River Wye
The river that defined the 'cult of the picturesque', the Wye carves its way through stunning borderland scenery attracting canoeists, sight-seers and walkers in equal measure.
The River Wye is born on the slopes of Plynlimon and carves its way through mid-Wales and the Marches until it reaches the River Severn 153 miles later. The ruins of Tintern Abbey, the rocky outcrop of Symonds Yat, and the commanding bulk of Chepstow Castle have attracted tourists in their thousands since the 19th century - and with good reason. More recently, book lovers have flocked to Hay-on-Wye, where dozens of secondhand bookshops flourish.
Popular today mainly with canoeists, the Wye has actually been navigated since Roman times. In its day the Wye was used for transporting stone, coal, iron and timber. Other bounty was cider from Hereford, wine from Italy, bark and hazel hoops. Wye trows (similar to the types of boats found on the River Severn), group-pulled boats, fishing boats, coracles and even a steam tug have come down this river.

Yr Afon Gwy
Dyma afon sy’n cynnig popeth y byddech yn ei ddisgwyl gan dirwedd trawiadol. Mae’n llifo trwy olygfeydd godidog ar y ffin ac yn denu can?-wyr, ymwelwyr a cherddwyr fel ei gilydd.
Llethrau Pumlumon yw tarddle’r Afon Gwy ac mae’n llifo trwy’r Canolbarth a’r Gororau nes cyrraedd yr Afon Hafren 153 o filltiroedd yn ddiweddarach. Mae adfeilion Abaty Tyndyrn, brig creigiog Symonds Yat, ac ysblander Castell Cas-gwent wedi denu ymwelwyr yn eu miloedd ers y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg – a does dim syndod. Yn fwy diweddar, mae llyfrbryfed wedi dechrau heidio i’r Gelli Gandryll i ymweld â’r holl siopau llyfrau ail-law sy’n ffynnu yno.
Mae’r Afon Gwy wedi cael ei mordwyo ers y cyfnod Rhufeinig ac erbyn heddiw mae’n boblogaidd iawn gyda chan?-wyr yn bennaf. Câi’r afon ei defnyddio i gludo carreg, glo, haearn a phren ers talwm, yn ogystal â seidr o Henffordd, gwin o’r Eidal, rhisgl a chylchoedd o goed cyll. Mae cychod y Gwy neu ‘trows’ (sy’n debyg i’r cychod a oedd yn arfer teithio ar hyd yr Afon Hafren), cychod a dynnwyd gan grwpiau o gychod, cychod pysgota, cwryglau a hyd yn oed gwch tynnu ager wedi teithio i lawr yr afon hon.
