THIS TIME OF YEAR WE SPEND MUCH TIME REMEMBERING EVENTS AT ABEREDW (CILMERI) AND THE BATTLE OF IRFON BRIDGE BUT INDUCING AN HISTORICAL AMNESIA CONCERNING WHAT FOLLWED AS THE GALLANT FIGHTING RETREAT FROM CASTLE Y BERE TO THE HEARTLAND OF ERYRI. AS WELL THE EPIC RESISTANCE OF WELSH PARTISANS ALONG THE CONWAY RIVER AND NOT LEAST THE TREACHEROUS CAPTURE OF DAFYDD III AND HIS FAMILY AT ABERGWYNGREGYN AND EVENTUALLY HIS BRUTAL EXECUTION IN SHREWSBURY ON 3 OCTOBER 1283. SO, PLEASE GIVE SOME THOUGH TO THIS HISTORY TOO AND NOT LEAST THE THEFT OF OUR CROWN JEWELS AND 'Y CROES NAID'. WHAT YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
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