In what might be called traditional bank holiday weather, we pitched up at Llanberis for a mass outing at the end of August. My (Ben's) parents, Amys parents, The Childs, Amy's God-Parents, and some family friends; Llanberis was nicely in the middle for where we were all staying, and at least there was a large indoor venue with the Slate Museum for when the weather inevitably turned manky.
As it happened, the weather was drizzly but not too bad, so after the museum we had a wander around the lakeside, and then into the village. Frankly we've photographed the museum to death in recent years so I mainly took photographs around the railway, which was running an intensive and well-loaded bank holiday timetable.
One good thing about the slightly cold, very damp conditions, it made for some very atmospheric steam loco pics...
Also a pretty unique backdrop; I do like how the colourful locomotives and rolling stock contrasts with the mountains and the heaps of slate-waste which dominate the place.
Super low-angle shot; by the usual technique of pushing the camera underneath the level crossing gates. Not the sort of thing which gets published as I suspect it's both too unusual an angle and often looks like a trespass shot, but I like taking them.
Two of the diesel locomotives outside the sheds in a brief burst of sunshine.
Probably my favourite shot of the day, the Quarry Hunslet "Una" in the yard of the slate museum, during a torrential shower.
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