I took this picture last week at Tryweryn. The history is that water was needed for the city of Liverpool so a compulsory purchase was passed in Parliament, much to the disagreement of Welsh members, that the valley of Tryweryn and the village of Capel Celyn would be bought and flooded to create a reservoir for the people of Liverpool. There was much protest but sadly the purchase and creation of the reservoir went ahead. When it's been a particularly hot summer you can walk down into the shallow end of the reservoir and around the footings of the Chapel and of the Post Office. You can also still see the graffiti on the stones telling the English to leave Welsh land alone. There is an air of sadness and remorse in the area. I find it a sad reflection of the relationship between the English and the Welsh...the perception that the English subdue the Welsh and that the Welsh are nationalists who despise the English. This is the the doorway of the new chapel that has been built on the side of the reservoir. Sadly the water wasn't low enough that you would see the buildings but I got this great photo from inside the chapel looking out over the water. It spoke to me of so much....darkness and light...a path to follow...hope for a better future....

I pray the people of Wales find that hope in God and God alone...that the bitterness, the burden of self deprication they carry would be cast off...that life and fullness of life would come to this beautiful countryside again.