Cwmorthin July 2019.....6.

The river bed is almost dry.

  

Little water coming over the small reservoir.

  

Walk to Llynau Gamallt.....5.

View over the reservoir.

  

Waste rock.

  

Quarry waste.

Walk along the old Ffestiniog railway....7.

Distant incline on the right.

  

Small reservoir, not holding a lot today.

  

Almost at the summit.

 

Walk to Stwlan dam.....16.

Working from a RIB.

The resevoir this low is a rare sight.

A view from the dam. Clouded over a bit unfortunately.

  

Graig ddu quarry.....24.

Final view of the lake.

  

View across the valley  from the drum house.

  

In the distance the engine house chimney.

Graig ddu quarry.....22.

Reservoir on top of the mountain. 

Water from here was used to power machinery in the dressing sheds below at Blaenau Ffestiniog.

The tramway runs at the side of the lake.

 

Trip to Llanberis quarries.

Low mist, reservoir on the Denbigh moor.

 

Looking across to Snowdonia from the Denbigh moor.

 

Reservoir falls....won't run on firefox.

This reservoir, also in the Cwmorthin valley, drives a small hydroelectric generator at the bottom of the valley.

   

Cwmorthin valley, right hand side....24.

Final shots from Cwmorthin today.

Overflow from the small reservoir.

   

Looking down on the new bridge.

 

Cwmorthin valley, right hand side....23.

Buildings next to barracks.

 

Weir on the edge of the lake.

  

The small reservoir is overflowing, slow shutter.

 

Cwmorthin valley, right hand side....3.

Coming up to the refurbished dam.

  

The winter weather has removed the newness looks of the dam.

 

Cwmorthin valley waterfalls.......11.

This small reservoir was redesigned and rebuilt last year. It powers a small turbine at the bottom of the valley.
  

Slate bridge. A few years ago it was demolished by the flow of water after a storm.

  

Park in the Llanberis pass....2

River entering the small reservoir.

Close up.

Looking upstream.

  

An old incline.

Misty view across the valley.

Distant dwelling.

Slate wall.

When the reservoir overflows the water flows under the road bridge and into the lake.

Walk to the ridge above Cwmorthin. 25

My walk is finally completed, finishing from where I started at the reservoir.

The work is almost complete.

Butterfly enjoying the warmth of the sun. Off to the cafe now for my beans on toast and a cup of tea.

Walk to Wrysgan mine.15

Ruined mine building.

Dam and resevoir, this provided power for the tools in the dressing sheds.

The hydroelectric power station, feeding power to the national grid.

Another ruin.

Time to go back down. Fortunately the cloud base didn't drop too low.