Remembered

On the winding coast road that links south and north Wales the painted  slogan Cofiwch Dryweryn/Remember Tryweryn hits you in the eye every time. It dates back the Sixties when Welsh nationalism took off,  fired by outrage at the destruction of a rural community in order to create a reservoir to provide water for the city of Liverpool. It was in 1965 that the village of Capel Celyn with its church, chapel, school and farms was drowned after the Tryweryn valley in North Wales was designated as a reservoir. The people were rehoused elsewhere, their homes, lands, history  and family graves lost forever as the waters rose.  There was no consultation, no apology and, as it turned out, the water was never needed. 
The event fired many in Wales to challenge the authority of the UK government with acts of violent resistance,  while political opposition to Westminster control has led to some measure of devolved government for Wales. Many hope that COFIO DRYWERYN*  will still proclaim its message when Wales gains full independence.

If anything in Wales deserves the title 'iconic' it would be this slogan - defaced and daubed over many times, it always returns and has now acquired its own little parking bay for those who wish to stop and take a closer look, or a photograph. The motorbike belonged to another such as me.

* Below, the words Cofiwch Aberfan were added to commemorate the 1966 tragedy in South Wales.