Llanberis is one of those excellent stand-by locations to visit on our regular trips to Wales, as the Slate Museum is interesting, free to get into, and indoors, all excellent qualities when the weather is a bit poor. And the October Half Term week saw utterly appalling weather.
When we arrived, the rain had come down enough so that the Llanberis Lake was actually flooding over the edge of the car park, which is a rise of about 3 foot over the last time we'd been in the summer. Pretty impressive for such a large body of water.
The weather was gloomy, but it wouldn't be a Ben trip somewhere without getting some train pictures. At least it looked nice and atmospheric in the damp conditions.
The sky was clearing as we left, which was a bit of a relief as the drive over from Porthmadog had been 'interesting', to say the least.
We didn't stay to ride the trains, as we were all a bit soggy, but it's on the list for 2022, as part of our quest to ride all the narrow gauge railways in North Wales.
I was slightly surprised by this publication; 2021 saw the first time in a decade I've had Llanberis shots in print (two earlier in the year in Heritage Railways Magazine), but the above in Narrow Gauge World marks the first time in about 8 years of me trying them that they've chosen one of my pics, which is appreciated. Always nice to get pics in print, let alone in a publication that I've never managed before!
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