The Cardigan Bay Visitor

ABERYSTWYTH. GENERAL INFORMATION. Mayor: Mr George Green, Llanbadarn Road; Town Clerk: Mr A. J. Hughes; Corporation Solicitor: Mr Griffith Jones; Medical Officer of Health Mr D. R. Davies, M.B. Superintendent Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages: Mr Hugh Hughes, jun. Registrar of Births and Deaths: Miss Jane Evans, North Parade, Aberystwyth Registrar of Marriages Rev William Jones, North Parade, Aberystwyth; Petty Sessions—Clerk: Mr Hugh Hughes, jun. Days of meeting, every Wednesday. Harbour Master: Capt. Thomas, Portland-street. POST OFFICE REGULATIONS. Day Mail: London and North Western (going South) and the Midland Counties. Post closes, 7.30 a.m. Letters, &c., registered until 8 previous evening. Llanrhystyd, Llanon, Aberarth, Aberayron, New Quay, Capel Bangor, Goginan, Ponterwyd, Devil's Bridge, Pontrhydygroes, Tregaron, Ystrad Meurig, Llanio Road, and neighbouring villages, 7 a.m. Letters, &c., registered until 8 p.m. previous evening. Lampeter, Carmarthen, South Wales, and West of England, 2.10 p.m. Letters registered until 1.40 p.m. Night Mail: London, Liverpool, Manchester, Shrewsbury, Scotland, and all parts of the United Kingdom, 5 p.m. with addditional half-penny stamp up to 5.35 p.m., and at the railway sorting van up to 6.0 p.m. Letters, &c., registered until 4.30 p.m.. and with additional fee of 4d. until 5.0 p.m.—Delivery of letters :—Night Mail: From London, Liverpool, Man- chester, Shrewsbury, Scotland, Ireland, and all parts of the United Kingdom, 8.15 a.m. From Carmarthen South Wales, and West of England, 12.30 p.m. -Day Mail: From London, Shrewsbury, and Midland Counties, 6.30 p.m. On Sunday there is only one delivery by letter carriers, commencing at 11 am., and letters addressed to the post office are delivered to callers from 12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. On Sundays, tho office is only open from 8.0 to 10.0 a.m., and from 12.30 until 1.30, but the letter box remains open as on other days. The telegraph office is open on Sundays from 8.0 a.m. to 10.0 a.m. only. On week days from 7.0 a.m. to 8.0 p.m. The letter boxes on the Marine Terrace, North Parade, Trefechan, New-street, Lewis Terrace, &c., are cleared in time for the various mails, the time of next clearing being noted on the tablets affixed to the boxes. Money orders are issued and paid from 9.0 a.m. until 6.0 p.m., and on Saturday until 8.0 p.m. No money-order business is transacted on Sundays. Parcels are taken in for all parts up to 5.0 p.m. The stamp office is at the Post Office. The office is open for postal order business from 7.0 a.m. to 8.0 p.m. Postmaster Mr H. Humphreys. WALKS. Down Plas Crug, from Railway Terrace, through the Cemetery, and return by Llanbadarn road. Distance round, 1 miles. Down Plas Crug, turn to the right at the castellated building, and cross the railway; through the bridge which spans the river, and thence to the right through Penparcau, and home. Distance, 3 miles. Same route until the bridge spanning the river is reached, then turn to the left and follow the road until the railway bridge is reached, through Llan- badarn village and home. Distance, 3! muem. Take the same route until the bridge is reached, and instead of turning, cross the road and follow the course of the river to the railway bridge, and return through Llanbadarn. Distance, about 3i miles. Through the North Gate to the right, through Llanbadarn to the railway bridge which crosses the road turn down by the mill, over a footbridge which crosses the river, and through Penparcau home. Distance, about 4 miles. Out by the North Gate (to the left) up Penglaise Hill to the large house, Cefnhendre, turn to the right and keep to the right down to Llanbadarn, and home. I Distance, about 3 miles. Again from Cefnhendre, turn as before to the right. ¡ Instead of keeping to the right and going to Llanbadarn, take the first turn to the left and enquire for Cwm- padarn. Walk along the pathway, past the lodge and < down to the village of Llanbadarn, and return to town ) through Plascrug. Distance, about 4 miles. Up Penglaise Hill past Cefnhendre along the Turn- pike road to Bow Street, a distance of 3-L miles, and 2 take train home, or turn down towards Gogerddan, the seat of Sir Pryse Pryse, cross the brook, take