At the edge of the lake

Today’s image is of Llyn Cwmorthin in Snowdonia in early summer when the Horsetails are fresh and green and contrast well with the sun-lit waters.

This lake sits in a steep sided valley in N Wales in the heart of the old Slate Mining and Quarrying area just west of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Walk up through the village of Tanygrisiau into Cwmorthin past the spoil and old levels and you will come across the remains of old quarry cottages not far from this lake. Walk on past the lake and up the track beyond and you will reach a high plateau on which sits the deserted Rhosydd Slate Quarry referred to in an earlier post ‘The Powder House’.