The South Wales coast from Chepstow to Aberystwyth . ers, says Mr. Laws, were clad in old Englishuniforms, re-dyed a rusty brown, and still furnishedwith regimental buttons ; with these they woreblack belts and old cavalry helmets. So endedthis comedy of war, which, however, was meantseriously enough. Welsh shawls that will wear for ever are stillmade at Fishguard, which has had for long areputation for homespun. The town enjoys theprivileges of an old borough. It was built, youwill observe, in two halves : known locally as the town and the lower town. The latter, whichis probably the older of
The South Wales coast from Chepstow to Aberystwyth . ers, says Mr. Laws, were clad in old Englishuniforms, re-dyed a rusty brown, and still furnishedwith regimental buttons ; with these they woreblack belts and old cavalry helmets. So endedthis comedy of war, which, however, was meantseriously enough. Welsh shawls that will wear for ever are stillmade at Fishguard, which has had for long areputation for homespun. The town enjoys theprivileges of an old borough. It was built, youwill observe, in two halves : known locally as the town and the lower town. The latter, whichis probably the older of the two, explains theWelsh name Abergwaen, since it lies at theaber or outlet of the little Gwaen river, enclosedin a sheltering sea-cwm. Approaching Fishguard from Goodwick Station,the road makes a sharp zigzag up the bank atthe end of the marshy level—scene of the oldbattle-field where Trahearn ap Caradog defeatedRhys ab Owain—sometimes known as GoodwickMoor. The bank brings the bicyclist off hismachine, and makes the average Fishguard horse. THE CASTLE, NEWPORT, PEMBROKESHIRE.
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