Bit's and pieces from 2008.......50

View over the quarry.

  

View from the top.

  

Interesting door.

 

Walk to Llyn Bowydd.....25.

View to the quarry.

  

Winding drum house.

  

Looking down the incline.

 

Walk to Llyn Bowydd.....21.

In the distance the two hydro reservoirs.

 

Quarry workings.

  

View to the mountains.

    

Walk to Llynau Gamallt.....5.

View over the reservoir.

  

Waste rock.

  

Quarry waste.

Walk to the miners village....14.

The lake, once a quarry.

 

The lake can go higher yet!

  

Two ducks I disturbed.

    

In flight.

 

Walk at Cwm Penmachno. May 2018.....3.

1. Time to start the climb.

                          

Looking into the old quarry.

  

Dry stone bank.

 

Graig ddu quarry.....15.

The way to work, far corner!

  

Mine entrance close up.

  

Only workers here these days.

 

Graig ddu quarry.....14.

Looking across the valley.

  

Ruins of the dressing shed.

  

Quarry entrance.

 

Hidden falls 14.

Final shots from the quarry trip. Now on my way to "Lakeside Cafe" for beans on toast and a mug of tea!

View over the valley.

Slate stepping stones.
  

Over the lake, IR edited.

 

Hills behind Llan Ffestiniog.....10.

Would make a great garden feature.

  

Rough quarry track.

  

50 gallon drum.

 

Hills behind Llan Ffestiniog.....9.

Quarry.

  

Piles of quarried rocks.

  

Flowers amongst the rocks.

 

Today's edit....slate wagon.

An old quarry slate wagon. Not seen this here before, probably been dragged out of an old mine.

Today's edit....quarry ruin.

A quarry building.

 

Cwmorthin valley, right hand side....9.

A veiw from the track.

  

Slate quarry.

 

Cwm Penmachno to Rhiw-bach quarry.....35.

Over the fence is the entrance to another mine, quite well hidden.

Mother natures sculpture.

  

Another small quarry in the distance.

  

Cwm Penmachno to Rhiw-bach quarry.....28.

More ruins.

  

Finally we arrive at the lake which of course was once a massive hole in the ground where slate was quarried. Water from here  went down the valley to the dam we passed on the way up.

Reflections on the lake.

 

Wenlock edge, Shropshire......7.

Last shots from Wenlock edge.

Path to quarry.

  

Arch.

  

Path to stable for ponies, however, originally it was to store the explosive powder.

 

Stable.

Hay rack inside the stable.

  

A casualty of the winter storm.