tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49403836215788334502024-03-12T19:34:21.149-07:00Gales e Inglaterra 2006Diario de viaje. País de Gales, Cornualles, Londres y otros puntos de interés en Inglaterra entre finales de junio y principios de julio de 2006.Carlos Carreterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200026073778253899noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940383621578833450.post-18807517553284655042006-07-10T01:57:00.000-07:002010-07-27T02:06:48.738-07:00Finalmente, Londres<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >He tratado previamente Londres en mis páginas en internet, como podréis comprobar en </span><a href="http://ccarreter.eresmas.com/" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >De viaje con la cámara al hombro</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" >. Por lo tanto, en esta ocasión, me limitaré a una entrada con una cierta abundancia de imágenes que puedan representar alguno de los paseos por la atribulada capital británica.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; "><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0722.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0722.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Rickshaws en el Soho londinense llamando la atención de los turistas</span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_1471-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_1471-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Una escurridiza ardilla trepa por<br />un árbol en St James's Park</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_1239-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_1239-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Un militarote británico celebra su boca en la Torre de Londres<br />bajo la atenta mirada y supervisión de los </span><span style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >beefeaters</span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" > </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0685.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0685.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Un reloj daliniano a los pies del impresionante<br />London Eye junto al Támesis</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF1065.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF1065.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Unos enfervorecidos aficionados italianos celebrar<br />la victoria de su selección en la Copa del Mundo<br />por la londinense Charing Cross Road</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF1036.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF1036.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Una violinista en el Southbank ameniza el paseo<br />por esta agradable orilla del Támesis</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0985.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0985.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Los turistas se arremolinan ante la fachada de St Paul's,<br />cerrada a las visitas por un oficio religioso</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_1219-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_1219-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Grupos de mujeres de todas las edades se preparan un picnic<br />alrededor del monumento a Peter Pan en Kensington Gardens</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0759.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0759.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Dos británicas damas conversan animadamente<br />en Portobello Road en día de mercadillo</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF1015.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF1015.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >El </span><span style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Budgieman </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" >ofrece su espectáculo ante la fachada de la Tate Modern Gallery</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0898.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0898.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Artesanías de todo tipo en Camden Lock Market,<br />uno de los animados mercadillos de Camden Town</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF1138.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF1138.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Algunos paseantes recorren Covent Garden al anochecer</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_1334-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_1334-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Promocionada por la película El Código Da Vinci, la antes discreta<br />Iglesia del Temple se ve ahora frecuentada por los turistas</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0787.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0787.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >En el corazón de la City, 30 St Mary Axe, más conocido como<br />The Gherkin (El Pepinillo), domina el paisaje de la ciudad</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0922.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0922.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >El patio cubierto del British Museum se ha convertido en una referencia<br />y en un lugar agradable para el atribulado turista</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(204, 255, 255); "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></span></div></span>Carlos Carreterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200026073778253899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940383621578833450.post-71750358320723925322006-07-06T01:54:00.000-07:002010-07-27T01:54:56.545-07:00Por la península de Penwith y en la cuna del rey Arturo<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; ">Tras visitar, en un momento soleado, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">St Michael's Mount</span>, nos dirigimos a la Península de Penwith, extremo suroeste de Cornualles y por lo tanto de Inglaterra. Son diversos los monumentos megalíticos que encontramos en la zona, como las "Merry Maidens" y el monumento funerario que encontramos entre la niebla que poco a poco se apodera del paisaje.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_1120-01.0.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_1120-01.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0642.0.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0642.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Despúes visitamos el <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Teatro Minack</span>, en <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Porthcurno</span>, excentricidad de una ricachona con aires de mecenas; teatro al aire libre sobre un acantilado en la orilla del mar.