Devil’s Bridge is a village in west Wales. The village is built around a deep gorge formed by the River Mynach slowly over hundreds of thousands of years eroding the rocks. Not less than three bridges crosses the river and gorge on top of each other. The oldest and lowest dates back to medieval times, the second above was built in 1753 and the top bridge, which you drive across today, was built in 1901.
Local folklore tells that the original medieval bridge was built by the Devil during one night in exchange for the first living thing to cross it. A clever woman tricked the devil by sending her dog across the bridge.
It is very interesting that the same story Jennifer and I came across in northern Italy, when we visited Cividale del Friuli n our way to Slovenia. The Natisone River brings water from the Alps to the Dalmatian Sea and Ponte del Diavolo crosses the river.
The only noticeable difference between the stories was that the first one to cross the Ponte del Diavolo was a cat instead of a dog in the Welsh version. I am sure there are other versions of the same story at other places around the world.
But Mikee and I visited the village, not to see the bridges but the fabulous waterfalls downstream from the bridges. A series of cascades that over a long time had formed the gorge with waterfalls, rapids and potholes.
Along the falls we could walk and climb on both sides of the fall, with a bridge crossing the gorge at the bottom end. More than 600 steps had been made along the route up and down to facilitate it for visitors. They said the walk up and down should take 45 minutes, but with my photography we spent two hours along the falls.
