Two of the groups who went out yesterday relived the Quarryman's walk from Llanberis up to the Dinrowic quarry next door to the centre, which the quarrymen would have walked every working day of their lives. They talked about the history of the quarry and visited the barracks which some of them would have lived in during the week.
Today, we were asked if the two other groups at the centre could do the same thing! So today has seen two groups canoeing on the lake ( less windy thankfully), working together to navigate around, after carefully putting together their craft. They then spent the rest of their time walking back up to the centre, chatting and learning about what life must have been like all those years ago.
The other two groups spent the day underground in slate mines, exploring the areas that the would have produced the slate that "roofed the world". We hope they had more fun though ( quarrymen didn't traditionally cross underground lakes in rafts!). They should all sleep well tonight, in preparation for a mountain day tomorrow!
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| The barred exit! |
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| Climbing through the mine |
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| Steep section often require ropework. |
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| Team work on the lake. |
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| The Anglesey barracks where the quarrymen used to stay. |
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