![]() ![]() It is hoped that the text and pictures will aid them in their preparations and in their travels, and will help them remember on their return. ![]() THE COMPANION GUIDES It is the aim of these guides to provide a Companion in the person of the author, who knows intimately the places and people of whom he writes, and is able to communicate this knowledge and affection to his readers. T H E C O M PA N I O N G U I D E TO WA L E S PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF and 668 Mount Hope Ave., Rochester NY 14620-2731 Although the juggernaut of globalisation may be threatening the Welsh way of life with extinction, in the words of a contemporary Welsh folk anthem, ‘In spite of everything, we’re still here.’ DAVID BARNES is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and teaches at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. A cultural tradition rooted in the austerity and erudition of the Celtic saints, a tradition more confirmed than repudiated by the Reformation, is best appreciated by lovers of small things. Wales is a country where small is beautiful. The delights of Wales are understated and cumulative: small country churches rather than great city cathedrals, a labyrinth of byways away from the few highways, details of vernacular architecture rather than grand edifices – Edward I’s thirteenth-century castles being the exception that proves the rule. The question posed to the author once by a prospective visitor to Wales, ‘What is there to see?’, is not susceptible of a short, or quick, answer. THE COMPANION GUIDE TO THE COMPANION GUIDE TOĬover photograph: Machynlleth, Powys, by Ilona Barnes. ![]()
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