Today's walk.

Dead tree on the waste slate.

Cwmorthin. October 2018....8.

Once the stable for the ponies that pulled the slate wagons on the tramways.

  

The river emerging from under the waste slate. It dived underground almost at the top of the mountain. 

 

Waterfall at the end of the valley. Fed from a lake at the top of the mountain.

  

Cwmorthin valley, right hand side....19.

View from the top of the incline.

  

Cloud base is dropping.

  

Looking over the waste slate.

 

Walk to the ridge above Cwmorthin. 19

  

The afternoon sun reflected from the waste slate.

Looking down on the tramway.

Close up.

Some of the original rail sleepers still survive.

Side view of the tramway.

The tramway winds off into the distance to the top of the Croesor valley.

Penmachno to the miners village. 20

Some of the village ruins close up.

The village was constructed on top of thousands of tons of waste slate.

Another slate post.

Walk to Wrysgan mine.8

Cloud base slowly rising.

Thousands of tons of waste slate.

Another set of steps for the slate workers.

Walking along a man made track to check out the view.

Looking down on the lake below.

The workman's van is becoming smaller.

Walk to Wrysgan mine.4

The view having crossed the bridge.

A small reservoir. Too cold for swimming!!

The river making it's was through the waste slate.

A small man made lake, in the distance the collapsing bridge.

Walk to Moelwyn Mawr.20

Mountain lake.

Many tons of waste, there must be a big hole in the ground somewhere.

Looking rather unsafe now, however, probably been here for 100 years!