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Too hot for anything but walking on the beach on a cool night but the clouds were like it was stormy
St Dyfnog’s Well is located at Llanrhaeadr, Denbighshire. The well, which isn’t signposted, is accessed from the church. A path running up the left hand side of the church follows a stream through the woods. The well is about 200 yards up from the church.
The village of Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch takes its name from the spring on the hillside which is now known as St Dyfnog’s Well. Llan=church and rhaeadr=waterfall.
According to tradition St. Dyfnog lived at the site of the well spring named after him in the 6th century, doing penance by standing under the torrent in his hair shirt belted with an iron chain. The festival of St Dyfnog is 13th February.
The well became known for its healing powers By the late middle ages this spring was among the most renowned Welsh holy wells, attracting numerous pilgrims and bardic poems in its praise. The strength of the spring was a notable feature. In the 16th century Leland noted “a mighty spring that maketh a brook running scant a mile”
Lhuyd (1698) records “a bath, much frequented, the water heals scabs, itches etc, some say that it would cure the pox.”
By the early 18th century it had developed such that Browne Willis refers to “the famous well of St Dyfnog, much resorted to, and on that account provided with all convenience of rooms etc, for bathing, built around it.”
Towards the end of that century Pennant visits, reporting that “the fountain was enclosed in an angular wall, decorated with small human figures, and before the well for pious bathers".
During the middle ages the well generated considerable wealth for the area, and the creation of the sixteenth century Jesse Window in the church was supposedly financed by revenue from the well, although there is an alternative tradition that it was relocated from Basingwerk Abbey following its dissolution.
The site’s proximity to St Winefride’s Well at Holywell was advantageous, since St Dyfnog’s was frequently included in the itinerary for pilgrimages to St Winefride’s.’
The buildings, including the reported marble linings to the pool, and statues have now disappeared, leaving just the stone lined remains of the bathing pool. Remaining too, however, is evidence of the landscaped woodland path created to the site in the nineteenth century including a number of small stone bridges which cross the stream that descends from the well.
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Originally taken and posted for the GWUK group.
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It has been constantly below freezing for a couple of days now. The birds don't really seem to be adversely affected. Business as usual.
Purple finch, I think, because of the reddish underparts.
went to the snow this weekend..it was fun!! :)
real bokeh! hahah im sooo excited its the first time i actually got it to look good! :)
It maybe no A380, but the A340-600 is certainly big yet also pretty at the same time... Something I can't quite say about the whale jet!
Virgin Atlantic's A340-600's currently stands at 13, the fleet having been declining ever since the airline took on all 10 A330-300's which were all delivered in 2013. The original fleet stood at 19, 6 having been withdrawn with them mostly stored in Toulouse, with one example now with Hi-Fly Malta.
Surfer Girl, a reference to The Beach Boys third studio album 'Surfer Girl' was delivered new to Virgin Atlantic in December 2006, being the second to last A340-600 delivered to the airline. She is currently leased from BBAM and is powered by 4 Rolls-Royce Trent 556-61 engines.
Airbus A340-642 G-VWEB 'Surfer Girl' takes-off from London Heathrow (LHR) on VS900 to Tokyo-Narita (NRT).
Festive cool carrion crow (corvus corone).
Photographed in Regent's Park, London.
Added seasonal 'frosting' created in Paint Shop Pro Photo X2.
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