Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Edging the Estuary
Edging the Estuary
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Aber afon Hafren: ffin, llwybr masnach, cartref i ddiwydiant a hamdden. Wrth gerdded ar hyd glannau'r aber ar ochr Cymru a Lloegr archwilir arwyddocâd gorffennol a phresennol yr afon i'r awdur ac i drigolion ei glannau, o Maismore (Caerloyw) hyd Benrhyn Gŵyr (Cymru) a Lynmouth (Dyfnaint).
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
The Severn estuary: border, trade route, home of industry and leisure. Finch walks the Welsh and English sides and explores its significance past and present, to him and the people who live by it, from tidal Maismore to Worm's Head and Lynmouth.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9781781720844
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9781781720844
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Edging the Estuary
- Awdur / Author
- Finch, Peter
- Current Price ex VAT
- £9.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £9.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Available
- Availability Status (CY)
- Ar gael
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2013-09-19
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Seren
- Media Type (EN)
- Paperback / softback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr meddal
- Pages
- 300 pages
- Size
- 135 × 208 mm; depth 18 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Taith, Twristiaeth, Teithlyfrau (yn Saesneg) | EN: Travel, Tourism, Guide Books (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: Arweinlyfrau - Cymru (yn Saesneg) | EN: Guide Books - Wales (in English)
- FSC Status
- FSC certified (mixed sources) — C022174
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
Peter Finch is the author of over thirty collections of poetry, most recently Zen Cymru (Seren, 2010). He is also author of Real Wales, and three volumes about Cardiff in the Real series, which he founded and edits. He is the former CEO of Literature Wales, and is currently the literature editor of Agenda, the magazine of the IWA. Peter is an active blogger and promoter through the internet, and is in demand for public performance as never before.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
In the Middle Ages the port of Cardiff stretched from Chepstow to Gower. Peter Finch, archetypal Cardiffian, sets out to explore his heritage, walking the Welsh side of the Severn Estuary and reclaiming his personal memories in addition to discovering the lives of others. And with a detour to Maismore, the highest tidal point of the estuary, he walks the English side too, taking in the differences with Wales, reviving past links and looking at his homeland from abroad. On his journey he sees the estuary as border, a highway for trade and ideas, an industrial zone, and a place where people spend their leisure. Rich in anecdote, evocative in description, Finch’s book takes in villages and cities, power stations and fishermen, castles and caravans, leg-aching walks and deckchairs on the beach. The tragedy of Lynmouth, the competing delights of Porthcawl, Barry and Weston-super-Mare, the industrial sites of Usk and Port Talbot, the fate of Cardiff, Newport and Swansea docks, the ancient trackways of Swansea Bay and the Star Inn at Neath are just some of the many stories which punctuate Finch’s epic walk along some of the most beautiful coastline in Britain.
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