Posts Tagged ‘Gwynedd’
October 20th, 2009
PONTERWYD — The day dawned wet and miserable. Showers kept coming and going; some light and some heavy. My first stop was the Llechwedd Slate Caverns. Some 120 man-made caverns exist within the mountain on 16 levels. I went on one of the tours that took you by train into the mountain to see a cavern where slate was mined; followed by a demonstration of how the mined slate is split. Still done by hand as no machine has been developed that can do it better.
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October 19th, 2009
BANGOR — I walked to the University of Bangor this morning to visit a former work colleague now working at the university. We spent an hour and a half or so chatting and I was given a quick tour of the Library and Archives.
And before anyone asks, I wasn’t able to obtain a model release!
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October 18th, 2009
BANGOR — Now that I’m in Wales I have to get used to seeing everything written twice. The road signs now take twice as long to read.
I continued on into Wales: destination Bangor. I arrived about 12:30 pm. as I took the slower coast road through Flint and Prestatyn.
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