"Blaenau Ffestiniog: Cymru/ Pays de Galles, 1993, 1997"

Name of traveller

*Annaig Renault (1946-2012)

Date of travel

two journeys in 1993 and 1997

Aze emañ ar vengleuz, mengleuz mein-glas, kof an douar digor hiziv da douristed bavet hag a glaskan tec’hout diouto. (Renault 64)

Content

• customs: references to Sunday worship
• industry: ponders the post-industrial landscape and the past suffering of workers
• literature: interested in Welsh songs and poetry
• recreation:
  • discusses contemporary tourism
  • visits the former tourist attraction Gloddfa Ganol
• terrain: discusses rainy weather
• Welsh translation: "Blaenau Ffestiniog, Cymro 1993-1997, rhan o 'dyddiadur taith' Annaig Renault, wedi ei chyfieithu o'r Llydawed." Trans. Rishart Hincks. Taliesin 124 (2005): 78-80. Print.

Nationality of traveller

Breton, French

Language of publication

Breton and French; Welsh translation

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

diary, travelogue

Citation

*Renault, Annaig. "Blaenau Ffestiniog: Cymru/ Pays de Galles, 1993, 1997." Carnet de Voyage/ Karnedig beaj, avec cinq frontispices originaux de Claude Bensimon. Spézet: Coop Breizh, 2004. 78-80. Print.