Aha, you're entering the deep wilds of John Hughes country now! He
variously translated 'the gors and the gallt' as 'forest and marsh'
and 'forest and waste' - I think of them as shallow, freezing and
treacherous swamps, all part of the charm of the Far Place. To get a
real feel, just graze through the wonderful Far Place writings on
John's site at
http://home.iprimus.com.au/pipnjim/questlines/farpoint.html, and
you'll soon get a sense of it!
All the best
Mark