The view through the window of one of the barrack buildings at Dinorwig Quarry, Llanberis, North Wales, looking out over Llyn (lake) Peris and towards yr Wyddfa (Snowdon). The quarry opened in 1787 and closed in 1969, but I don't think these houses were lived in that recently. A notice board talking about the Anglesey Barracks, just a few yards from these ones, said that the men travelling to work from Ynys Môn (Anglesey) could start as early as 3am on a Monday, involving a ten mile walk, ferry crossing, another walk, train journey, and a climb up to the quarry rock face. They would stay in the barracks for the week before travelling back home on Saturday. The quarry was so dangerous that it had its own hospital. The slate museum below in Llanberis, with the largest surviving (and working) water wheel in mainland Britain, is well worth a visit. Nowadays a hydro electric station produces electricity deep inside the mountain under the quarry. That's worth a visit too! [Image description: colour Instagram photo of a turquoise blue lake, green mountains on the other side, and bits of a slate quarry on the near side, viewed through the window of a ruined slate cottage.] #ImageDescription #Snowdonia #SnowdoniaNationalPark #eryri #wales #cymru #FindYourEpic #ThisIsMyAdventure #AwakeTheSoul #KeepItWild #hiking #travel #TravelPhotography #adventure #NaturePhotography #GetOutside #UKHikers #wanderlust #DiscoverEarth #PeopleWhoAdventure #NotTheSafeRoute #snowdoniagram #ThisIsMyWales #YesCymru #SlateQuarry #IndustrialHistory #WelshSlate #slate https://www.instagram.com/p/CdZEuohM5X-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
