Bron-Yr-Aur

Millions (?) of people will read the title of this post and instantly know the subject. A few others will read it and have no clue. Which group are you in?

Here's a satellite image of the subject:

Vicinity of Machynlleth, Wales [52 36 10N, 03 52 04W]

Actually, Bron-Yr-Aur is the cottage at upper left...here's a closer view:

So...it still exists, at least as recently as April 19, 2009 when these satellite images were captured. It had no running water and no electricity back in 1970 when it served as a quiet hideaway for a couple of guys exhausted from worldwide travel. Perhaps it still doesn't. And perhaps the lack of conveniences back then served as motivation to get out of the cottage and stomp around the countryside, which in turn LED to many other inspirations that could be found over the hills and far away from the cottage. I wonder whatever happened to Strider...