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Heaven IS a place on earth

13th Jul 2012
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Must be bad, yearning for mountains again!

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

Four brothers comprise the horseshoe

Arms linking to join them as one

Guarding the ancestral purview

From the old foe that dawns with the sun

The sharp blade of fearless Crib Goch

Stands stalwart askance to the north

With Glyder friends Fawr and Fach

From the red crest this scion looks forth

Y Lliwedd is the southern most shield

At his feet the deep brooding Brittany

The bravest of men would here yield

When faced with this valiant epitome

To the left stands Carnedd Ugain

Near tall as his regal sibling

Whose stern face brings despairing frown

To those seeking to topple the king

Where the grave of the red giant Gawr

Slain in battle which Pendragon did win

Stands tallest and proud of the four

Over Excaliber’s rest in Glaslyn

On this mynydd my spirit runs free

My soul it lifts up and sings loud

When I stand on the shale and the scree

Of this peak of snow, ice, mist and cloud

Its beauty brings speech in awed whisper

With a view from sunrise to sunset

At the top of the stairway Yr Wyddfa

I am closest to Heaven still yet 

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By User deleted
15th Jul 2012 23:07

Strangely enough ...

... Country File was on Snowdonia this week - thoroughly enjoyable watch.

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By paul.gloverstanbury
16th Jul 2012 14:21

Snowdonia

While agreeing that Snowdonia is indeed heaven on earth I admit to preferring the quieter Cnicht and Cader Idris to the big 'un....and my wife may not have enjoyed Countryfile quite as much as I did due to the constant 'I know where that is - that's.......' coming from my direction. She gets a joy from choral music that I receive from the hills!

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