Llanberis :: The Gift that keeps on giving

Hi there everyone 😀

Whilst we were at the lodge in August we had yet another big day out to Llanberis. It’s somewhere we’ve been numerous times and we just keep on finding new things to see and do.

This time the plan was to have a walk up to the old Quarrymen’s Hospital, as it didn’t seem to be too far a walk for us and it looked like there could be some good views to be had … both of it and away from it.

We parked on the slate museum car park and were soon on our way … walking in the opposite direction to normal, heading away from the museum and through a gap signposting us to the hospital.

Within a couple of minutes we were in a beautiful little spot on the lake. It was really quiet and would be just perfect for picnicking and paddling …

We carried on up towards the hospital, stopping part way to take in the glorious views across the lake …

… and up to the hospital …

We hadn’t been particularly planning to make our way up the steps to the hospital but we were thrilled to see that the door was actually open so we couldn’t not go and investigate. 

Whilst the steps weren’t as bad as they looked … we did have a bit of a breather part way up … just to take in the views again 😜

… but we were soon at the top …

We have visited Llanberis loads of times and have never been lucky enough to find the hospital open … so to get to have a look round inside was a real treat for us …

We even got to have a look in the morgue …

The views back across the lake were just beautiful …

… and we could even see the steam train setting off for its trip up Yr Wyddfa …

We made our way back from the hospital along the top road, which took us past the old slate mining carts …

… and came out at the bottom by the lakeside steam railway.

Somewhere else we’d been wanting to find and have a look at was the diving pool and, whilst the gates were locked firmly shut, we could see an intriguing glimpse of what lay behind. 

We managed to find another way to view the pool, from the road above, and it really was a beautiful spot, well worth a look …

We headed back past the railway to the car and decided it was time to find somewhere for lunch …

We ended up at a place called Caban, which was right at the other end of the lake and ended up being a really good find.

We carried on from here, back around the other side of the lake, to the Dinorwic bus terminus, where we parked up and set out for a walk to the viewpoint.

It was a good path and the views looking back across the mountains were pretty amazing …

Before long we came upon some abandoned buildings, which were just fascinating …

Not far beyond the buildings and we took a right towards the viewpoint …

… where we came across these guys …

We were fascinated by the goats and hung around for ages just watching them … until they all made their way across the path in front of us and niftily made their way across the slate to wherever they were heading next …

We carried along to the end of the path and the viewpoint for more spectacular views across the to Dolbadarn Castle …

… and back up the valley and Llyn Padarn …

We retraced our steps to the main path and carried on a little bit further …

… before deciding it was time to head back …

It was a fabulous little walk and somewhere I think we will most definitely be visiting again. We’d loved it … and had been so lucky to see the goats up so closely.

We still haven’t ticked everything off of the list of things we want to see and do in Llanberis. We both really want to explore the quarry more and definitely want to see Anglesey Barracks … so we will definitely be back. 

It certainly remains one of our favourite places to visit in the mountains. 

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