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_1140-01.0.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_1140-01.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Pero el plato fuerte del lugar es <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Land's End Cap</span>, el <span style="font-style: italic; ">finisterre </span>inglés. La bruma nos impide disfrutar con nitidez de los acantilados y las rompientes, pero la visibilidad es suficiente para apreciar lo agreste del lugar.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_1169-01.0.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_1169-01.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br />De vuelta a nuestro "<span style="font-style: italic; ">stylish accomadtion</span>" en <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Ilfracombe</span>, queremos visitar las ruinas de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Tintagel</span>, presunta cuna del legendario <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">rey Arturo</span>. Pero aquí la niebla se ha vuelto muy profunda y apenas alcanzamos a distinguir el promontorio sobre el que se sitúan las ruinas.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0651.0.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0651.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Nuestro recorrido en ruta por <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Gales </span>e <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Inglaterra</span>, llega a su fin. Por delante nos quedan cuatro días, los cuales, descontando los desplazamientos, los dedicaremos a la capital del <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Reino Unido</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Londres</span>.</span>Carlos Carreterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200026073778253899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940383621578833450.post-41272385134105367852006-07-06T01:52:00.000-07:002010-07-27T04:41:03.556-07:00El Mount St Michel de Francia es más espectacular, pero este también es mono<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >En realidad, aquí no es </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Mont St Michel</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" >; aquí es </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >St Michael's Mount</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" >, y se encuentra en </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Mount Bay</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" >, en </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Marazion</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" >, cerca de </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Penzanze</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" >, próximo al </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Land's End</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" > de </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Cornualles</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" >. Desde lejos la apariencia es la misma, una isla solitaria en una bahía; pero la magnitud de la abadía y de las construcciones son muy diferentes. También de la afluencia de personas. Pero es mono. Y el día que estuvimos hacía bueno. La marea alta y hubimos de alquilar una barquita, lo cual fue agradable. Bueno. Era de los pocos ratos en este viaje que estando junto al mar no nos ha asaltado la niebla. Y había que aprovechar.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >
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<br /></div><em></em></span>Carlos Carreterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200026073778253899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940383621578833450.post-82298142742841122482006-07-05T01:50:00.000-07:002010-07-27T04:41:50.006-07:00Los romanos estuviero aquí y se bañaron,... y por eso se llama Bath<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Tras visitar la </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Edad de Bronce</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> en </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Stonehenge</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">, nos dirigimos a </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Bath</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">. Esta coqueta ciudad, de esmerada urbanización y cuidado mantenimiento, fue elegida por los romanos para instalar los baños más famosos de </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Inglaterra</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">. La visita, que incluye por igual los manantiales y piscinas de agua sulfurosa y los museos que ilustran los hallazgos arqueológicos, merece la pena. Aun con las multitudes de turistas que acuden atraidos por la fama del lugar.
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<br /></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0582.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0582.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span">Por otra parte, no sólo de baños vive </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Bath</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">, ya que el paseo por sus calles o por la orilla del </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span">río Avon</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> es tremendamente interesante, aun cuando la ciudad de los baños nos obsequia con una ducha en forma de lluvia, no muy intensa, pero relativamente persistente. Un calabobos, vaya.
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<br /></div></span>Carlos Carreterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200026073778253899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940383621578833450.post-65560451228981810242006-07-05T01:48:00.000-07:002010-07-27T01:48:58.713-07:00Una visita obligada; el monumento megalítico de Stonehenge<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; ">Cuando uno visita el suroeste de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Inglaterra</span> tiene una visita obligada en el impresionante monumento megalítico de<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Stonehenge</span>. El día no acompaña. O sí. Según se mire. A uno siempre le gusta tener una bonita luz rasante para fotografiar. Pero quizá lo propio es tener un día lluvioso y plomizo, para comprender cómo aquellos primitivos se desenvolvieron acarreando los inmensos bloques de granito, algunos desde la entonces lejana <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Gales</span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_1022-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_1022-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_1024-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_1024-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/PAN_1026.0.