Penmaenmawr quarries

I have spent years driving past Penmaenmawr, and I always look at the remnants of the old quarry there. I always wanted to explore them, but the moment never seemed right. I had been in a very small part of it, but from driving past on many an occasion I knew that there was a lot more to it than that. 

Then an opportunity presented itself to explore some more. A third date, with a man who likes that kind of stuff as well. We met up in eastern Llanfairfechan, and found our way to the public path that leads towards the quarry. It was a bit wetter than we had hoped! We successfully found our way to an incline, and with incline come drum houses. And by the second drum house, which had an intact roof, we decided to sit down for lunch. And then we went on. The rain had stopped!

The first drum house, in not very good nick

It had been quite civilised until then, but from there we went several levels up, on inclines that tended to have quite a lot of vegetation on them, a lot of it hostile. It was a bit of a crazy adventure, but we both enjoyed ourselves! And that made it even better. If you have some niche interests, it's nice to find someone who shares them.

Looking down towards Anglesey

Level with drum house, workshops and more

Up the incline we go! 

There were some beautiful mine relics on the various levels. And the levels themselves were rarely visited, and quite serene. 

Infrastructure 

Rails bending down into the incline 

When we arrived at the level I had been before, we decided from there to pick up the public footpath again, that brings you to the Wales Coast Path. No need to retrace our steps! This was a lot more civilised. 

More rural scenes on the way down

Pretty fungi along the way

We had had a great time! And are keen to also explore further west. I hope that will happen. You never know with dates!