After Neil and I had been doing chores all morning, I suggested we do a little adventure in the afternoon. I figured he would never have been to Bryn Hafod y Wern. And it was true! And it is not a big slate quarry, but that is ok, as we only had the afternoon.
As it is almost an hour on foot to get there, I suggest we bike. That opened the world for Neil. He bikes all the time, but in his case, it is exercise. He has a featherlight bike and it doesn't have a lock. He stays with it until he is home again! But my bikes are different. They are for going somewhere. And that was a bit of a paradigm shift for him. But we did it.
We biked uphill to the quarry. Neil was painfully aware of how much heavier my bike (including lock) was than his. And he wasn't in his cycling shoes, obviously. But we got there.
We had a lovely time exploring the derelict buildings and the spoil heaps and the inclines and the famous aquaduct. We puzzled at the metal pipe sticking out of a stone lump. We visited the reservoirs. And then we went back. That was basically all wizzing downhill! Very smooth. And on the way back we came across some exceptionally handsome sheep. Some petting ensued.
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| The Bryn Hafod y Wern aquaduct |
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| The mysterious pipe |
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| Handsome sheep |
We then went to Llandudno, as Neil’s cat had been alone for a while. We first had a nice glass of mead (which I had won in a race) in the back garden, with the Orme limestones towering over us. Very snug and autumnal! And then we had dinner, and watched a documentary about Svalbard.
I felt a bit guilty about only leaving the post-lunch part of the day for such things, but I still had a lovely day!
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