A Year of Late Cornish

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Pajar Ügens ha Üdnek De Sül, etegves mis Hedra Sunday, 18th October An gòlow en Kernow ew brentin. Meurgerys ew gen lymners ha liwyoryon. Gòlow e'n mettin ha gòlow e'n dohajedh ew deffrans. Da ew genam gweles gwedhen gen gòlow a-dhelher dhedhy. Gòlowys ew an delkyow. Ma whans dhebm a liwya. The light in Cornwall is brilliant. It is popular with painters and colourists. Light in the morning and light in the afternoon is different. I like to see a tree with light behind it. The leaves are illuminated. I want to paint.

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Deg ha Pajar Ügens De Sadorn, seytegves mis Hedra Saturday, 17th October Res ew dhebm perthy cov a lies pednbloodh e'n teylû. E'n mis ma, üdn vergh wydn a vedh pemdhek bloodh ha mergh wydn aral a vedh seyth bloodh warn ügens. E'n nessa mis, üdn mab wydn a vedh terdhek bloodh hag üdn hôr wheg a vedh deg bloodh ha trei ügens. A vedh hedna an diwedh ken Nadelik? Na vedh! Ow mergh a vedh hanter cans bloodh ha'n gourty a vedh dew vloodh warn ügens. Na dal vy nakevy cowethes coth naneyl. My a dal perna po liwya nebes cartednow rag danvon. I have to remember a lot of birthdays in the family. In this month, one granddaughter will be fifteen years old and another granddaughter will be twenty-seven years old. In the next month, one grandson will be thirteen years old and one sister-in-law will be seventy years old. Will that be the end before Christmas? No! My daughter will be fifty years old and the man of the house will be eighty-two years old. I should not...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Pajar Ügens ha Naw De Gwener, whetegves mis Hedra Friday, 16th October Gellys ew Kehesnos ha ma Mantol ow tos. Ma'n tewlder ow tos! Nag o an gwav sêson meurgerys gen an düs Kernow en termyn eus passyes. Gwrew mires orth henwyn an misyow - Mis Dû ha Mis Kevardhû. Ma henwyn teleryow neb ew tewal ewedh - Trethew, Cardew, Baldhu rag samplow. En gwelha pres, thera degòlyow rag drei lôwender. Ha whath mons ow rei plesour dhe nei. The Equinox has gone and the Winter Solstice is coming. The darkness is coming! Winter was not a popular season with the people of Cornwall in the past. Look at the names of the months -  Black Month (November) and Month of Black Weather (December). There are place names that are gloomy too - Dark Farm, Dark Fort, Dark Mine-workings for examples. Fortunately, there were festivals for bringing joy. And they still give pleasure to us.

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Pajar Ügens hag Eth De Yow, pemdhegves mis Hedra Thursday, 15th October De, my a welas bush brâs a vog, cloudys gwydn dadn an gwedh. Hedhyw, theram ow mires orth an eborn. Da ew genam howldrevel gen cloudys bian. Nag ew an eborn cüdhys gen cloud, nag ewa re gomolek, nag ewa gorherys. Ma'n howl en dadn an cloudys ha thens golòwys adhadnans. Derevys ew bondys a gloud isel dhort an soothwest. Moy ûhel, dres an cloudys na, my ell gweles ol ayrplayn, ha ev ow neyja tûa'n sooth. Whethys ew an eth tua'n west gen gwens ûhel e'n ayrgelgh. Yesterday, I saw a cloud of smoke, white clouds under the trees. Today, I am looking at the sky. I like sunrise with little clouds. The sky is not hidden by cloud, it isn't too cloudy, it isn't overcast. The sun is underneath the clouds and they are lit up from below them. Bands of low cloud have come from the south west. Higher up, beyond those clouds, I can see a vapour trail of a aeroplane, flying towards the sou...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Pajar Ügens ha Seyth De Merher, pajardegves mis Hedra Wednesday, 14th October Nag ew hebma tan gwyls! Nag ew. Re leb ew oll an glasneth dhe lesky. Ma tanjys en nessa lowarth. Nag üjy va ow lesky pur dha. Ma'n lowarther ow saya dhe lesky bern a whynas ha barrednow trehys dhort an gwedh (rag gwitha an tredan). Nag eus lies delen marow. Ma greun rüdh war spernen wydn, saw an del e'n gwedh ew whath glas. Na ellama gweles flamm veth. Ma bush brâs a vog gwydn drefen bos an predn re leb. Na wra an tan lesa pecar'a tan gwyls. Na wra va lebmel an ke dhe 'gan gwels. This is not wildfire! No. All the vegetation is too wet to burn. There is a bonfire in the next garden. It is not burning very well. The gardener is trying to burn a heap of weeds and branches cut from the trees (to protect the electricity). There are not a lot of dead leaves. There are red berries on the hawthorn, but the leaves in the trees are still green. I can't see any flame at all. Ther...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Pajar Ügens ha Whegh De Meurth, terdhegves mis Hedra Tuesday, 13th October Dohajedh spladn o ha my ow mos dhe'n chei medhek reb an treth. My a gerdhas radn an vorr, bes rag an radn aral my a ûsyas cador-ros. Ow gour a herdhyas! My a gemeras marth dhe weles mar lies person e'n dre ha war an treth. An brâssa radn anodhans, theram ow pedery, o tüs omdednys. Ma'n flehes en schol. Terweythyow en gwav ma moy gòlanes avel tüs. Nag o pubonan coth. Nei a welas nebonan ow saya gwil keytsurf. Bes nag o an mordarth pur dha - nebes strolek o. Ha nag o an gwens pur grev. It was a splendid afternoon as I  went to the doctor's surgery by the beach. I walked part of the way, but for the other part I used a wheelchair. My husband shoved! I was surprised to see so many people in the village and on the beach. The majority of them, I think, were retired people. The children are in school. Sometimes in winter there are more gulls than people. Not everyone was old. We saw...