A day out in Llanberis

Monday 13 July 2020

Today it was time to leave Fairbourne Point where I'd spent such an enjoyable weekend.

Today Lauren is coming over to North Wales with Sue for the day and we're meeting at Llanberis.

Unfortunately the weather has turned a little wet today with light drizzle, typical Wales weather I suppose.

We'd arranged to meet at a free carpark at Llanberis Lagoons overlooking the lake.

After meeting up have having a cuppa and a catchup, Lauren and I set off for a walk to a place she'd seen on the internet.It's an old slate quarry that during World War ll was used as munitions storage. Unfortunatly soon after it was commissioned the roof fell in and buried all the bombs !

They didn`t explode as luck would have it and were dug out over the following years but I think it was only in the '70's that the site was completely cleared and made safe.

It seems it was then taken over for some kind of enlargement of the hydro electricity generation plant. They built all the roads and infrastructure on the site but then abandoned it.

The roads remain and are complete with all markings and it has quite an eerie atmosphere to it, certainly a feeling of eyes watching.

There are no buildings and Buddleia is slowly taking over.

The only structure we could see was the former munitions storage where the roof fell in and it's still in that condition. Apparently there are some tunnels and passages but we couldn't get down to see those.

We later took a wander around Llanberis and along the lake shore.

After tea I headed off to Nant Gwynant Campsite. 

By now it had dried up and the sunshne made a welcome return as I arrived at the campsite.

It is a lovely site with direct access to the lake and spectacular views.

Old abandoned site which was a munitions dump in WWll. The roads were put in for a hydro power station apparently but never used

A road to nowhere

This is the site where the munitions blew up