Showing posts with label Horseshoe Pass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Horseshoe Pass. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 03, 2023

Worlds End walk

 

I have been enjoying looking at pictures from some great walks Gill and I went on during the recent holidays. The 5 mile circular "World's End" walk near Wrexham/Horseshoe Pass was magnificent. So dramatic yet so peaceful and a real sense of isolation. 

Probably not a place to visit during the height of the summer, since access is only by a very narrow road with only limited passing places (and parking) with a ford to drive across. 

Enjoy this walk if you can :

Walk / Hike: Eglwyseg Glen Circular

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4.99 mi
2 h 27 min

Description

5 miles from "The Clwydian Way" booklet. “This Walk passes through some of the most spectacular country in North Wales”. Start car park at World's End. From Llangollen take A542 Ruthin Road. Take lane on left one mile before Valle Crucis Abbey, sign posted World's End. Car park just to north of Ford at world's end, on left hand side, at the top of the hill. From car park head down the lane towards the ford at world end, then continue down the lane past the old Manor House, to the bend in the lane at Ty Canol. Turn right here and follow the track, as ou tlined, past Pant Glas and Glyn, then down to Plas Yn Eglwyseg, Eglwyseg Glen. Take the small link path over to the Offa dyke path, then turn left and follow this trail, below the great cliffs of Craig Arthur, back to car park"

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Just because you can't do everything, doesn't mean you don't do nothing...

Driving up the spectacular Horseshoe Pass in North Wales on Friday lunchtime I was listening to Jeremy Vine on Radio 2.  He was discussing the recent United Nations vote on Military action to save Civilian lives in Libya.  His guests were Professor Michael Clarke from the Royal United Service Institute and the serial apologist for murderers and tyrants, Lindsey German.  

Professor Clarke gave a considered and objective assessment of the situation and eventually a reasoned but reticent (and limited) backing for military action. 

While German, the crank cultist (who last year had to resign before being expelled from the SWP sect and then went on to form the even smaller Real-SWP sect "Counterfire") waffled on in support of doing nothing since we cannot topple all the world's tyrants (and therefore we should just let Gaddafi's war planes, tanks and artillery slaughter the Libyan opposition). 

Professor Clarke rebuked her with "Just because you can't do everything, doesn't mean you don't do nothing..." and reminded us all that timely and appropriate Military invention can and has saved lives.

Remember, even in the UK, we know what Gaddafi and his goons are capable of - from the public machine gunning of an unarmed London Police officer, to blowing up a civilian jet plane over Scotland killing 270 and the supplying of IRA terrorists with tons of explosives and weapons which were then used to murder many, many more innocents

So we should all know exactly what will happen to the civilian population if Gaddafi retakes the rebel held towns and cities.  No Excuses.