the first road to the right, pass Peithyll, the seat of Col. Pryse, lord lieutenant of the county, and into the I turnpike read, about four miles from Aberystwyth. Distance, about 9 miles. Again up Penglaise hill, and from Cefnhendre turn to the left, and in about 100 yards turn into a lane on the left, called Lovers' lane, or in the vernacular, LoB fach y Bwbach (the little lane of the ghost), keop to the left home. Distance, 2 miles. Or instead of turning into Lovers' lane, follow the road to Cwm, and return home over Constitution Hill, or, if the tide permits, along thehore. Distance, 4 miles. This walk may be extended by taking the road leading to Llangorweri Church, which can be seen in the valley and return home either along the valley to the shore, or inland to Bow Street. From Aberystwyth and turn by the limekilns in Trefechan, cross the Pier bridge, and along the ilea shore or past Tanybwlch. Pass under the railway bridge at Trefechan, follow the road to the Turnpike-gate. At this side of the gate take the road to the left to Llanbadarn, Plascrug, &c., or the road to the right to Figure Four and Llany- chaiarn Church. Ag*in pass through the Turnpike-gate and turn to the right along the middle road to Nanteos, four miles from town. The turnpike road leads to Devil's Bridge, a distance of ten miles. Constitution Hill and Brynymor road are favourite resorts, from which excellent views of the town and country can be obtained, and there are other interest- ing walks in the neighbourhood. TRIPS. Plynlitnon Mountaill.-2,469 feet above sea. level, source of the Severn and Wye, the Rheidol, Dulas, and Llyfnant Rivers, and the scene of the last struggle for Welsh independence under Owain Glyndwr. DiJt. tance about sixteen miles from Aberystwyth, Hafod.-Distauce about 14 miles. This is an exceed- ingly charming drive, the best route being through Llanilar, Llanafan, up the valley and past the Lisburne Mines. In the Church there is one of Chantrey's most famous monuments, placed there by Colonel Johnes, ia memory of his daughter Mariamne. The sculpture ite in white marble. The mansion of Hafod is an exceed- ingly fine one, is situated in the midst of charming scenery. Early in the present century the estate of Hafod comprising some 14,000 acres belonged to Col. Johnes, who translated Froissarts Chronicles." The estate has since been divided into lots, and the present owner of Hafod is Mr T. J. Waddingham. Borth.—Distance from Aberystwyth, six miles bv Cambrian Railway. The place is prettily situated, the upper part of the village being on high ground, where the sands commence, and stretch away for a distance of four miles. The sands skirt a fen of about ten thousand acres, called Gors Foehno,and when the tide is out, are hard and smooth enough for a drive. The surrounding scenery is beautiful. The Devil's Bridge and Falls. -Distance, aboat twelve miles. Return fare (by vehicles leaving Aber- ystwyth every morning), 4s. the road to the falls has thus been described -leaving Aberystwyth by the South Turnpike, the road to the Devil's Bridge passes along the elevated ridge that skirts the South Side of the river Rheidol in a long but gruadual ascent, affording in several points interesting and varied views of the Vale of Rheidol. Llyfnant Valley.-Of late years, this beautiful spot has been prominently brought before the notice of visitors, it is well worth a visit. And has been de- scribed as "the most perfectly beautiful valley in Wales." The entrance to the valley is just opposite the Glandovey Station on the Cambrian Railway, fifteen miles distant from Aberystwyth. During the summer months trains leave at convenient hours of the day and visitors will have ample time to explore the neighbourhood. Near the entrance a finger post indicates theiroad to be taken and all along the route the charming scenery ia constantly changing. About two and a half miles up the valley is the picturesque hamlet of Glaspwll, and half a mile beyond there is a waterfall, yrhlch ptresoata an exceedingly loe pretty sight. A hill about a milt, still furthv £ xp there is a cascade about 300 ft. high, and after heavy rains the volume of water is considerable The visitor must return on the same road to Glasp>» K sud may reach Glandovey by a pathway running along the 1 side the stream opposite to the road on which be came. Twll Ticrw or the Monk's Cave.