Sunday, September 24, 2006

Welsh mega-hike podcast

Outdoor podcasting superstar, Bob Cartwright, the man behind Backpackinglight.co.uk has just recorded an excellent interview with Darren Wooton, an Englishman who hiked from North to South Wales in this summer's glorious heatwave.
His story will make you green with envy - 203 miles of sunshine on some of the best hills in the world. The hike was based, I believe, on John Gillham's 'A Welsh Coast to Coast Walk', from Cicerone.
If you are Welsh or know Wales well, his pronunciations will bring a smile to your face, but Scotland gives me the same problems! Maybe a phonetic pronunciation guide to the hills of Wales (and Scotland) is called for - are there any out there?

You can get the podcast, plus loads of others by Bob from iTunes or directly from his website.

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At 9:50 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

On MunroMagic.com you can hear the 'correct' Gealic pronounciation. For a background book on the names, Peter Drummond's "Scottish Hill and Mountain Names" is good. Also, a pdf doc free from OS:
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/freefun/didyouknow/placenames/gaelic.html

Maybe they do one for Welsh?

 
At 10:51 AM, Blogger Chris Cowell said...

It looks like they have a similar PDF based on the origins, but I need to look harder for a phonetic pronounciation guide. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/freefun/didyouknow/placenames/welsh.html

Here an easy one to get you all started: Pen-y-fan = Penna-van (not Penny-fan!)

 

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