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/PAN_1026.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_1039-01.0.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_1039-01.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>A pesar del gran número de turistas, que rompen la magia del lugar, a pesar del tráfico que rueda por la carretera de al lado, el lugar tiene su magia. No la magia pazguata y sensiblera de los vendedores de ilusiones. Sino la magia de la historio y sus signficados, de la comprensión de lo que el ser humano es y ha sido desde hace miles de años. Indudablemente, este ha sido un momento clave en nuestro recorrido.</span>Carlos Carreterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200026073778253899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940383621578833450.post-28840240955890840062006-07-04T01:47:00.000-07:002010-07-27T01:49:41.050-07:00El mito artúrico nos alcanza, Glastonbury y Wells<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; ">Tras abandonar <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Gales</span>, nos internamos en el suroeste de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Inglaterra</span>. Y nuestra primera etapa tiene notables repercusiones artúricas. La tradición quiere que la tumba del mítico rey bretón se encontrase en la <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">abadía de Glastonbury</span>, hoy en día en ruinas. Por ello se ha identificado <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Glastonbury</span> con la mítica isla de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Avalon</span>, donde según la saga artúrica se encuentra <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Arturo</span> a la espera de regresar a los suyos.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0967-01.0.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0967-01.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0980-01.0.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0980-01.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_1012-01.0.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_1012-01.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Después de esta visita, y tras tomar posesión de nuestra habitación en un <span style="font-style: italic; ">Bed&Breakfast </span>de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">North Wootton</span>, nos dirigimos a <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Wells</span>, coqueta ciudad del condado de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Somerset</span>, con una magnífica catedral gótica, bien acompañada por el casco urbano muy conservado y por el palacion episcopal, rodeado de canales.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0479.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0479.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0495.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0495.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0500.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0500.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>La tarde ha sido agradable y ha culminado con una cena tranquila en un pub de la ciudad. Mañana seguiremos hacia el suroeste.</span>Carlos Carreterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200026073778253899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940383621578833450.post-64659272244224097992006-07-04T01:45:00.000-07:002010-07-27T01:46:30.998-07:00Nos despedimos de Gales con un paseo por Cardiff<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Cardiff </span>es la capital de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Gales</span>, y de los lugares que hemos visitado el único que muestra un cierto cosmopolitismo en los ambientes y en las formas. Su monumento principal es el Castillo, capricho de un aristócrata millonario escocés del siglo XIX; pero para muchos galeses, probablemente el mayor de sus emblemas será el <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Millenium Stadium</span>, lugar donde realiza sus gestas la selección galesa de rugby. Y no están muy lejos el uno del otro.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0911-01.0.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0911-01.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0467.2.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0467.3.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Además del castillo, no está demás dar un paseo por las calles más céntricas donde encontraremos coquetas galerías comerciales, así como un espléndido mercado cubierto, con todo tipo de puestos de venta.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0935-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0935-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0943-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0943-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Finalmente, la bahía de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Cardiff </span>es una zona de la ciudad recientemente remozada, sirviendo de zona de recreo y comercial, con edificios emblemáticos como el rojizo <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Pierhead Building</span> o el <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Wales Millenium Centre</span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0948-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0948-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0957-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0957-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Con esto, nos despedimos de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Gales</span>. A partir de ahora, seguiremos nuestro viaje por <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Inglaterra</span>.</span>Carlos Carreterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200026073778253899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940383621578833450.post-80255571669961401962006-07-03T01:44:00.000-07:002010-07-27T01:45:22.342-07:00Por la costa de Pembrokeshire y un paseo por Tenby<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Saint David's</span>, la "<span style="font-style: italic; ">city</span>" más pequeña del <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Reino Unido</span> que visitábamos por la mañana, es también la única "<span style="font-style: italic; ">city</span>" que se haya integramente englobada en un <span style="font-style: italic; ">Parque Nacional</span>, el de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Pembrokeshire Coast</span>. Así que nos encaminamos a dar una vuelta por esta costa.<br /><br />Pero empezamos a sospechar que nuestras incursiones a la costa están gafadas por la bruma, la niebla, y quien sabe si tarde o temprano el "<span style="font-style: italic; ">calabobos</span>" propio del lugar.