Cwm

Residents of the larger towns in Cwm Hyfryd – a region on the borders of Chile and Argentina which was an ofshoot of the larger Welsh colony to the east can still get water from the mains but thousands of litres of bottled water have been transported to smaller outlying towns and villages.

Archive 2008-05-01 2008

"Cwm," or hollow, where she and her lover had rambled in sun and in gladness.

Ruth Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

The Khumbu Glacier starts in Western Cwm and creates the Icefal as it drops 2,000 '.

Mt. Everest 2010

Dark cumulus clouds came in off Cardigan Bay to behead the rocky tops that enclose the upper reaches of Cwm Bychan.

Country diary: Southern Snowdonia 2011

The Khumbu Glacier starts in Western Cwm and creates the Icefal as it drops 2,000 '.

Mt. Everest 2010

"That Saturday, they were casting for Pobol y Cwm People of the Valley and I got the job."

Thatcher role puts 'troublemaker from the valleys' on road to stardom 2011

This little seaward hill of Eryri is a perfect viewpoint into Cwm Pennant – to me, the loveliest Welsh valley, though there are other contenders (Cwm Croesor, Cwm Doethie, the Vale of Ewyas).

Country diary: Garndolbenmaen Jim Perrin 2010

Above the head of the lake here in Cwm Bychan stands the ancient farm which was the ancestral home of the Lloyds.

Country diary: Southern Snowdonia 2011

Eifion Wyn's lines about it, translated as "Oh, Lord, why did you make Cwm Pennant so beautiful/And the life of the old shepherd so short?" are the cultural stock of every Welsh speaker.

Country diary: Garndolbenmaen Jim Perrin 2010

After a few weeks to acclimatize ourselves to the altitude, we move up the Western Cwm to the base of the Lhotse face.

My Quest to Bring Karaoke to Mt. Everest Con Chapman 2011