Alwen Reservoir......3.

Through the trees.

Looking over the firs.

  

Track from the forest.

 

Walk to the miners village....15.

Final pic's from this walk today.

Time to walk back through the forest.

  

Old gate post.

  

A look back up to the drum house.

Dead tree, edited.

 

Cwm Penmachno to Rhiw-bach quarry.....39.

Slate fence. The village ruins in the background.

  

Moss hills.

  

Track back through the forest.

  

Time to drop below the snowline and follow the track back down.

 

Cwm Penmachno to Rhiw-bach quarry.....22.

Coming up to the bridge.

  

The bridge has been made from old tramway rails.

 

The ruins of the miners village come into view.

 

Cwm Penmachno to Rhiw-bach quarry.....21.

Time to follow the track through the forest.

 

Vale of Rheidol Railway........4.

Entering the station.

  

Changing the points.

  

Passing through the forest.

   

Signal before the level crossing.

 

Penmachno to the miners village. 33.

The track back through the forest.

The rear of the dam.

Distant levels.

The other half of the bed! To last all these years out in the elements must mean it was a quality item.

Penmachno to the miners village. 17

Leaving the forest.

Still frosty out of the sun.

Bridge made from old tramway rails.

The ruins of the miners village come into view. They had a shop and school, however, the cost of getting supplies up the mountain to the village and the mines finally forced it's closure.

Coed Ganllwyd, National Nature Reserve. 12

Cottage up in the hills, man chopping logs.

Old cottage.

Owners dog.

Caught in the low November sun.

Coed Ganllwyd, National Nature Reserve. 8

 Caught in the low morning sun. 

View across the valley.

Ancient and modern. The old tree with a vapour trail in the background, when this tree was first seeded air travel just didn't exist!

Another old ruin.

Coed Ganllwyd, National Nature Reserve. 7

Found it, "the road to ruin"! Still frost on the ground.

Mine ruin.

Standing tall.

Autumn colours in the morning sunshine.

Walk in Coed Y Brenin Forest. 12

Final shots from Coed y Brenin today.

Autumn shadows.

Reflections.

Drystone wall.

Shadows.

Bridge over the river Eden.

Walk in Coed Y Brenin Forest. 4

The way ahead.

Forest stream.

Some of the forest has been cleared.

Still some mist remaining in the valley.