Hiraeth light
Thursday, September 9th, 2010 12:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mothwingFernweh doesn't quite cut it, because it's too specific: I want to go to Wales, to Gwynedd, to be precise, hence the appropriation in the title line. I keep dreaming about it (I rarely dream), I keep thinking about it (I don't usually think about places), and I miss it (I also don't miss places. I miss people, but never places. Wales is the one exception). So, I want to go to Wales, and I want to go before I have to buckle down and work in November, because I think I won't have the time to do it in the "holidays", which, for me, won't be holidays.
So I'm organising an impromptu trip to Wales, or rather, I'm fantasising about one, because these plans can't really be realised this year. I'd love to go on a hiking (weather conditions permitting) trip through Snowdonia national park. Or a road trip, though I don't dare to drive in Great Britain, and it's also not really in my budget, but the buses are rare and don't drive at all after 6pm, apparently, and without any sound knowledge of my walking speed with a heavy rucksack, I'm not comfortable with making too rigid a schedule incorporating the Snowdon Sherpa's timetables and limited service hours.
Finding cheap accommodation will also be a real problem, as there are affordable hostels, but most of these are in remote locations, which is great for walking tours. Right now, I'm thinking about next March, because I've never been in Wales in spring - it's magical in autumn, and I don't doubt that it's any less great in spring.
So I'm organising an impromptu trip to Wales, or rather, I'm fantasising about one, because these plans can't really be realised this year. I'd love to go on a hiking (weather conditions permitting) trip through Snowdonia national park. Or a road trip, though I don't dare to drive in Great Britain, and it's also not really in my budget, but the buses are rare and don't drive at all after 6pm, apparently, and without any sound knowledge of my walking speed with a heavy rucksack, I'm not comfortable with making too rigid a schedule incorporating the Snowdon Sherpa's timetables and limited service hours.
Finding cheap accommodation will also be a real problem, as there are affordable hostels, but most of these are in remote locations, which is great for walking tours. Right now, I'm thinking about next March, because I've never been in Wales in spring - it's magical in autumn, and I don't doubt that it's any less great in spring.
