Tag: slate quarries

• 28. Day Ten in Llwyngwril: Steam Train to Blaenau Ffestiniog

  After the fun of the Talyllyn steam train experience, I decided “Why not do a larger one up into Snowdonia?” So I did! I took the Mountain Spirit train up to the quarry town of Blaenau Ffestiniog. The first part of the journey was getting to Porthmadog, from whence the train departs. I got to…

  Deb

  August 14, 2022

  Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales, Slate Industry, Snowdonia, steam train, Travelogue

  Ffestiniog Railway, gwynedd, Porthmadog, slate, slate quarries, Snowdonia, steam train