Like the Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway, some thirty miles to the south, the Ganllwyd Tram was but a brief spark flung out of the white hot furnace of late Victorian industry and commerce. Looking at what little remains of the Ganllwyd Tramway today the casual observer could be forgiven for doubting that it ever existed.

Saturday, 25 September 2010

Field Trip

It's been a beautiful day, so after shopping in Dolgellau we headed towards Ganllwyd for a spot of research and photography. I love autumn when the dying embers of summer manage to warm, trees and bushes laden with fruit and berries and the sense of nature readying itself for the harshness of winter. Here's all this with the beauty of southern Snowdonia and a hint of the Ganllwyd Tramway's course in the bushes to the right of the road.

Pressing on further to the stretch under consideration for my model, I spent some time scrambling round this bridge trying to get a reasonable photo. The lush trees and undergrowth meant that there was only one viable angle, leading to a scramble over a wall and carefully picking my way through some scrub. Originally both road  and rail shared the bridge, though the road was more of a track than metalled highway, today only the road remains.


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