A hot and sunny day and the not quite a mountain peak of Moel Famau (Bare Mother Mountain) beckoned us for a long walk, a total of 5 miles and 1000ft of ascent in this area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Topped by the remains of the Jubilee...
Thanks, the workings was for Slate, both above and below ground, the spoil heaps are waste, slate and other rocks that were in the way... I guess the barracks were heated by coal... And their chapel was down the valley, so a long walk there and...
Must have been a bleak existence. Wondering what all the rock is? Are those tailings for mining something else, or was that rock what they were after?
Great music match; spooky and ominous. I wonder how/if they heated those dwellings.
A fair walk up 800ft from the car park, past Cwmorthin waterfall and through the valley of Cwmorthin, and you find the enigmatic ruins of Rhosydd - beautiful in their own way, but ultimately the debris of industrial decay and the plunder of...