"Blaenau Ffestiniog"

Name of traveller

Elmar Schenkel (b. 1953)

Reason for travel

• wish to see the former home of the author John Cowper Powys (1872-1963) at 1 Waterloo Cottage, Blaenau Ffestiniog

Date of travel

1977

Content

• people:
  • collects memories of the locals about John Cowper Powys
  • description of visiting Powys’s former personal assistant and companion, Phyllis Playter (1892-1982)
• terrain: Blaenau Ffestiniog as no-man’s-land with high unemployment and drab weather
• compare with "Eimerweise Drachen" (2010/11)

Nationality of traveller

German

Language of publication

German

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

essay; travelogue

Citation

Schenkel, Elmar. "Blaenau Ffestiniog." Blaenau Ffestiniog: Erzählungen. Stuttgart: Flugasche, 1987. 92-3. Print.