High in the Mountains of North Wales, in the shadow of the mighty Yr Wydffa (Snowdon) lies an incredible industrial wasteland, Dinorwic Quarry.
The land lies blatantly torn asunder, open cast workings, waste heaps and mine tunnels pepper the site, dotted with long abandoned and derelict mining buildings - winching houses, offices, mills and tramways punctuate the scene - built from the same slate as was mined and still lies all around in the waste heaps. And yet although the land lies defiled, it is not an unseemly blight, but instead a monument to those who came before, their lives, their blood, sweat and tears.
There is something otherworldly about the scenery, the vast scale of the workings - over 2 miles long, a mile wide and thousands of feet in height - only adds to the sense of otherness, it is almost incomprehensible to our modern minds that this was created by men, and with minimal machinery - mining started in the 1700’s and ceased in 1969…
Anyhow, it’s a great place for a walk and to explore, and also a great place for flying drones - we saw several other folks flying on the day we visited…
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Now that’s a quarry I’m definitely going to have to visit
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Its well worth the effort, but watch some of the exploring, some of the ‘paths’ are treacherous…
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Cracking colours and nice flight. 
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@AlbionDrones Like you said so elinquantly Suzanne, the place looks historic, and a stark reminder of a 150+ yrs of toil. Awsome flight, and edit matey. Loved it. 
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wait till you go around exploring it heard its even more beautiful etc
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@Airlessmean Haven’t been back to North Wales since I did Snowden via Crib Goch nearly 2 and a bit yrs ago now, Michael.
Maybe its time to return. North face of Tryfan and Adam and Eve are calling. 
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Oooh, Tryfan, last time I was up there I was a lot younger, think it was about 1982 or 83, we did Glyder Fawr, Glyder Fach and then onto Tryfan, was knackered afterwards…
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@AlbionDrones Was going to go with my bruv and a mate a couple of years ago. Grade 1 scramble straight up then Devils Kitchen ( or something like that) after. Unfortunately, I did my shoulder in playing badmington a few days before and missed out. Our kid went, but didn’t jump Adam and Eve cus he was exhausted from the climb. Was gutted at the time and I’m not getting any younger! 
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Yeah, that was our route too, and it was tough… I did the jump, but it was sketchy… There were some army bods up there, jumping in both directions, fearless…
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