Monday, 25 March 2019

16th to 23rd March 2019:  Ian Maskell, Bob Adams, Peter Scovell, Steve Willis, Simon Chrismas, Peter Allen, Ted (Adrian) Backshall.

Ian had booked Bryn Wierglodd cottage for a week, just five weeks after a big operation on his back!


Ynys-y-Pandy slate mill...







Gorseddau tramway...


Old stables...












Lit by the moon...













Gorseddau tramway...



Gorseddau tramway...








Gorseddau tramway...

Gorseddau tramway...







Disused Ffestiniog tunnel...


Ynys-y-Pandy slate mill...









Gorseddau tramway...

One of the two capstans for turning the Barmouth bridge...

Gorseddau tramway...

The mandatory wee photograph...



Old stables for the horses working the tramway...

Drill holes to blast the rock away...

The old Ffestiniogg railway...





Ynys-y-Pandy slate mill...










Barmouth Bridge...



Old artefacts collected by the tea room lady...


Incredible retaining wall looms over the tramway...

Ruth`s flapjack...

Our cottage on the left...


Gorseddau tramway...


oops...



The disused Festiniogg tunnel...




A water wheel nearly 30ft across sat in here...











Hurry-up Peter...


Remote tea room...



Barmouth Bridge...

Ian, lying a bit low...


Lovely gate...

Rare length of tramway rail, the head is the round section...



Too bloated to walk!



Just room for one more of the slate mill...



Videos below...