{"id":112,"date":"2010-04-10T12:15:58","date_gmt":"2010-04-10T12:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/?p=112"},"modified":"2019-08-29T17:17:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T17:17:05","slug":"llyn-cau-cadiar-idris-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/llyn-cau-cadiar-idris-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Llyn Cau, Cadair Idris, Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-460\" href=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/llyn-cau-cadiar-idris-wales\/llyncau-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-460\" title=\"Llyn Cau, Cadair Idris\" src=\"http:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/LlynCau1.jpg\" alt=\"Llyn Cau, Cadair Idris\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/LlynCau1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/LlynCau1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The glacial lake of Lyn Cau at Cader Idris is said to be bottomless and  according to tradition it is thought to be the home of a lake monster  responsible for drowning a man who went swimming in the cold waters. The  story of the monster is probably related to an Arthurian tale  concerning an Afanc from another lake, Llyn Barfog. An Afanc is a Welsh  water dragon and this creature terrorised the locals living around Llyn  Barfog. King Arthur captured the Afanc and tying it behind his horse, he  dragged it to Llyn Cau, where he released it.<\/p>\n<p>HDR Monochrome from one Raw file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The glacial lake of Lyn Cau at Cader Idris is said to be bottomless and according to tradition it is thought to be the home of a lake monster responsible for drowning a man who went swimming in the cold waters. 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