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0856-01.3.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0856-01.3.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/PAN_0852.3.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/PAN_0852.3.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0863-01.3.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0863-01.3.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Buscando mejor tiempo, nos dirigimos hacia la costa sur de Gales, donde llegamos a la coqueta localidad de Tenby, centro de veraneo, con amplias playas y mucha animación. El tiempo ha mejorado. El sol y la luz nos alegran el paseo.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0885-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0885-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0889-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0889-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0901-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0901-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Ya va quedando poco de nuestro recorrido por Gales. Nos queda la capital. El próximo día la conoceremos.</span>Carlos Carreterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200026073778253899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940383621578833450.post-31430011332702878522006-07-03T01:43:00.000-07:002010-07-27T01:44:12.316-07:00Saint David's - Gran catedral en pequeña ciudad<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Saint David's</span> es la población británica más pequeña (unos 2.000 habitantes) con categoría de "<span style="font-style: italic; ">city</span>". El ser una "<span style="font-style: italic; ">city</span>" en el <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Reino Unido</span> parece que está asociado a ser sede catedralicia, y efectivamente en <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Saint David's</span>, pequeña y coqueta ciudad (que no pueblo, por lo tanto), es su sede episcopal y las ruinas del antiguo palacio episcopal lo que interesa ver.<br /><br />Juzgad vosotros mismos.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0778-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0778-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0782-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0782-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0834-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0834-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0848-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0848-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0849-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0849-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Luego nos daremos una vuelta por la costa de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Pembrokeshire</span>. </span>Carlos Carreterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200026073778253899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940383621578833450.post-9940290306576874232006-07-02T01:42:00.000-07:002010-07-27T01:42:44.932-07:00De norte a sur por los Montes Cámbricos<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; ">Para desplazarse del norte al sur de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Gales</span>, hay dos opciones básicas. O va uno cerca de la costa o va por el interior. Nosotros optamos por esta segunda opción, recorriendo los <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Montes Cámbricos</span>. Estos son famosos principalmente por dar nombre a una de las grandes eras geológicas. Una muy antigua era geológica en la que se encuentran por primera vez en la historia geológica un gran número de fósiles de animales pluricelulares. Y efectivamente, los montes que encontramos son antiguos. De perfil suave, redondeado, con extensas praderas herbáceas en las alturas y bosques diversos en los valles más profundos.<br /><br />Entre las etapas de este viaje, tenemos una primera parada en <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Llanidloes</span>, una coqueta población en la que quedan edificios pertenecientes a un antiguo mercado medieval.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0694-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0694-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0699-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0699-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Una muy interesante visita es <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Ellan Valley</span>, donde encontramos un conjunto de presas hidráulicas de finales del siglo XIX, cuyo objetivo principal es almacenar agua para abastecer la ciudad inglesa de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Birmingham</span>. Esta zona recibe más de 1700 litros de agua por metro cuadrado al año. Ahí es nada.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0720-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0720-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0718-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0718-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Cerca de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Ellan Valley</span>, en dirección hacia la costa, encontramos <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Devil's Bridge</span>. En un valle de gran frondosidad encontramos un curioso puente compuesto por tres puentes superpuestos de distintas épocas. En los alrededores, entre una espesura vegetal notable, abundan los saltos de agua.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0739-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0739-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0755-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0755-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Finalmente, visitamos las ruinas de la abadía de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Strata Florida</span>, antes de introducirnos en la última parte del recorrido que nos lleva hacia <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Briton Ferry</span> en los alrededores de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Swansea</span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0775-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0775-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Pero esta es otra historia. Quizá para mañana.