Llyn Peris and Dinorwig Quarry (7.78km)
Today’s walk was completed by myself, Megan (4yrs) walking, Anwen (12months) in the rucksack and my Taid (“tide” Granddad) who is in his late 70’s. The location is somewhere that means an awful lot to us as a family. My Nain (“nine”) and Taid moved down to North Wales from near Oban in Scotland with their three daughters, as Taid had got a job as a Commissioning Engineer for Dinorwig Hydro Electric Power Station in Llanberis. He had previously been working at Cruachan in Lochawe. He was offered a permanent contract at Dinorwig after it was built and ended up as a Senior Manager at the power station until he retired. Taid is a real enthusiast of industrial engineering and history so having him on the walk today was fascinating. My husband and I also got married at the Victoria Hotel in Llanberis in 2015, so a very special place for us all really! I have spent many a happy hour exploring parts of Dinorwig Quarry and I have walked around Llyn Padarn, but I had never walk...