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  • Trip start
    July 26, 2024
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    Llanberis Railway & Lake

    July 28, 2024 in Wales ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    We drove over the back roads, through interesting wee towns whose names were too long to pronounce or remember, past huddles of cars suggesting there was something going on here and there, and finally caught our first glimpse of Yr Wyddfa - Mount Snowdon! The top was covered in cloud though.

    We stopped at Llanberis and caught the old steam train for a there-and-back around Llanberis Lake, where there were hundreds of people out on the water. Apparently, it's not usually this sunny here.

    The train let us off a couple of times to look around and then took us back to the town.

    After our visit to the National Slate Museum (see other footprint), we headed to the lake for a couple of hours swimming in the cold water!    Read more

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    National Slate Museum, Llanberis

    July 28, 2024 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    After our train ride, we walked round to the National Slate Museum where we caught the info film and then the slate-cutting demonstration, by a time-served quarryman with a good sense of humour.

    There was also the largest waterwheel in the world (50ft diameter!) which mum almost missed because it was houses in it's own slate nook, accessible by flights of stairs. There was a terrace of three reconstructed homes from various eras in the history of the quarries. In one, we heard the story of a family during the 3-year The Great Penrhyn Quarry Strike of 1900-03, from a lovely actor who really got us involved and taught us a lot. We also found a place to decorate our own slate coasters.

    The sun was shining, so we could explore the outdoor area with all the dressed slates, before heading off to the lake...    Read more

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    Harlech

    July 29, 2024 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    We drove to the nearby town of Harlech with the aims of visiting the Castle, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the beach.

    As it turned out, we explored the high street, enjoyed a locally-made ice cream (discovering that the Welsh called honeycomb hoci poci before the Kiwis named it hokey pokey) and went down then up the world steepest street. We invested fairly heavily in some Welsh beer, cheese and Bara Breith, and the boys bought hunners of fun snaps. Bang!Read more

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    Corris Mine

    July 30, 2024 in Wales ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    This afternoon, we drove south to Corris to do the Mine Explorers Adventure. We got kitted up and Moley took us into the mountain where we walked the tunnels, saw some caverns and learned lots about slate mining through the years.

    We clipped onto ropes as we made our way past sheer drops, scrambled up and down piles of waste slate and finally climbed out along a slippery slate face. Great fun!    Read more

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    Snowdon ascent Pyg

    July 31, 2024 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    We parked at the Pen-y-Pass car park and, following a bit of research, chose the Pyg Track up Mount Snowdon.

    It was, in turns, walky, steppy, and a little climby and always rocky. It was a glorious, sunny day and we were all hot and sticky. Coen had taken up the challenge of filling a bag with little along the way, so we kept an eye out for loot but there wasn't much.

    Parts of the route required us to clamber with hands and feet, and we often each chose a way through the rocky sections that was all our own. There were lots of other climbers but it wasn't busy enough to be annoying.

    Fabulous views of two lakes and the steep rocky mountain silhouettes kept us going. We joined the Miner's Track around half way up and then, after more climbing, we met the Snowdon Mountain Railway track! It took us just under four hours to reach the summit, where we joined the queue to have a photo at the trig point!

    At the very top there was a large, modern, indoor café with gift shop and even a post box!    Read more

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    Snowdon descent Miner's track

    July 31, 2024 in Wales ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    After enjoying our packed lunch at the summit, we explored the gift shop, bought a couple of 'I Climbed Snowdon' medals and then started heading down the mountain. This was fairly challenging as there were lots of rocks to clamber down and our legs were a little bit wobbly.

    We opted to change to the Miner's Track at the junction point, and this was very steep and rocky all the way down to the first lake. Jamie, Coen and Rigo went for a refreshing dip in the clean, cold water before we headed along the flatter paths towards the causeway over the other lake and then the increasingly smoother track back to the car park. We had to rush to meet our 8-hour parking limit!

    We stopped in Tremadog on the way home and grabbed fish & chips to replenish our energy stores.    Read more

  • Trip end
    August 2, 2024
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