A bank holiday weekend and the sun was out. Unheard of. I grabbed the camera and off I went. I drove straight up to Tanygrisiau because I've been meaning to walk out onto the dam for ages so that is what I did, I walked about halfway along it and set up the camera; I would have gone further but I heard the train whistle on the other side of the Moelwyns so I knew I only had a couple of minutes.
I went up to Blaenau and back to TYB again but some clouds had gathered over the mountains so I didn't get as much footage as I'd hoped to.
That was Saturday and on Sunday the sky was just as blue so when I left home for work I paused at the Pen Llyn end of Llyn Padarn to get some shots of Snowdon and the lake. I then decided that as the there wasn't a cloud in the sky I'd go to Porthmadog via Rhyd Ddu and get some more Snowdon shots from there.
The Aberglaslyn Pass was my first port of call because although maybe over done as a location, it is still a lovely place. Sure enough 138 chuffed and clanked into view heading down hill.
The next place I could find a place to park was the other side of Castell Cidwm bridge as there were more cars driving and parking badly than I ever remember seeing. I know where all the swivel eyed loons were this weekend!
I then set off to catch up with and overtake the train but the traffic made this virtually impossible so the next decent shot I got was of the train departing from Waunfawr. I gave up at this point and slowly made my way back to Harbour Station.
I finished the edit and uploaded the package to Youtube before leaving for home. Whether attracting more people to the area is a good idea I'm not sure but it's grey, wet and windy today but it is bank holiday Monday.
After this I went down to TYB and got some nice sunshine pics without trains in. Flowers and blue sky etc. I had lunch and when the up train arrived I climbed aboard.
I went up to Blaenau and back to TYB again but some clouds had gathered over the mountains so I didn't get as much footage as I'd hoped to.
That was Saturday and on Sunday the sky was just as blue so when I left home for work I paused at the Pen Llyn end of Llyn Padarn to get some shots of Snowdon and the lake. I then decided that as the there wasn't a cloud in the sky I'd go to Porthmadog via Rhyd Ddu and get some more Snowdon shots from there.
Once I got to Port I decided to upload yesterdays footage to the computer and do a quick edit before going out to chase the WHR trains. In Port the cloud had rolled in from the sea so I wasn't sure if I'd get anything worth looking at from up the line. However, I needn't have worried as the sun was doing its thing as soon as I got away from the coast.
The Aberglaslyn Pass was my first port of call because although maybe over done as a location, it is still a lovely place. Sure enough 138 chuffed and clanked into view heading down hill.
The next place I could find a place to park was the other side of Castell Cidwm bridge as there were more cars driving and parking badly than I ever remember seeing. I know where all the swivel eyed loons were this weekend!
I finished the edit and uploaded the package to Youtube before leaving for home. Whether attracting more people to the area is a good idea I'm not sure but it's grey, wet and windy today but it is bank holiday Monday.
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