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    Rhedeg Trwy'r Niwl

    A new book on fell running has just arrived at my home:-

    Rhedeg Trwy'r Niwl. By Simon Gwyn Roberts..
    ISBN : 978-1-84524-390-6
    Published by Gwasg Carrreg Gwalch, 2021.

    Perhaps some of our more knowledgable fell runers
    may care to provide a translation and review.

    The scarcity of vowels is disconcerting..
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    Quote Originally Posted by XRunner View Post

    The scarcity of vowels is disconcerting..
    Remember that w is a vowel in Welsh.

    If a lack of vowels upsets you, don't visit the Tatra Mountains in Slovakia: you might yourself by the famously scenic lake, Štrbské Pleso, on Štvrtok (Thursday).
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    We stayed at Bwlchgwyn campsite on the Lynn Peninsular last summer, near Aberdaron. Which ‘of course’ is pronounced something like bull-ch-gwin with the middle ch sound seemingly a bit like the sound you make when you swallow a fly and try and cough it up again

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    Running in the mist is, of course, the usual situation for the denizens of Snowdonia. A lovely prosaic reflection on the Joy's of racing in that amazing landscape. Hadn't heard about this book. Is the main text in welsh too?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wheeze View Post
    Running in the mist is, of course, the usual situation for the denizens of Snowdonia.
    I did read somewhere (possibly on this forum) that Welsh rain is much wetter that English or Scottish rain and Irish mist is rather drier.
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    Quote Originally Posted by XRunner View Post
    I did read somewhere (possibly on this forum) that Welsh rain is much wetter that English or Scottish rain and Irish mist is rather drier.
    No, it's just that Welsh raindrops don't understand the meaning of the English word, "Waterproof", so they just go through anything.
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