Pumped storage built in 1974 because of inflexible nuclear build out.
Prior to that, storage was in the coal stockpiles at the coal stations plus some run of river hydro
Prior to that, storage was in the coal stockpiles at the coal stations plus some run of river hydro
February 2, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Pumped storage built in 1974 because of inflexible nuclear build out.
Prior to that, storage was in the coal stockpiles at the coal stations plus some run of river hydro
Prior to that, storage was in the coal stockpiles at the coal stations plus some run of river hydro
How about a bit of NG7 for you today? Our range of Dinorwic slate wagons are available in Grey or Red and with or without sides and loads. Find a retailer: t.ly/retailers
January 30, 2026 at 12:34 PM
How about a bit of NG7 for you today? Our range of Dinorwic slate wagons are available in Grey or Red and with or without sides and loads. Find a retailer: t.ly/retailers
Top of B Trwnc Incline - Dinorwig (November 25)
📷Rolleiflex 2.8E
🎞️Ilford XP2-400
#photography #mediumformat #Rolleiflex #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #shootfilmbenice #ilfordphoto #beleiveinfilm #TLR #Wales #Eryri #slate #abandoned #Dinorwig #Dinorwic #quarry
📷Rolleiflex 2.8E
🎞️Ilford XP2-400
#photography #mediumformat #Rolleiflex #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #shootfilmbenice #ilfordphoto #beleiveinfilm #TLR #Wales #Eryri #slate #abandoned #Dinorwig #Dinorwic #quarry
January 12, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Top of B Trwnc Incline - Dinorwig (November 25)
📷Rolleiflex 2.8E
🎞️Ilford XP2-400
#photography #mediumformat #Rolleiflex #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #shootfilmbenice #ilfordphoto #beleiveinfilm #TLR #Wales #Eryri #slate #abandoned #Dinorwig #Dinorwic #quarry
📷Rolleiflex 2.8E
🎞️Ilford XP2-400
#photography #mediumformat #Rolleiflex #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #shootfilmbenice #ilfordphoto #beleiveinfilm #TLR #Wales #Eryri #slate #abandoned #Dinorwig #Dinorwic #quarry
Looking back down Dinorwig Cutting Shed - Australia Level (November 25)
📷Rolleiflex 2.8E
🎞️Ilford XP2-400
#photography #mediumformat #Rolleiflex #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #shootfilmbenice #ilfordphoto #beleiveinfilm #TLR #Wales #Eryri #slate #abandoned #Dinorwig #Dinorwic #quarry
📷Rolleiflex 2.8E
🎞️Ilford XP2-400
#photography #mediumformat #Rolleiflex #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #shootfilmbenice #ilfordphoto #beleiveinfilm #TLR #Wales #Eryri #slate #abandoned #Dinorwig #Dinorwic #quarry
January 11, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Looking back down Dinorwig Cutting Shed - Australia Level (November 25)
📷Rolleiflex 2.8E
🎞️Ilford XP2-400
#photography #mediumformat #Rolleiflex #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #shootfilmbenice #ilfordphoto #beleiveinfilm #TLR #Wales #Eryri #slate #abandoned #Dinorwig #Dinorwic #quarry
📷Rolleiflex 2.8E
🎞️Ilford XP2-400
#photography #mediumformat #Rolleiflex #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #shootfilmbenice #ilfordphoto #beleiveinfilm #TLR #Wales #Eryri #slate #abandoned #Dinorwig #Dinorwic #quarry
January 4, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Riding around the Dinorwic slate quarries, North Wales, in the late December sunshine. A great end to the year after the 2 months of rain we've just endured.
December 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Riding around the Dinorwic slate quarries, North Wales, in the late December sunshine. A great end to the year after the 2 months of rain we've just endured.
Some mid-Menai Strait interest off Port Dinorwic this afternoon with GNDiver (occasional here) on Anglesey side, Rasorbill (regular) , and Common Scoter (no surprise, but not usually a Strait bird... 1st in 12 years... star bird here!)
