StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: North Wales

One of the back streets between Caernarvon Castle, the river/harbour and the new Welsh Highland Railway station for the line to Porthmadog. Some very interesting walls ...

A somewhat idealised view of the Aberglaslyn Pass used by the LNWR as publicity material. . I've been trying to relate that to the modern world ... I know where I think it is, which means the artist has somewhat romanticised the location. Not my Image : fair use & public education

From another [fairly] reliable source, which confirms that this is the Ratgoed Tramway horse and a rake of waggons loaded with finished slabs at the Aberllefenni Slate Works [dated April 1948]. Note the beams and tensioned wires to hold the slabs on the waggon framework. {Scanned image from book / periodical} . Not my Image : fair use & public information

Although it is grainy, this is quite a good side view of a Corris slab waggon. {scanned from a book, title not known} . Not my Image : fair use & public information

"Up" Corris train, including three unloaded slab waggons. [the Van looks suspiciously like GW 8754] {Scan from a book, title not known}. . Not my Image : fair use & public information

Corris Railway 'down' train, including slab waggons, crossing the River Dovey bridge on the way to Machynlleth. [scan of image from book] . Not my image : fair use & public information

Transhipment of slate slabs brought down from Aberllefenni Quarry to the standard gauge waggons, taking place at Machynlleth. Not light work ! [Scanned from a book, title not specified] . Not my Image : fair use & public information

Scan of drawn illustrations of Aberllefenni Quarry slate slab waggons, these work be worked down the Corris Railway, North Wales, probably to Machynlleth and then transferred to the Cambrian Railway or exported. scanned [from a book, title currently not specified] . Not my Image : fair use & public education

An updated chart - produced by the Glaslyn project" showing the breeding success of MrsG at Glaslyn, North Wales. Since 2004 she has produced 50 chicks, some of which have survived to breed themselves - indeed, there are now some "great grand chicks" that have been re-sighted [well, one seen in Senegal in 2022]. So, MrsG has hatched 50 chicks with two different males ... Of these 16 have been known to survive to breeding age [or their first out-migration]. Between them, they have produced approximately 130 chicks [the grand-chicks]. of these, five are known to have bred, producing a dozen great grand chicks [one of which was seen in Senegal in 2022]. Bear in mind, not every chick is ringed, and not every breeding pair is monitored - the "net" has some very large holes in it - there are something like 250 breeding pairs in the UK alone. [and not every chick returns to breed in the UK, some migrate / breed in other areas of Europe]. That is an exceptional achievement ! NOT MY IMAGE : FAIR USE & PUBLIC INFORMATION

The inhabitants of Conwy Council's area seem rather fond of gritty puns. Not my Images : fair use & entertainment