Walk to ruined cottage by Ffestiniog railway....5.

Entrance to the original tunnel. A large metal gate prevents entry.

  

The setting moon.  

  

 Ripples starting to form on the lake.

  

Walk along the old Ffestiniog railway....36.

Looking towards the original tunnel.

  

Split trunk.

  

Sheep fold.

 

Walk along the old Ffestiniog railway....12.

Side of the viaduct.

  

Looking back to the tunnel.

  

Ruined cottage at the side of the new line.

 

Walk along the old Ffestiniog railway....9.

The new track emerging from the tunnel.

A look back up the hill. 

The original tunnel.

 

Walk along the old Ffestiniog railway....5.

Looking along the causeway to the tunnel. 

 

The original tunnel.

Looking over the causeway.

 

Graig ddu quarry.....17.

The second quarry. Too dodgy to go down on my own.

  

Time to go back through the tunnel.

  

The way back out.

 

Graig ddu quarry.....16.

Tunnel to the second quarry.

  

The tunnel will probably collapse one day, hopefully not today.

  

Tunnel exit.

 

Today's walk...IR.

The old Denbigh to Ruthin railway line. Taken from the top of the now filled in tunnel.

Dull start to the day, great for IR pic's.

 

Cattle by the Ystrad road.

   

Ffestiniog mountain railway, second walk....9.

Back to normal after my week away.

 

South side of the old tunnel.
   

Side of the viaduct.

  

Sheep grazing.

 

Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire....15.

Work in progress.

  

Through a gap.

  

Water trough.

   

River emerging from tunnel.

 

Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire....14.

Small stream.
  

 

 Emerging through tunnel.

Abbey viewed over the weir.

 

Walk to Llyn Bowydd and quarry, September 2014......19.

Time to head back through the tunnel.

  

Quarrying equipment left behind.

 

View across the top of the valley.

 

Across the waste and into the sun.

 

Walk to Llyn Bowydd and quarry, September 2014......18.

Exiting from the tunnel.

 

The second quarry.

  

Twin mine entrances.

 

Some equipment remains.

  

Mine entrance close up.

 

Probably an old lorry engine and gearbox.

 

Walk to Llyn Bowydd and quarry, September 2014......17.

Entrance to the quarry.

 

Massive hole in the ground.

 

The way to work, mine entrance.

  

The tunnel to the next quarry.

 

Inside the tunnel.