Today, I learned to do a screenshot, come on, I'm sure I'm not the only one who didn't know how , thanks to my 10 year old, I now have this magical skill at my fingertips.
What has this got to do with the title? Well I wanted to put a map of our little walk we went on today, so here goes!
The place we went to visit was the Anglesey barracks at Dinorwig quarry. With me was my girlfriend, her foster child, my daughter Libby (aged 12) and son Oliver (aged 10).
We drove through the small village of Deiniolen and left the car at the place marked 'A'. The whole route is marked in red and the blue spots indicate our direction.
The first part of the trek is a small access road to some cottages which then turns into a twisty footpath through a forest of young sessile oaks, this will bring you to the Anglesey Barracks. which I have marked with a red circle. (if you can't see it look at the gap in the bold red line).
After a few minutes of exploring the old buildings. (the previous occupants had carved their names and dates that they lived and worked there). we crossed the old rail track and followed the trail down, taking in the fantastic views, to the main road and entrance to The slate museum.
The museum was closed so we continued up to the old hospital and then took the Vivian trail back up to our car. This was by far the hardest part of the trek, steep, twisty and slippery in places but the fantastic scenery and curious old buildings along the way made it so worthwhile, I'm not sure how far or how long it took us, we were enjoying it too much.
Things to remember.....
Take a camera, drinking water and wear good, stout footwear.
We did the same walk last year, I've posted photo's from then, it was a lot drier last time, although today was bright and sunny if not cold at 2.5c, it has been raining heavily the last couple of weeks and was very slippery!
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