Mactaggart Leisure Centre, School Street, Bowmore, Islay, PA43 7JS (01496 810767; mactaggartleisurecentre.co.uk) Wales & Northern Ireland Llyn Glaslyn "Llyn Glaslyn is the highest of the lakes on Snowdon," says Dan. "Shockingly cold, it is nestled in the lap of one of nature's cathedrals, with the imposing summit of Snowdon towering high above the lake".
On its narrow summit towers the imposing statue of Christ the Redeemer, 98 feet (30 metres) tall.
It flows into Aurlandfjord, itself no slouch in the beauty division - green water, towering wooded cliffs, crags, geological ramparts, buttresses and rounded towers, picturesque little shore-side villages clambering up the hills, snowy summits, scores of waterfalls, some narrow silvery threads, others broad thundering cataracts, under one of which the Bergen ferry now stops for a photo op.
Indeed, much felt eternal: the rise and fall of the sweeping, vaguely Tuscan vistas — rigorously terraced hills, pocked by low stands of banana trees and an occasional towering eucalyptus, with farmhouses clinging to the slopes, and every so often an imposing red brick church on the summit, its bell tower cut against a hazy, cloud-spattered sky.
At the tower's summit, just beneath the glass vault, is an aerial park, publicly accessible, with trees, seating and a bar for refreshments.
At the tower's summit, Golbez takes the crystal and attempts to flee.
On the western shore, the hills were more abrupt and rockier, and the filament-thin lines of cell-phone towers at their summits promised coverage.
Ever, ever, on he rushes, Leaves the towers' flame-tipped summits, Marble palaces, the offspring.
Here is a flavor: Ever, ever, on he rushes, Leaves the towers' flame-tipped summits, Marble palaces, the offspring Of his fullness, far behind.
