#yr wyddfa

[niqvassieart]

Staying with some family friends in North Wales for a few months. Some digital studies from the last week!

#wales #snowdonia #yr wyddfa #newt #palmate newt #border collie #hills #heathland #mountains #pond #dog

[fayrobertsuk]

Mount Snowdon's name is officially changed after 5,000 sign petition - Mirror Online

I went on Google for something completely different, but this made me punch the air in jubilation, so you might be interested to see it too.

In case you're not familiar with the background, this is important because, despite rallying massively over the last 70 years or so, Welsh is still very much a language at risk. And when I say "at risk", I mean "subject to a campaign to drive it into extinction that very nearly worked and still might". Welsh speakers of my grandmother's generation and earlier were subjected to corporal punishment and shame tactics (see The Welsh Knot for one particularly notorious example), and workers to disciplinary action for speaking Welsh in school or workplace. In Wales.

And since tourism has been a huge source of income for the country (increasingly important, arguably, since so many coalmines and steelworks were shut down), using English placenames to be, I guess, less off-putting for visitors, has been increasingly the norm. Which means that the arguably far more beautiful (in Welsh or more directly translated into English) names are dying out, as locals forget them too.

One of the reasons I get quite passionate about this, is that I'm the last person in my family to speak Welsh much beyond the usual "good morning", "exit", and "welcome to Wales", and I'm a second language speaker at that, horrendously rusty. Another is, I guess, the guilt of the voluntary exile – what can I do but shout about it from far away and make occasional forays back to Duolingo's Welsh course?

Anyway, it's no longer Snowdon but Yr Wyddfa (Uhrr Wuthvah - th hard like though or that) and not Snowdonia but Eryri (Err-urree), emphasis always on the penultimate syllable (Yr WYTHfa, ErYri).

#fay speaks #welsh #welsh language #snowdonia #eryri #yr wyddfa #mount snowdon #I love that the welsh tags were there already! #welsh langblr #hwre #llongyfarchiadau #cue queue

[mellaithwen]

Snowdon: Park to use mountain's Welsh name ‘Yr Wyddfa’

(source: bbc news)

‘Wales' highest mountain will be referred to by its Welsh name, rather than the English equivalent, park authorities have agreed. Snowdonia National Park Authority voted to use Yr Wyddfa and Eryri rather than Snowdon and Snowdonia. It said it was spurred to "decisive action" after 5,000 people signed a petition calling for the change.’

Filed under: things that make me so happy I want to cry 🥹😭💕

#Yr Wyddfa #Eryri #heb yr hen enwau sdim gobaith o cadw’r iaith yn fyw— rhaid ymateb—rhaid newid—rhaid oroesi #Cymru #cymraeg #wales #Welsh #Please note: the mountain is not being “renamed” but rather its name is being reclaimed

[angiethewitch]

yr wyddfa

#angie talks #witchcraft #wales #cymru #witchblr #corvidcore #naturecore #cymru am byth #yr wyddfa #snowdonia #eryri #adventurecore #adventures #walks #walking #hiking

[greatgreenwelshadventures]

Toby Lad 💙

#horses #gypsy cob #views #yr wyddfa #eryri

[mydododiedandthenreactivated]

Melyn

#cymru #original content #photographers of tumblr #nature core #nature #naturecore #original photo blog #trees #wales #welsh landscape #yellow #eryri #yr wyddfa #you can see a tiny plume of smoke from the mountain railway #landscape photography

[bennhealy]

Mae Cymru yn hardd - Siabod, Yr Wyddfa, Glyderau, Tryfan, Carneddau

#landscape photography #benn healy #photography #photographer #cymru #landscape #snow #winter #eryri #yr Wyddfa #siabod #Glyderau #gogledd cymru #north wales #wales #eira

[dansnaturepictures]

16/06/2023-Great Orme and Llandudno for a trip on the cable cars, Llanberis for a trip up Yr Wyddfa on the Snowdon Mountain railway and Llanbadrig to look at Ynys Badrig aka Middle Mouse 

Pictures taken in this set: 1. Viper’s-bugloss at Great Orme in a garden area which was pretty to see. 2. Beautiful panoramic view from the Great Orme. It was so good to enjoy and be immersed in this on the cable cars you can see for miles including back down to Puffin Island where we were the other day. 3. Ravens on the Great Orme. 4 and 5. Views at Yr Wyddfa, wonderful to have this consuming and stunning experience taking in the breathtaking mountainous views again. It was special. 6. Heath bedstraw it was nice to see at Yr Wyddfa. 7 and 8. More sensational views of the sun going down over the water at Llanbadrig, it was so peaceful to be here in the evening late in the holiday a great pretty spot with the church too. 9. Chough at Great Orme, this species that has been one of our birds of the holiday was something of a surprise for us here, it was exceptional to hear their charming calls once more and see a couple. The one in the photo possibly a youngster too. 10. A Common Grayling at the Great Orme that I was astounded to see, my first of the year and this is by far the earliest sighting I’ve ever got of one the first time I’ve seen the species in June in fact. This is a species I don’t even think of until July on the New Forest heaths at home. It was brilliant to watch a few of these camouflage artists flitting through the grass, a euphoric moment to see my 32nd butterfly species of the year. Thanks to me being reminded of their sub-species something I read about before by someone I know on Twitter it seems the early sighting could be explained by them being the Hipparchia semele subspecies which is found only on the Orme as they do emerge sooner. This is pretty cool if so. 