-This remarkable cave, which is also called the Thunder Hole," can Be visited by as many means as it has names, namely by rail, road or boat. It is situated about five miles tie the south of Aberystwyth. If it is decided to go by rail or road, it means that there is a considerable amount of walking to be done, and if by boat there is a chanoe of having a wetting. Of the three evils choose the best, and that is to get up a party and go by boat from Aberystwyth. It is ealled the Thunder Hole on account of the rumbling noise made by the tide in rushing through the cavern, which is of immense magnitude. The scenery is magnificent and at low water it would be a pleasant spot for a picnic. By consulting the boatmen, visitors would be advised as to the best time for making their visit, as it is im- portant that the visit should be timed just as the tide is on the ebb, for that is the best time to enjoy the scene. Convenient train arrangements are made by the Cambrian Railway Company and the Manchester and Milford Railway Company to visit places of interest north and south of the town.

PLYNLIMON MOUNTAIN AND THE SOURCE OF ABERYSTWYTH WATER SUPPLY. It was only in recent years that Plynlimon Mountain has been found to be well worthy of a visit from Aberystwyth. An individual with no poetry in his soul once ascended the mountain when in all probability the distance was hidden from view, and gave his opinion of it, and all other guide-book writers have followed in his track like a lot of sheep and after the manner of their kind. For about twenty years the Corporation otÄberystwyth had been looking about for a better water supply than the town already possessed. Just then some one remembered that at one time ft was proposed to supply London with water from Plyn- limon and, on looking at the map it was found that at the head of the river Rheidol which runs into the sea at Aberystwyth nature herself had hewn, in an immense rocky basin, a reservoir capable of holding enough water for a town several times the size of Aberystwyth, and situated at a height above the range of cultivation where there was not the remotest chanoe of pollutiou. On analysis, the water was found to be one of the purest waters in the world. This naturally led to several visits being paid to Plynlimon mountain, and to the lake which in Welsh is known as Llyn Llygaid Rheidol, the lake at the eye or source of the Rheidol, and it was then found that the dangerous morasses existed only in the imagina- tion of the guide-book writer; that the ascent wats comparative easy, and that the summit, rising to an altitude of 2,469 feet above the sea, commanded a magnificent prospect, including parts of nearly all the counties of Wale"nowdon in Carnarvon, Cader Idris in Merioneth, the Black mountains in Brecknock, the Precelly hills in Pembroke, the Breidden in Mont- gomery, and the Wrekin in Shropshire, with Cardigan Bay and the line of coast from Bardsey Island to the north to St. David's Head to the south. The moun- tain, or rather, the vast bed of mountains piled one on another, which go to make up Plynlimon, is the source of no fewer than five rivers-the Wye rising on the south, the Severn on the east, the Llyfnant, the Dulas and the Hheidol, on the north. Of the laHt- mentioneù river Drayton the poet says But Kheklol, youngest and least, and for the others pride, Not finding sittinsr loom upon the rising side, Alone unto the west directly takes her way So all the neighbouring hills Plynlimon do obey. An ascent of the mountain has thus been described. By taking a trap at Aberystwyth and proceeding along thu Llanbadarn Road, through Capel Bangor, Ty'nllidiart, Goginall, Ponterwyd, Dyffryn Castell, and Steddfa Gurig, a gradual ascent is made of a thousand to fifteen hundred feet in the course of fourteen or fifteen miles. From Steddfa Gurig a walk of a mile over a, fairly-good road considering the district, and then the remainder of the distance, about another mite. up a gentle slope, completes the ascent of the mountain to the Carn. From the Carn the views are most extensive and very grand. The orthodox thing is for each visitor to add a few stones to the pile, as guide books say, to propitiate the Genius of the Mountain. The hillo,