002 06:12 (twenty-three years ago)

The pub at Symonds Yat is very nice

― C J (C J), Thursday, 31 October 2002 06:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Robin I know it quite well (can't remember if I've mentioned it to you before). I've stayed in or near Tintern a number of times in recent years. It's beautiful round there but it couldn't possibly match up to your expectations.

― David (David), Thursday, 31 October 2002 21:27 (twenty-three years ago)

you haven't mentioned it, David (I'd remember if you had).

the sad thing is, the reason why it couldn't bring on *that* feeling is not to do with what it looks like, or what you can do there, but it is simply a matter of Time.

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Friday, 1 November 2002 01:55 (twenty-three years ago)

two weeks pass...

ok, I've put aside all my doubts and uncertainties on the matter and will hopefully be trekking through the Wye Valley next year - probably mid-May, about six months' time. anyone who knows the area and who might be interested in joining me (long shot on the latter, I know) please email me.

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Monday, 18 November 2002 04:52 (twenty-three years ago)

The man's right about Symond's Yat - and the western slopes of the Forest of Dean generally - eg ST Briavels. If it's all getting a bit politely lovely, head for these places, that have real darkness.

― jon (jon), Monday, 18 November 2002 09:06 (twenty-three years ago)

I know this is the sort of really crappy joke that R*bb** W*ll**ms was making on Mark Goodier's final Top 40 show last night, but I keep thinking of a phantom Pharaohe Monch radio edit: "all my people to the back, Symonds Yat, now what's up ..."

(actually, that's quite clever I think. not as good as Marcello's "Frome nap, a vignette" though, obviously.)

Jon's dead right about the Forest of Dean, incidentally, though the Long Mynd is a higher priority for me (think Malcolm Saville).

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Monday, 18 November 2002 19:57 (twenty-three years ago)

thirteen years pass...

Doesn't quite feel like the right thread to post on ... but if anyone is visiting Hay-on-Wye, here was very good indeed:

http://stjohnsplacehay.tumblr.com/

The following evening, we went to the tapas bar across the road. It felt a bit like someone had once visited Spain, had enjoyed a nice tapas and then tried to recreate the food from memory upon their return to the UK ... and then not particularly successfully.

― djh, Sunday, 28 February 2016 22:28 (ten years ago)

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