</span>Carlos Carreterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200026073778253899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940383621578833450.post-70862296562634371772006-07-01T01:33:00.000-07:002010-07-27T01:40:55.701-07:00Y nos despedimos de estos coquetos trenes de vapor<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; ">Terminaremos nuestro recorrido por los pequeños trenes de vapor de uso turístico que pueblan el norte de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Gales </span>con dos que encontramos sobre la marcha. Uno de ellos es el <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Llanberis Lake Railway</span>. Pequeño ferrocarril cuyo origen está en las minas de pizarra, recorre el borde del <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Lago de Llanberis</span>. Nos acercamos a verlo mientras esperamos la hora de nuestro tren hacia el <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Monte Snowdon</span>. En la estación, vemos también un minicircuito de modelos en miniatura, también con funcionamiento a vapor.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0541-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0541-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0547-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0547-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Finalmente, os presentaré el <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Welsh Highland Railways</span>, que hace el recorrido entre <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Caernarfon </span>y <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Rhid-Ddu</span>. Nuestro primer contacto fue cuando visitamos <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Caernarfon</span>, donde vemos la llegada de un tren arrastrado por una bonita locomotora diesel.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0426-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0426-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0427-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0427-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Pero fue al día siguiente, después de bajar de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Snowdon Mountain</span>, cuando recorriendo la región con el coche, al pasar por <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; ">Rhyd-Ddu</span> nos encontramos con el tren llegando a su final de recorrido arrastrado por una magnífica <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Garratt</span>de origen sudafricano, a la que vemos evolucionar en la estación de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Rhyd-Ddu</span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0627-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0627-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0636-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0636-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0623-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0623-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Cuando seguimos el viaje, vemos las obras de la futura vía que permitirá hacer el viaje entre <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Caernarfon </span>y<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Porthmadog</span>, por unos valles y entornos de gran belleza. A lo mejor hay que volver en un futuro.</span>Carlos Carreterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200026073778253899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940383621578833450.post-32286277554597720672006-07-01T01:32:00.000-07:002010-07-27T01:32:59.891-07:00Más ferrocarriles de vapor: el Snowdon Mountain Railway<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; ">El ferrocarril de vapor que se ha constituido en el centro del viaje por el norte de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Gales </span>ha sido el <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Snowdon Mountain Railway</span>. Se trata de un ferrocarril de cremallera que une la población de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Llanberis </span>con la cima del <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Monte Snowdon</span>en un recorrido de aproximadamente media hora por un valle de origen glacial en el <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Parque Nacional de Snowdonia</span>.<br /><br />El servicio lo realizan locomotoras de vapor y locomotoras diésel que empujan a la subida y arrastran a la bajada un único coche de pasajeros con capacidad para unas 64 personas y algún operario de la línea.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0511-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0511-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0607-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0607-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Durante el trayecto, los trenes se cruzan en tres apartaderos, así como en la estación del final de la línea en la cima del <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Snowdon</span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0568-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0568-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0569-02.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0569-02.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Durante el trayecto, el tren circula en ocasiones paralelo a la senda por la que numerosos excursionistas realizan la ascensión caminando. El despierta la atención y la curiosidad de los mismos, permitiéndoles descansar del esfuerzo de la ascensión. Ascensión, cómoda ya que el relieve es suave, aunque el desnivel global tiene su miga.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0583-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0583-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0587-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0587-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>En <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Llanberis </span>encontramos los talleres en los que veremos a las locomotoras y a los tractores de trabajo maniobrar, haciendo más entretenida la espera hasta que llega el momento de montar en el tren.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0507-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0507-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0614-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0614-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Mañana, hablaré de los últimos ferrocarriles con los que nos encontramos. Han sido tres días muy ferroviarios estos del norte de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Gales</span>.</span>Carlos Carreterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200026073778253899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940383621578833450.post-4099209665678111922006-07-01T01:30:00.000-07:002010-07-27T01:31:55.014-07:00De paseo por Snowdonia<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; ">El <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Parque Nacional de Snowdonia</span> es una amplia zona en el norte de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Gales </span>de montes suaves, redondeados, lagos, bosques profundos en las zonas bajas e inmensas praderas de resistentes herbáceas en las alturas más expuestas al frío y a las inclemencias del tiempo.