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December 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Some mid-Menai Strait interest off Port Dinorwic this afternoon with GNDiver (occasional here) on Anglesey side, Rasorbill (regular) , and Common Scoter (no surprise, but not usually a Strait bird... 1st in 12 years... star bird here!)
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@angbirdnews.bsky.social
#postcardadventcalendar
2. Contestants in the August Posing Competition: "Health & Strength on the Sands", Port Dinorwic, August 28, 1934.
2. Contestants in the August Posing Competition: "Health & Strength on the Sands", Port Dinorwic, August 28, 1934.
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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2. Contestants in the August Posing Competition: "Health & Strength on the Sands", Port Dinorwic, August 28, 1934.
2. Contestants in the August Posing Competition: "Health & Strength on the Sands", Port Dinorwic, August 28, 1934.
Here is the At A Closer Look Review of the Bachmann Dinorwic Slate Wagons
youtu.be/6vcdN5kA8ns?...
youtu.be/6vcdN5kA8ns?...
(75th Review) At A Closer Look The Bachmann Dinorwic Slate Wagon
YouTube video by JP Rail (Josh)
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Here is the At A Closer Look Review of the Bachmann Dinorwic Slate Wagons
youtu.be/6vcdN5kA8ns?...
youtu.be/6vcdN5kA8ns?...
When did whole system thinking become blasphemy? It was never fossil fuel v solar and or wind but moving from burning our great great grandparents to using sets of solutions including conservation heat networks geothermal tidal storage wave Dinorwic and solar thermal
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
When did whole system thinking become blasphemy? It was never fossil fuel v solar and or wind but moving from burning our great great grandparents to using sets of solutions including conservation heat networks geothermal tidal storage wave Dinorwic and solar thermal
Today's gate is the entrance into the Dinorwic slate quarry near Llanberis, North Wales
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Today's gate is the entrance into the Dinorwic slate quarry near Llanberis, North Wales
False. Waves, geothermal, retrofitting, energy management, heat networks, Dinorwic. Tidal storage
October 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
False. Waves, geothermal, retrofitting, energy management, heat networks, Dinorwic. Tidal storage
Diogelu 70 o swyddi mewn cwmni bwyd a “sicrhau dyfodol i ffermwyr”
Hybu Cig Cymru a chynghorydd lleol sy’n croesawu cytundeb i werthu Roberts of Port Dinorwic yng Ngwynedd
✍️ Efan Meilir Owen
Hybu Cig Cymru a chynghorydd lleol sy’n croesawu cytundeb i werthu Roberts of Port Dinorwic yng Ngwynedd
✍️ Efan Meilir Owen
Diogelu 70 o swyddi mewn cwmni bwyd a “sicrhau dyfodol i ffermwyr”
Hybu Cig Cymru a chynghorydd lleol sy’n croesawu cytundeb i werthu Roberts of Port Dinorwic yng Ngwynedd
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October 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Diogelu 70 o swyddi mewn cwmni bwyd a “sicrhau dyfodol i ffermwyr”
Hybu Cig Cymru a chynghorydd lleol sy’n croesawu cytundeb i werthu Roberts of Port Dinorwic yng Ngwynedd
✍️ Efan Meilir Owen
Hybu Cig Cymru a chynghorydd lleol sy’n croesawu cytundeb i werthu Roberts of Port Dinorwic yng Ngwynedd
✍️ Efan Meilir Owen
A fun bit of cad work today, finishing off variants of the Andrew Barclay E class that have been rattling around for a while, namely the start of the Penrhyn and Dinorwic Quarry variants
October 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A fun bit of cad work today, finishing off variants of the Andrew Barclay E class that have been rattling around for a while, namely the start of the Penrhyn and Dinorwic Quarry variants
Roberts of Port Dinorwic has been bought
Gwynedd food firm sold in deal that secures 70 jobs
Roberts of Port Dinorwic has been bought
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October 1, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Roberts of Port Dinorwic has been bought
Dinorwic Slate Mine, Llanberis, Gwynedd, abandoned 1969.
