[{"text_idx": "#000002", "text": "Dyma fy erthygl deithio gyntaf yn Gymraeg \u2013 This is my first travel article in Welsh."}, {"text_idx": "#000004", "text": "Cerddais i mewn i\u2019r Erskine Arms, ychydig ar draws y ffordd o Orsaf Conwy, yn union fel oedd fy nhren o Lundain yn tynnu allan o\u2019r platfform."}, {"text_idx": "#000007", "text": "Mae\u2019r Erskine Arms, ymasiad annhebygol o dafarn i deithwyr ar ddechrau\u2019r 19eg a bwthyn gwneuthurwr hwyliau o\u2019r 17eg ganrif, ychydig o fewn waliau canoloesol tref arfordirol Gogledd Cymru, sy\u2019n weladwy o fy ystafell. Ar o\u0302l ymgnawdoliadau amrywiol, fe\u2019i hadferwyd yn ddiweddar fel gorffwys i deithwyr, gyda bwyty da a bar wedi\u2019i restru yn y Good Beer Guide."}, {"text_idx": "#000008", "text": "Y tu o\u0302l i du allan hufen a llwyd o fri mae jumble cysurus o ystafelloedd a lefelau. Mae print, paentiad neu lun yn addurno bob modfedd sba\u0302r o wal sy\u2019n adrodd hanes trwchus y dref, o reol gan dywysogion Gwynedd o\u2019r 800au, trwy Castell a wal taranllyd Edward I o\u2019r 13eg Ganrif, a adeiladwyd i\ndarostwng y Cymry; ac ymlaen i bysgota, llongau fferi ar draws y Afon Conwy a golygfeydd syfrdanol o Eryri. Mae un print yn darlunio cynllun gwreiddiol ffordd Thomas Telford London i Holyhead. Sgrechiodd trwy\u2019r dref anffodus hon nes i Dwnnel ffordd osgoi\u2019r A55 o dan aber Conwy ei ryddhau o uffern draffig ym 1993. Mae un print yn darlunio cynllun gwreiddiol y ffordd Thomas Telford Llundain i Gaergybi. Fe sgrechiodd trwy\u2019r dref anffodus hon nes i Dwnnel yr A55 o dan aber Conwy ei ryddhau o uffern draffig ym 1993."}, {"text_idx": "#000009", "text": "Rwy\u2019n mynd am dro bach trwy Conwy bach cryno. Allan o\u2019r drws ffrynt ac i mewn i grid o hen strydoedd yn llawn eiddo hanesyddol a siopau a chaffis annibynnol arbenigol. Pedwar troad i\u2019r dde, ac rydw i\u2019n o\u0302l yn y gwesty mewn pymtheg munud."}, {"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "Bore nesaf rwy\u2019n cymryd y dewis brecwast ysgafn, ond yn mynd i\u2019r dref am yr UNESCO llawn. Mae\u2019r castell, sy\u2019n safle treftadaeth y byd, chwarae pw\u0302er syfrdanol brenhinol o\u2019r radd uchaf, ac yn dal i fod mewn sia\u0302p cain. O\u2019r rhagfuriau dwyreiniol rwy\u2019n rhyfeddu at groesfannau afon enwog y 19eg ganrif o dan y dref ychydig islaw \u2013 pont grog chwyldroadol Telford, ochr yn ochr a\u0302 phont tiwbaidd y peiriannydd rheilffordd Robert Stephenson. Tref fach yn cael effaith nerthol."}, {"text_idx": "#000012", "text": "hostel teithwyr Sioraidd draddodiadol mewn cornel dawel o\u2019r dref, wedi\u2019i hadfer yn golygus gyda llawer o gilfachau clyd a thanau croesawgar."}, {"text_idx": "#000013", "text": "cymysgedd o 10 ystafell ddwbl a gefell en-suite dros dri llawr, llawer ohonynt gyda golygfeydd drosodd i waliau canoloesol y dref. Enwir pob un ar o\u0302l copa yn Eryri gerllaw. Llwyau cariad Cymreig wedi\u2019u gwneud a\u0302 llaw yw modrwyau allweddol."}, {"text_idx": "#000014", "text": "Mae\u2019r gegin yn gwneud defnydd toreithiog o gynnyrch lleol, fel cregyn gleision enwog Aber Conwy. Mae dognau\u2019n hael."}, {"text_idx": "#000016", "text": "Dwbl, gyda brecwast Cymraeg llawn, o \u00a3 80 y noson am ddau (Tach \u2013 Chwefror)."}, {"text_idx": "#000021", "text": "Next I write \u201ckeen sense of place\u201d. My room, Glyder Fach, 994 metres, is named after a peak in nearby Snowdonia. But \u201cauthentic Welsh romance\u201d earns my biggest tick. My key ring is a traditional Welsh love spoon, hand fashioned from a single piece of wood. It has a sailing ship motif, signifying \u201csmooth passage through life\u201d. (Every key ring is unique.)"}, {"text_idx": "#000022", "text": "The Erskine Arms, an unlikely fusion of an early 19th coaching inn and a 17th century sail-maker\u2019s cottage, sits just within this North Wales coastal town\u2019s medieval walls, visible from my room. After various incarnations, it was recently restored as a travellers\u2019 rest, with a good restaurant and a bar listed in the Good Beer Guide."}, {"text_idx": "#000023", "text": "Behind a distinguished cream and grey exterior is a comforting jumble of rooms and levels. Every spare inch of wall bears a print, painting or photo telling the town\u2019s dense history, from rule by the princes of Gwynedd from the 800s, through Edward I\u2019s thunderous 13th Century Welsh-subduing castle and wall, and on to fishing, ferries across the Conwy river and sensational vistas of Snowdonia. One print depicts the original plan of Thomas Telford\u2019s London to Holyhead road. It screamed through this hapless town until the A55 bypass Tunnel under the Conwy estuary released it from traffic purgatory in 1993."}, {"text_idx": "#000024", "text": "I take a short stroll through compact little Conwy. Out of the front door and into a grid of old streets studded with historic properties and specialist independent shops and cafes. Four right turns, and I\u2019m back at the hotel."}, {"text_idx": "#000026", "text": "Next morning I take the light breakfast choice, but head into town for the full UNESCO. The castle, a world heritage site, is stupendous, monarchical power play of the highest order, and still in fine shape. From the eastern ramparts I marvel at the town\u2019s illustrious C19th river crossings just below \u2013 Telford\u2019s revolutionary suspension bridge, alongside rail engineer Robert Stephenson\u2019 tubular bridge. A small town making a mighty impact."}, {"text_idx": "#000028", "text": "a mix of 10 en-suite double and twin rooms over three floors, many with views over to the medieval town walls. Each is named after a peak in nearby Snowdonia. Key rings are handmade Welsh love spoons."}]