<br /><br />También son frecuentes las cicatrices de explotaciones mineras en la montaña, para la extracción de pizarras, y que nos ha dejado también la pléyade de pequeños ferrocarriles de vapor de los que ya empecé a hablar el otro día.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0488-01.0.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0488-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0520-01.0.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0520-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>La cima del parque es el Monte Snowdon, que da nombre a toda la zona. De poco más de 1000 metros de altitud sobre el nivel del mar, se llergue no obstante majestuoso sobre los alrededores. La facilidad de la ascensión, junto con la existencia de un ferrocarril de cremallera que llega casi hasta la cima, hacen que esta se encuentre repleta de turistas cuando el tiempo acompaña.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0591-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0591-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0593-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0593-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0602-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0602-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Finalmente, cuando acaba el día, una vuelta por Betws-y-Coed y una cena en la terraza de uno de sus pubs permiten reposar y disfrutar más del recorrido realizado por la naturaleza.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0433.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0433.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0442.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0442.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Mañana hablaremos con más detalle de la parte ferroviaria del paseo.</span>Carlos Carreterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200026073778253899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940383621578833450.post-39522539933409943582006-06-30T01:27:00.000-07:002010-07-27T01:30:29.555-07:00Castillos normandos en la costa norte de Gales<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Tras recorrer la </span><span style="font-style: italic; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Península de Lleyn</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">, llegamos a </span><span style="font-style: italic; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Caernarfon</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> para echar un bocado y comenzar un pequeño recorrido por ciudades costeras del norte de </span><span style="font-style: italic; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Gales</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> en las que encontraremos impresionantes fortalezas de origen normando.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Caernarfon</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> se encuentra en el estuario del </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span">río Seion</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">t, frente a la </span><span style="font-style: italic; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Isla de Anglesey</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">. El magnifico castillo es utilizado ceremonialmente para coronar a los </span><span style="font-style: italic; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Príncipes de Gales</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0439-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0439-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0445-02.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0445-02.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span">Después del paseo cogemos el coche y cruzamos el </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span">estrecho de Menai</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> para pasar a la </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span">isla de Anglesey</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> y visitar</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Beaumaris</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0379.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0379.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span">¿Alguien el capaz de pronunciar el nombre de la primera ciudad del cartel?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Beaumaris</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> es una ciudad más pequeñita, pero muy coqueta y cuidada, con hermosas vistas de ambos lados del estrecho, que se extienden hasta los montes de </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Snowdonia</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">. Y también tiene su castillo normando.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0468-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0468-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0475-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0475-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span">Finalmente, volvemos a la isla principal y nos dirigimos a </span><span style="font-style: italic; "><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Conwy</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">, ciudad amurallada, donde aparte de su castillo normando encontramos </span><span style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span">¡¡¡LA TUMBA DE LOS SIETE ENANITOS!!!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0382.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0382.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0388.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(169, 166, 152); "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0388.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span">Después de cenar en un cuco restaurante de </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Conwy</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">, damos por finalizado el día y nos volvemos a dormir a </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Blaenau Ffestiniog</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">. Ha sido un día intenso.</span></p></span>Carlos Carreterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200026073778253899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940383621578833450.post-36028468479670048042006-06-30T01:26:00.000-07:002010-07-27T01:26:48.781-07:00El reino del "kitsch", Portmeirion, y un paseo por la Península de Lleyn<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; ">Tras fotografiar el <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">ferrocarril de Ffestiniog</span>, la guía nos sugiere visitar el pueblo de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Portmeirion</span>, situado en las cercanías de <span style="font-style: italic; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Porthmadog</span></span> (es una guía visual de <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Gran Bretaña</span> de "<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">El País - Aguilar</span>"; no me ha gustado mucho, y he echado de menos haber llevado una guía verde <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Michelin</span>).