Walk to Llyn Bowydd.....11.

Tramway bridge.

  

Looking across to a future destination
   

The dam wall.

 

Walk to Llyn Bowydd.....9.

Old tramway sleepers.

  

The lake.

That tree has grown since I was last here.

 

Walk to Llyn Bowydd.....6.

Old gateposts.

  

Loads of water on the tramway from recent rain.

   

A track has been made at the side of the tramway to avoid the water.

  

Walk to Llyn Bowydd.....3.

  

Water running off the hill.

 

Welsh mountain sheep.

  

Plenty of water on the tramway.

 

Walk to Llyn Bowydd.....2.

Tramway cutting.

  

Mine building ruins.

Fence posts.

 

Cwmorthin July 2019.....37

Bridge carying the track and once the tramway.

  

Stone heart.

  

Keeping an eye on me.

 

Cwmorthin July 2019.....20.

Front of chapel.

  

Windows.

  

The tramway bears left in front of the chapel, now overgrown.
  

 

Graig ddu quarry.....27.

The tramway to the lake is flooded.

 

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.

 

Graig ddu quarry.....7.

Probably a small mine up there.

 

Fence posts.

The tramway curves.

Looking across to the main dressing sheds.

  

Graig ddu quarry.....4.

View across the top of the valley.

  

Walking the old tramway.

  

Possibly the black powder store.

 

Graig ddu quarry.....3.

Tramway from the top of the incline.

  

Large quarry entrance.

  
Looking down the incline.

Steam engine house.

Cwmorthin. October 2018....31.

Coming back down to the dressing sheds.

  

The tramway crosses the track in front of the chapel.

 

Looking across the lake to the waste levels.

 

Cwmorthin. October 2018....21.

The tramway curves.

  

Tramway bridge.

  

Looking along the tramway.

 

Cwmorthin. October 2018....19.

Looking over the edge of the tramway.

  

Brakemans shed. Out of sight above our heads is a winding drum that pulls and lowers slate wagons up and down the incline, the brake man regualates the speed. A very lonely job all the way up here and in all weathers.

 

In the distance, Porthmadog, Ruth Madog country.

  

Cwmorthin. October 2018....17.

End of the valley.

  

The tramway runs tight to the mountain.

  

A long way down.