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Jeptha Homer Wade Travel Journals: Germany July 18 to October 16, 1914

Page 64: September 22-23, 1914

1/2 mile to the walk no one
went but Jep. Stopped at
Red Lion Inn. No S.R. +
plain rooms but soon warmed
them with fires. Only candles
+ no lesson tonight as heretofore.
Warmer at midday
but cool every night.
No wind today + no rain
since leaving. Very few people
in Hotels Run 70 miles.
Sept 23 Left at 10 via Minfford
for Mackenlleth. Good road with
very fine views. Then on to
Aberystwyth. Poor lunch at Belle
vue Hotel. A good crescent sandy
beach + amusements on a cheap
order. Then to Devils Bridge
with good road + the grandest
views we have had in Wales
Jep + I walked part way down
the gorge for views of the
cascades. Very romantic spot.
Then on to Rhyader with more
barren scenery following the
Wye part of the way.
At Rhyader got plain rooms

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Devil's Bridge in Wales The village is best known for the bridge spanning the Afon Mynach, a tributary of the Rheidol. The bridge is unusual in that three separate bridges are coexistent, each one built upon the previous bridge. The most recently built is an iron bridge (1901), which was built over a stone bridge (1753), which was built when the original bridge was thought to be unstable. The builders of the 1753 bridge used the original bridge (built 1075–1200) to support scaffolding during construction. The bridge is at a point where the River Mynach drops 90 metres (300 ft) in 5 steps down a steep and narrow ravine before it meets the River Rheidol. The set of stone steps leading down to the lowest bridge at the waterfall are known as Jacob's Ladder. According to the legend the original bridge was built by the Devil, as it was too difficult for mortals to build. The agreement stipulated that the Devil would build the bridge in return for the soul of the first living thing to cross the bridge. The Devil built the bridge but was tricked by an old woman who threw bread onto the bridge. Her dog crossed the bridge for the bread, thus becoming the first life to cross the new bridge.