Other highlights at the Great Orme were Small Heath, Meadow Brown, Meadow Pipit, Swallow and Goldfinch, with striking Wheatears seen very nicely joyous moments, Skylark, Goldfinch and Speckled Wood seen going up Yr Wyddfa.  Also on the brief look at Llanbadrig looking across to Ynys Badrig tonight it was good to see of course Gannet Middle Mouse where they have historically begun nesting which I first heard about in the Iolo’s Anglesey series last year so I was thrilled to see this, Guillemot, Cormorant, Oystercatcher, Swallow, Manx Shearwater, possible Razorbill, Black Guillemot and Chough and also Sandwich Tern. It was soothing to hear the wails of the seabirds on the island, a key and beautiful sound this week. It was great to see Grey Heron on a chip shop stop at the wonderful Betws-y-Coed with Swallow seen going through Eryri again. Newt in a pond and the famous town invading during lockdown Kashmiri Goats were nice to see at the Great Orme and other plant highlights there were scarlet pimpernel, hawksbeard, common rock-rose and water lily. Foxgloves, tormentil and cotton grass in good numbers were good to see up Yr Wyddfa and thrift, sea plantain and white clover were nice to see at Llanbadrig. Lady’s bedstraw and thyme were nice to see at both Great Orme and Llanbadrig. 

#chough #common grayling #photography #wales #llandudno #llanberis #great orme #llanbadrig #ynys badrig #middle mouse #yr wyddfa #eryri #goldfinch #wheatear #raven #small heath #outdoors #north wales #europe #uk #earth #happy #sheep #lady's-bedstraw #heath bedstraw #scarlet pimpernel #2023 #june #butterfly #butterflies

[hannahclairillustration]

a postcard series of Llanberis, in North Wales where I'm from.

these will hopefully be available to buy soon at a little shop in Llanberis, and also online once I get my shop up and running! It will be my first time making and selling cards/postcards so I'm nervous!

I will make another post when I have physical copies, and hopefully a photo of them in an actual shop if all goes to plan!

#north Wales #llanberis #wales #cymru #welsh artist #snowdonia #yr wyddfa #nature #landscape #flowers #sunset #lakeside #mountains #travel #holiday

[becausecosima]

My first Welsh mountain, Yr Wyddfa. The layers are chef’s kiss.

#i enjoyed the hike very much #the summer solstice sunrise was perfect #Yr Wyddfa #Photography by RE #personal #diolch yn fawr lawn #wales

[thetreessayfuckthetories]

Snow on the mountains time

#Eryri #Yr Wyddfa #Snowdon #Wales #Mountain #Snow #Landscape #Scenery

[melangell]

Some fantastic photographer posted this on twitter.

#wales #cymru #cymraeg #yr wyddfa

[ukdamo]

Odes to Snowdon

Gwyn Thomas

Copa’r Wyddfa: The summit of Snowdon: Yr ydych chwi, yma, Here, you are Yn nes at y nefoedd. nearer to Heaven.

Y mae aeonau o greu The rocks record Yn y creigiau hyn. the aeons of creation

Ein tasg ni ydi It’s our duty Gwarchod y gogoniant hwn. to guard this glory.

Edrychwch a gwelwch Here you will see Ryferthwy a heddwch tempests and tranquility Eryri.

O’n cwmpas ni y mae All around us Camp a gwae are the grandeur and the anguish Hen, hen genedl. of an old, old nation

This poem is etched on to the windows of the summit building

Once on a plaque at the (former) summit building (and now lost) -

Grwydryn, aros ennyd; ystyra ryfeddol waith Duw a’th daith fer ar y ddaear hon.

‘Wanderer, wait a moment; consider God’s wondrous work and your short journey on this earth.’

#yr wyddfa #mount snowdon #poetry #gwyn thomas #poet laureate #wales #cymru

[merinsedai]

Eight years ago I was possessed with the idea of doing a ‘30 before 30 challenge’ Then I got pregnant (which, tbh *was* on the list, so… 🤷‍♀️) and thought ‘well I can’t go skydiving, do a tölt on an Icelandic horse, or eat an oyster now, so I (as is my wont) sacked the whole thing off.

Still, I did do the first one- climb Mount Snowdon. And I’m very happy to say that it was a great experience and I will never have to do it again. Why would I when the weather was perfect and the views spectacular the first time? I think I’d be pretty disappointed hiking all up there to low cloud, mizzle and no view. I was obsessed with those lakes. So pretty.

Perhaps I can transfer over the things from original list and try a 40 before 40 😂. After all, I’ve still never tried an oyster…

#snowdonia #yr wyddfa #mount snowdon #wales #Welsh countryside #wales is so beautiful. I want to live there #between the mountains and the sea #Cymru am byth #personal #no I did not do crib goch #you must be joking I’d be straight over the edge

[escapetothewildside]

Yr Wyddfa

Having a quiet weekend chilling out and whilst I was sorting out photos I came across this one of Yr Wyddfa also know as Snowdon that I took earlier in the year. Yr Wyddfa We were driving along a mountain road and as we came around a corner this beautiful vista of the mountains opened up in front of us. This is the less popular side of Yr Wyddfa which you can ascend via either the Snowdon…

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#Adventure #Blue sky #lake #Outdoors #reflections #ripples #snow #snowdonia #winter #Yr Wyddfa

[greatgreenwelshadventures]

Morning walk 🥰

#animals #sheep southdowns #views #snowdonia #eryri #yr wyddfa