<br /><br />El lugar resulta ser el reino de lo<span style="font-style: italic; "> <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsch" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span">kitsch</span></a></span>, una mezcolanza de edificios que pretenden estar basados en la arquitectura del Mediterráneo, cuando no en lo oriental. No son de verdad ni los barcos amarrados en el puerto. Nos sentimos un poco estafados. Quedáis avisados.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0398-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0398-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0387-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0387-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0400-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0400-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Para desquitarnos un poco, optamos a continuación por un poco de paisaje y naturaleza, y nos internamos en la<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">península de Lleyn</span>. El tiempo no acompaña, y conforme nos acercamos al extremo de la misma, en <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Mynydd Mawr</span>, la niebla amenaza y limita la visibilidad.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0408-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0408-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0413-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0413-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0375.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0375.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Las carreteras son estrechas, los puntos de referencia escasos, tardaremos en salir de aquí. Espero que en<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">Caernarfon</span>, nuestra siguiente etapa, tengamos un poquito de sol y buen tiempo.</span>Carlos Carreterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200026073778253899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940383621578833450.post-42445890607894159122006-06-30T01:24:00.000-07:002010-07-27T01:25:25.740-07:00Primeros ferrocarriles a vapor, Welshpool & Llanfair y Ffestiniog<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; ">Uno de los hechos que ha marcado las vacaciones, especialmente en el norte de Gales, es la pléyade de pequeños ferrocarriles turísticos, muchos de ellos con tracción de vapor que salpican la geografía galesa. Y quien esto escribe es aficionado a los trenes, como muestra mi página <a href="http://ccarreter.eresmas.net/" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Trenes de ayer y de hoy</span></a>.<br /><br />El primero lo encontramos de casualidad, recién llegados a Gales, cuando nos dirigíamos a nuestro alojamiento<span style="font-style: italic; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Blaenau Ffestiniog</span></span>. Lo primero que encontramos es la estación de <span style="font-style: italic; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Welshpool</span></span>, en esos momentos vacía de toda actividad. No tenemos programado encontrarnos con ningún tren. Pero bajo a tomar unas imágenes.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0339.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0339.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0338.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0338.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Pero al llegar a <span style="font-style: italic; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Llanfair</span></span>,... sorpresa. Después de la actividad del día, los voluntarios que mantienen el ferrocarril están a punto de recoger la "vaporosa" que ha tirado de los convoyes del día. Tras pedir educadamente permiso, mi <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">F10</span> va disparando a gran velocidad. Hay que aprovechar el momento.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0345.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0345.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0350.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0350.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0359.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0359.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Al día siguiente, la cuestión está planificada. Hace tiempo que he oído hablar del ferrocarril de Ffestiniog. Este ferrocarril tuvo su origen en las minas de pizarra que abundan en <span style="font-style: italic; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Snowdonia</span></span>, y comunicaba <span style="font-style: italic; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Blaenau Ffestiniog</span></span> con el puerto de <span style="font-style: italic; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Porthmadog</span></span>. Con la hoja de los horarios, bajamos a encontrarnos con la salida del tren de la estación de esta última localidad.<br /><br />La locomotora es una maravilla. Una <span style="font-style: italic; ">doble fairlie</span> con dos calderas perfectamente simétrica y en estado impecable. Esta vez es la <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; ">D60</span> la encargada de inmortalizar el momento en la nublada mañana galesa.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0323-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0323-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0329-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0329-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0336-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0336-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0363-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0363-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0349-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0349-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br />Habrá más oportunidades de fotografiar nuevos ferrocarriles. Pero para empezar, no está nada mal.</span>Carlos Carreterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200026073778253899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940383621578833450.post-70262468972533722002006-06-29T01:22:00.000-07:002010-07-27T01:23:01.094-07:00Stratford-upon-Avon, donde vio la luz el bardo<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; ">Stratford-upon-Avon, una coqueta y cuidada ciudad de las Midlands inglesas, es especialmente conocida por ser el lugar de nacimiento del bardo, del gran William Shakespeare. Por lo tanto, es inevitable acudir a ver la casa donde el gran autor nació.