Pont y Twll, Pwllpeiran Calon
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-This is the Hafod estate -in Ceredigion. - -http://www.hafod.org/homepage.html | 0:00:11 | 0:00:15 | |
-Two centuries ago, the owner, -Thomas Johnes, wanted to create... - -http://www.hafod.org/homepage.html | 0:00:15 | 0:00:19 | |
-..one of the most famous estates -in Britain... | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
-..according to the fashion -of the time, the picturesque. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:27 | |
-According to the picturesque... | 0:00:28 | 0:00:30 | |
-..nature wasn't quite -good enough on its own. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
-It needed to be changed and tweaked. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:37 | |
-At Hafod, Johnes moved rivers, -raised hills... | 0:00:37 | 0:00:42 | |
-..and planted three million trees... | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
-..to create a series of images -in the landscape. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:49 | |
-People flocked -to see the artificial views. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:52 | |
-The paths, waterfalls -and forests created by Johnes. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:57 | |
-He even rearranged nature -to play tricks on his audience. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:02 | |
-This is Johnes' joke and -it's a very effective visual joke. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:20 | |
-If you stand -on this side of the bridge... | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
-..you see the Peiran river, -hence the name Pwllpeiran bridge. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:27 | |
-You can see the river -flow down the valley. It's lovely. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:32 | |
-If you cross the bridge to the other -side, you see something strange. | 0:01:34 | 0:01:39 | |
-The river has disappeared. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:45 | |
-This is the punchline. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:49 | |
-The riverbed is totally dry. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
-How did that happen? | 0:01:54 | 0:01:56 | |
-We have to go under the bridge -to find out. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:59 | |
-This is the explanation. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:13 | |
-To create the illusion -of a disappearing river... | 0:02:13 | 0:02:17 | |
-..Johnes used a lot of dynamite... | 0:02:17 | 0:02:20 | |
-..to make a tunnel for the water -to travel down the valley. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
-It reappears down there. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:38 | |
-It's incredible -when you think about it. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:45 | |
-It's taken a huge effort -to create this effect... | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
-..that almost nobody would notice. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
-S4C Subtitles by Testun Cyf. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:01 | |
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