Dinorwic Slate Quarry, June 2009

[mr_bones]

Great stuff AndyC, looks like we ALL covered different areas of this vast site.

 

[fezzyben]

Brilliant pics guys

 

[Foxylady]

Fab photos, AndyG...great to see the other stuff.
Love those saw tables and the other machinery. The coats are amazing..a bit sad too, I feel.

 

[andy m]

Nice one AndyC, I wanted to see all that stuff, but ran out of time and fitness! Thanks for the link to the book as well, I'm going to keep my eye out for that.

 

[mr_bones]

Received my 35mm prints today

 

[Marley85]

WOW ............ WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW. That is some sight right there and the pictures are fantastic as well !!!!! Very Very good thank you for sharing this.

 

[hpipe]

More great pics - nice one guys. Just wondered which route you took up? I took the blue trail from the Slate Museum, up and over Vivian Quarry, which was interesting in itself, and allows a branch off at Anglesey Barracks and onto the A2 (?) incline, then back down via A2 and A1. Seemed like a lot of wasted effort to get up that way though, when I saw a few walkers arrive on the road up from Dinorwig village whilst I was at the tourist viewpoint level. Made me wonder if others just drive up to that point, or if there's a quicker approach from the east?

 

[andy m]

I just drove up through the village and parked in the car park at the end of the road. Flash Earth doesn't seem to want to know today, but if you look at the OS map on here, there's a 'P' where the car park is:

http://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/SH5961

 

[hpipe]

Okay, thanks. Thats what I thought, and looks a hundred times easier than walking from the bottom. I need to get back there when the sun is out.

 

[AndyC]

The car park does provide a very easy access to the interesting bits of the quarry.

Alternatively, I have parked in Llanberis, and then taken a bus to Deniolen. From there a mile walk to teh quarry. and then you can walk down back to your car.

In other news I hear that the enforcement of the closure of the footpath has stepped up a gear.

 

[hpipe]

In other news I hear that the enforcement of the closure of the footpath has stepped up a gear.

Tell me more..........?