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0289-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0289-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Sin embargo, en una cálida mañana de verano, con sol y buen tiempo, es obligatorio dar un paseo por sus canales, rodeados de jardines, siempre llenos de gente que disfruta del buen tiempo... cuando hace buen tiempo.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0296-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0296-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0297-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0297-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0299-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0299-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0308-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0308-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Finalmente, decidimos ir a presentar nuestros respetos al egregio artista, pero un oficio religioso en la capilla donde se encuentran sus restos nos lo impide. Otra vez será.</span>Carlos Carreterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200026073778253899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940383621578833450.post-47646407088695054162006-06-29T01:18:00.000-07:002010-07-27T01:20:27.679-07:00El castillo de Warwick<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; ">Tras el descanso en Hockley Heath, decidimos dedicar la mañana a hacer un poco de turismo antes de encaminarnos al norte de Gales. Y el objetivo más cercano es el Castillo de Warwick. En una mañana de sol y buena temperatura, nos encaminamos hacia este monumento privado, perteneciente a la más antigua aristocracia inglesa, mitad fortaleza, mitad palacio. Se nos muestra tanto las mazmorras, las almenas y los torreones, como escenas cotidianas de lo que fue la vida en sus salones a finales del XIX y principios del XX.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0199-02.0.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0199-02.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0194-01.0.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0194-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0246-01.0.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0246-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Son numerosas las personas que acuden a visitar el Castillo a pesar del elevado precio de la entrada. Se pueden ver grupos de escolares, mezclados con los numerosos turistas, que pasan la mañana viendo demostraciones diversas de la vida en el castillo, como el funcionamiento de una catapulta o el arte de la cetrería.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0233-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0233-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0286-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0286-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br />Desde las almenas del castillo, tenemos vistas de la coqueta y cuidada ciudad de Warwick, así como de los alrededores del castillo donde un río hace mover una noria que conectada a una turbina proporciona energía a las instalaciones.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0202-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0202-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0203-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0203-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/CRW_0261-01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/CRW_0261-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br />En fin, una visita interesante que nos anima a seguir con el viaje manteniendo la ilusión de conocer nuevos sitios y gentes.</span>Carlos Carreterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200026073778253899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940383621578833450.post-46288877397085379312006-06-28T01:13:00.000-07:002010-07-27T01:21:42.516-07:00Hockley Heath, Solihull<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">La primera parada tras aterrizar en Stansted es la recoleta localidad de Hockley Heath. Perteneciente a Solihull, un municipio en la influencia del área metropolitana de Brimingham, se haya más allá de las autopistas periféricas que rodean la gran urbe.<br /><br />Sin tener nada de especial, tiene ese encanto particular de las pequeñas poblaciones británicas que mezclan lo tradicional con lo moderno, con un paisaje urbano relajado, que invita a pasear... cuando el tiempo lo permite.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0328.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0328.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0299.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0299.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0330.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0330.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Nos llaman la atención los alrededores de una de las iglesias de lugar, en los que, además de los típicos bancos dedicados a los que tan aficionados son los británicos, descubrimos una original forma de financiar la rectoría a costa de los adinerados con coches de marca.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0308.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0308.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0311.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0311.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0310.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0310.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>Pero lo que más nos gusta es el paseo por el canal que atraviesa por el sur de la localidad. Canal navegable, donde encontramos los tradicionales barcos fluviales siempre coloridos en un país con tantos días grises, y en cuyas orillas, donde la humedad reina, crecen abundantes flores.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0306.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0306.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0321.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0321.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/1600/DSCF0316.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 249, 255); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1626/22/400/DSCF0316.jpg" alt="" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; text-align: center; " /></a>El paseo ha sido agradable. Relajante, tras el vuelo y las horas en coche, adaptándonos a la conducción por la izquierda y siempre atentos a los mapas de carretera. Un buen prólogo a un viaje que promete,... como todos los viajes. </span></span></div>Carlos Carreterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200026073778253899noreply@blogger.com