Issue 52 South Liverpool October 2011
WATER IS BEST by Stephen Guy
The road overlooked an eerie Welsh valley with tree-lined slopes that suddenly ended in large areas of mud fringing a lake.
valley – dried mud was everywhere and the landscape was dotted with tree stumps and the remains of wooden fences. A tumble-down stone wall edged I followed the road into the the rocky road.
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On the right stood the remains of a farmhouse, the structure clearly marked by the foundations including doors and outbuildings. This was true Victorian landscape that had been submerged when Lake Vyrnwy was completed in 1888. The road originally led to a village called Llanwddyn. During periods of drought, parts of the flooded valley are revealed as on this occasion about 20 years ago. The reservoir was built to supply Liverpool with water, a role which has continued to this
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