Bit's and pieces from 2008.......11.

Denbigh Moor.

  

Slate quarry.

  

Track in the forest.

 

Autumn at Cwmorthin, 2007.....11.

Another view of the slate quarry.

  

Looking down on Blaenau Ffestiniog.

  

View up the valley.

 

Autumn at Cwmorthin, 2007.....10.

Having reached the ridge the slate quarry is in view.

In the distance through the haze, nuclear power station.

 

Cwmorthin valley, right hand side....15.

 Views from the summit.

 

Very old Cairn. I don't think many people bother to come up here.

 

Cwm Penmachno to Rhiw-bach quarry.....17.

Ornamental gate.

  

Old incline rails.

  

Small falls.

 

Cwm Penmachno to Rhiw-bach quarry.....7.

Drum building at top of incline.
  

Climbing up into a dusting of snow.

  

Top of incline.

Walk to Moelwyn Mawr.11

View from the quarry.

Tunnel exit into the quarry.

Looking down into the quarry.

Another section of the quarry.

Cwm Penmachno......Spring 2012. 15.

Today our climb up and down the mountain is complete, tomorrow we visit a ruined abbey.

Remains of an old quarry building.

A slate dry stone wall.

Back on level ground.

Trees manage to grow and survive almost anywhere.

Cwm Penmachno......Spring 2012. 14.

Part of a slate wagon axle assembly. 

Incline, side view.

Local sheep.

Moss and slate.

Walk to Llyn Bowydd 11.

The end wall of a cottage, still standing after many years.

Just before we get to the dressing sheds, a couple of pic's of the quarry. If you follow the path, bottom centre, you will see the entrance to a mine.

These trees seem to grow well on top of the waste slate. There are two quarry's here joined by a tunnel, you can see that on the right of the picture about a quarter of the way up.