September 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Dinorwic Slate Mine, Llanberis, Gwynedd, abandoned 1969.
Does Dinorwic not exist? Waves? Tides? Geothermal? Energy management? Salt, HVDC, batteries? Solar thermal, heat storage, heat networks, passivhaus? What is happening in these discussions? Is whole system thinking anathema?
August 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Does Dinorwic not exist? Waves? Tides? Geothermal? Energy management? Salt, HVDC, batteries? Solar thermal, heat storage, heat networks, passivhaus? What is happening in these discussions? Is whole system thinking anathema?
as an aside:
is it a British youtuber? are they outside? are they going to a MASSIVE DISUSED QUARRY? is it Dinorwic? it is??? wow!! Dinorwic again!
is it a British youtuber? are they outside? are they going to a MASSIVE DISUSED QUARRY? is it Dinorwic? it is??? wow!! Dinorwic again!
being sick means watching a lot of YouTube and spotting pattens
to whit! oh boy! another:
✅ Gamer chair owner !
✅ Using an ultrawide monitor!
✅ Wearing a hideous distressed quasi-henley shirt thing!
✅ Doing a subpar Jacob Geller impression!
✅ Who gets basic facts wrong but confidently so!
yay!!!
to whit! oh boy! another:
✅ Gamer chair owner !
✅ Using an ultrawide monitor!
✅ Wearing a hideous distressed quasi-henley shirt thing!
✅ Doing a subpar Jacob Geller impression!
✅ Who gets basic facts wrong but confidently so!
yay!!!
August 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
as an aside:
is it a British youtuber? are they outside? are they going to a MASSIVE DISUSED QUARRY? is it Dinorwic? it is??? wow!! Dinorwic again!
is it a British youtuber? are they outside? are they going to a MASSIVE DISUSED QUARRY? is it Dinorwic? it is??? wow!! Dinorwic again!
Pumped storeage like Dinorwic was always the best option. France followed our lead when we with little corporate memory forgot.
August 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Pumped storeage like Dinorwic was always the best option. France followed our lead when we with little corporate memory forgot.
Contrasts on The Cob yesterday, SAR Garret No 87, Fairlie David Lloyd George and ex Dinorwic 0-4-0ST Velnheli.
August 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Contrasts on The Cob yesterday, SAR Garret No 87, Fairlie David Lloyd George and ex Dinorwic 0-4-0ST Velnheli.
Between The Cracks. Dinorwic Quarry, Wales, July 2025
#wales #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #blacknwhite #blacknwhitephotography
#wales #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #blacknwhite #blacknwhitephotography
August 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Between The Cracks. Dinorwic Quarry, Wales, July 2025
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#wales #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #blacknwhite #blacknwhitephotography
The Three Billy Goats Griff.
They are Welsh goats, which I spotted up near the Dinorwic slate quarry, above Llanberis.
#photography #goats #Wales
They are Welsh goats, which I spotted up near the Dinorwic slate quarry, above Llanberis.
#photography #goats #Wales
August 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Three Billy Goats Griff.
They are Welsh goats, which I spotted up near the Dinorwic slate quarry, above Llanberis.
#photography #goats #Wales
They are Welsh goats, which I spotted up near the Dinorwic slate quarry, above Llanberis.
#photography #goats #Wales
There once was a display of Constable paintings in the Electric Mountain building in Dinorwic. Then it was demolished. I remember buying a book of Constable in Wales there.
August 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
There once was a display of Constable paintings in the Electric Mountain building in Dinorwic. Then it was demolished. I remember buying a book of Constable in Wales there.
In The Shadows. Dinorwic Quarry, Wales, 2025
#blackandwhite #blacknwhite #blackandwhitephotography #blacknwhitephotography
#blackandwhite #blacknwhite #blackandwhitephotography #blacknwhitephotography
July 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
In The Shadows. Dinorwic Quarry, Wales, 2025
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#blackandwhite #blacknwhite #blackandwhitephotography #blacknwhitephotography