Fortunately I took the awning down yesterday as the wind today was really quite strong at times. It rained intermittently but frequently, but started to show signs of brightening after lunch, so we woke Holly and headed off to a few locations. The first was the bridge (Pont Penllyn) at the end of the Llyn Padam lake.
As you can see the sky was fairly gloomy and the hopes for a brightening sky had faded away. The grey skies will be a bonus for the Dinorwig Slate Quarry, but the problem was the rain. So we had lens cloth to the ready between shots.
There was a fenced off pathway leading the visitors through the quarry. But to avoid carrying the dog too far, Vanessa waited while I went ahead to see if the trek was worth it. I gave up after 1/2 mile and returned. Vanessa then followed the same path and had to shelter behind the rocks as she was getting drenched in the persistent rain. But she persisted and came across a few additional derelict buildings. Meanwhile I got bored waiting for her to return so I ventured off on my own (especially as it had finally stopped raining).
I looked at the view including the Llyn Peris lake below and took the following images.
Vanessa finally caught up with me and as it was getting late we headed back to the campsite… with one last snap from the other side of the lake
It does show what a scar on the landscape these quarries leave behind.
Tomorrows weather might be similar, so we will have to wait and see what opportunities arise tomorrow. If we don’t get out, then today was our last day in Snowdonia before we travel home.
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