Y gymydogaeth ugain munud

Y gymydogaeth ugain munud ~ The twenty minute neighborhood


“In a desolate quarter, where the streets bear the names of philosophers, I wandered in a silence so dense and at the same time so velvety, that it seemed to me that the air was filled with pulverized stars, whose light emitted an indiscernible sound.”
― Henry Miller, (The Colossus...)

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Rhai blynyddoedd yn ôl, roeddwn i'n cerdded pymtheg munud, mewn gwahanol gyfeiriadau, edrych beth oedd yn fy ardal. Nawr rydw i'n henach ac arafach rydw i wedi dechrau cerdded ugain munud. Er i mi arafach, rydw i dal yn gallu cerdded pell mewn ugain munud na phan roeddwn i'n cerdded pymtheg munud. Felly nawr fy ardal yn fwy. Rydw i'n ychwanegu pwyntiau i fap ac mae'n ddiddorol i weld pa mor hir rydw i'n gallu cerdded, a beth sy yn fy ardal. Mae'n arbrawf diddorol.

Nawr mae fy hoff siopau i gyd yn fy ardal, fy hoff fynwent, hefyd (!) ac rydw i'n gallu cyrraedd y llyfrgell (hyb) a oedd yn flaenorol y tu allan i'm terfyn pymtheg munud. Heddiw cerddais i mewn cyfeiriad yr orsaf drenau agosaf. Yn anffodus roedd h'n tipyn bach rhy bell. Rydw i angen pump ar hugain munud efallai? Roedd yn dal yn gyfle tynnu ychydig o ffotograffau.

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Some years ago, I was walking fifteen minutes, in different directions, to see what was in my area. Now I'm older and slower I've started walking twenty minutes. Even though I'm slower, I can still walk farther in twenty minutes than when I walked fifteen minutes. So now my area is bigger. I'm adding points to a map and it's interesting to see how far I can walk, and what's in my area. It's an interesting experiment.

Now all my favorite shops are in my area, my favorite cemetery, too (!) and I can get to the library (hub) which was previously outside my fifteen minute limit. Today I walked in the direction of the nearest train station. Unfortunately it was a bit too far. I need maybe twenty five minutes? It was still an opportunity to take a few photographs.

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Disgrifiad (Cymraeg) : Silwét o goeden o flaen yr haul yn codi, amlygiad dwbl yn erbyn rhisgl cnapiog ei hun

Description (English) : Silhouette of a tree in front of the rising sun, double exposure against its own bumpy bark

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