Our town is settled along the Cain River (Afon Cain), so we took a walk along Bridge street to get a closer look. Apparently the word 'cain' is Welsh for fair, beautiful or sparkling.
This old bridge was built in the 18th century, and has needed some shoring up around the base in more recent times. It's a solidly built and amazingly well weathered structure.
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| Photo: D Schultz |
The river looks pretty innocuous today: shallow and babbling with lots of thickly mossed rocks and edges.
This beautiful maidenhair spleenwort on the rocks reminded me of a graceful octopus - isn't it gorgeous?
2 comments:
that's a very nice bridge! do cars go over it, or just foot traffic? - BG
It's only open to foot traffic, though it was used for cars in the past.
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