Walk in the hills.....15.

The way home.

  

Enjoying some  weekend fishing.

 

In the distance, across the valley, the Stwlan dam.

 

Walk in the hills.....3.

Away for a week starting today, wifi available so should be able to continue posting.

 

Across the valley in the distance is the Stwlan dam, visited on a previous walk.

  

Track across the dam.

  

Two buildings at the dam slowly becoming ruins.

 

Walk to the Stwlan dam.

Saturday 4  February 2017.

Starting at the falls, using fast and slow shutter speed.

Not been a massive ammount of rain lately so not too spectacular.

  

As I start to climb, a look back at the falls and new bridge.

   

Walk to Llyn Bowydd and quarry, September 2014......9.

Tramway across the dam.

 

Never seen it this low.

 

Wooden jetty, in a very poor state.

  

Normally completely submerged. 

 

Looking across the valley towards the Stwlan dam.

 

Walk to the Stwlan dam 4.

Side view, more large rocks.

Overflow system and CCTV.

Taking the strain, holding back millions of gallons of water.

The overflow channel.

The overflow runs down the side of the road.

Slate steps in the foreground, slowly being reclaimed by mother nature.

 Marker post.

Mine building ruins.

Slowly crumbling, will be here for a lot more years yet.

Looking down on the hydroelectric power station at the side of the lake.

Walk to the Stwlan dam 3.

Large curbstones.

The dam comes into view.

Looking down on the dam.

The reservoir. During the day water is piped down the mountain to the hydroelectric power station below. When demand for electricity at night is low, the turbines pump the water back up again.

Old mine workings across the lake.

Close up of the mine workings, ceased being used long before the dam was built.

Top of the dam.

Self portrait.

Walk to the Stwlan dam.

One of the Cwmorthin valley falls.

Two technology's, the building by the lake houses the hydroelectric power station and the building in the far distance is a nuclear power station, now de commissioned. 

Looking down the old incline to the lake.

Collapsed incline.

Looking up the incline.

At the top of the incline is a tunnel through the mountain. On the far side of the tunnel are the remains of the old slate dressing sheds.