Frustrating

I went for a walk the other day, and for once, it stayed dry. I headed to the part of the village with farms, crossing the River Cynfal. There’s a well-known old house there called famous locally and beyond as the birthplace of Morgan Llwyd in the 16th century. I’ve been there many times since it’s only about a mile away. This time, I wanted to take a short video for social media, as these little clips tend to get lots of views and fit my theme of interesting local spots.

The walk takes me down to the river, across it, and through a field, where I filmed my short video. That evening, I got a message saying a photo of me had been posted on a Facebook page, accusing me of snooping around their house—which would have been impossible given where I was. They were basically making up lies about me. At first, I planned to ignore it, but when the accusations came, I felt I had to act, so I threatened to involve the police, and the post was taken down.

It’s sad that such important properties are now owned by people like this—these places are part of Wales’ heritage. I understand it’s private property, but people know these houses are historic and will want to see them. I’ve since found out the owners are local and have had it for many years, so they should be aware of its significance. If they were genuinely concerned, they should have gone to the police instead of posting on social media. I’ve visited this property many times with walkers and never had any issues before—maybe they’ve only recently installed a doorbell camera. Either way, they’ve left me feeling very frustrated with them.

I really think the custodians of our heritage in Wales should behave more responsibly. I guess the best custodians of these properties would be the state but they are too expensive to buy I guess.  I have seen the adverts that the present custodians have for it as a holiday home, they don't mention the history just some bollox about cromwell, who I doubt ever set foot in Wales. I think the owners should have the responsibility of sharing the history of the place and not just make some rubbish up.  Morgan Llwyd is the name of the school in Wrexham the same morgan llwyd that was born in this area