Amazing finds in abandoned places! Most preserved artefacts/ruins of Dinorwic Quarry

Exploring the peak of Dinorwic is not something I thought would be worth my time. Turns out, the best stuff is up there. Absolute blast exploring this rather untouched piece of history
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[@markmarzluf1]

Great Video! Although the sheer drop off view through the tunnel made my stomach flip. LOL. Watching Jealously from Ohio USA.

[@kadadventures]

Ah glad you liked it! There's so much history in the UK, many of us brits don't realise either. Lol yep the sheer drop together with the wind turns a walk from calm to exhilarating 😆

[@nickauclair1477]

Wow. Those people were great at working stone. Probably aliens.

[@kadadventures]

Lol it is quite amazing as you piece it all together to realise what an organised system it must have been

[@AussiePom]

No not aliens just very talented men as there was a very precise way of separating the rock they wanted (slate) from the rock they didn't want. They blasted the rock away which fell in huge boulders but it had to be blasted in such a way so as not to take all the strength out of it. So that when they hit the rock in the dressing sheds with a chisel it didn't just turn into dust. Dinoriwc Quarry finished operations commercially in 1969 and the men just walked away and never returned and today we see it almost exactly as they left it for with the passage of time it's now all slowly crumbling away.

[@AussiePom]

I was there in 2017 on an overseas holiday and I didn't climb over the fence and go deep into the quarry as I was on my own. I parked in the pay and display car park near to the Llanberis Lake railway and climbed the steep slate path up to the quarry. I then saw people riding bikes and wondered how to they get them up there and so I investigated the pathway and found the small free parking area just outside Dinorwic Village. Oh I was pissed off having near knackered myself on the very steep climb to the quarry from the car park walking up several of the old inclines. I vowed there and then that if I ever get back to North Wales I'm going to park just outside the village and save myself a lot of effort. Good video of an amazing place trapped in time.

[@kadadventures]

Ah that's a gutting story. I think I know where you parked and yes, not the best approach as its all uphill straight away. I started a third of the way up on this venture and I was knackered by the time I was at the peak. Hope one day before its all gone you might get to explore it again x

[@AussiePom]

@@kadadventures So glad I wasn't the only one and yes I'd love to go there again because although your video footage of it is excellent the sheer size of the quarry can't really be appreciated on video. There's also another old quarry/mine on the other side of Llanberis that nobody seems to go to. It can be easily seen from Dinorwic Quarry.

[@paulcomptonpdphotography]

I love Dinorwic Quarry, i have photographed it so many times... Please can you let me know where you started your walk in, as there are bits in your video i have not seen...

[@kadadventures]

Hey Paul, I too have been so many times but never seen this. Its all at the top of the mountain. I walked in from bus stop quarry then walked to the lookout, carried on through past Dali's hole then kept walking in that direction with snowdon on your right. There's a very steep track before dalis hole and a similar one that you are looking for if you carry on walking. You'll know you are close when you see a point hole in the ramp. Turn up the track. Just follow it up past the first big wheel house. When you get to the second wheel house is where I went left and the adventure begins

[@jameslucas5658]

Expensive climbing rope that one

[@kadadventures]

Not sure if you're joking or not?

[@joes0066]

awesome video and site,,, would have loved to see what it was like in operation,,, tks for the tour,,,

[@kadadventures]

Ah wouldnt that have been awesome. I stood there for ages looking at all those machines and trying to work out what they do and where the workers would have stood and how they worked...I love exploring history in its raw form like this ❤

[@joes0066]

@@kadadventures you made a great video,,,

[@aeddenwinter9340]

15:48 they probably used the power of 1 going down full to pull the other one up empty

[@kadadventures]

Oh wow. Never thought of that. How clear! You are clearly more engineer minded that me 🤪

[@wideyxyz2271]

Things to do when it rains in North Wales? Drive everywhere at 20mph and see how big a car conga line you can make!

[@kadadventures]

Loooool I know! I feel like I'm moving backwards with the new regulations 🤣

[@user-xq6me6pd7q]

Our country as in the UK is a rubbish tip. It matters not one jot how much it is cleaned or bins provided because we have an underclass who will dump anything and do it anywhere. And if it isn't just dimbos chucking stuff its the fly tippers too. Wouldn't it be good if we sealed all car windows for a start? Rant over!

[@kadadventures]

Lol, I feel your equal frustration. For me, even just knowing for the night that the top of that quarry was a little more cared for was enough for me. I can only hope those less respectful have less stamina to get up there 😆

[@snorlax4021]

11:01 That rope can't be from 1891, way more recent. Really interesting video tho, thnx.

[@kadadventures]

I had thought it looked newer but why would it have that tag?

[@michaelvaughn7137]

Need to change that disgusting music at the start I was half a second from changing the channel when it finally stoped !!!! Excellent on figuring out the pull system for the saw quite impressive. The pipes were cooling/lubricant water .

[@kadadventures]

Lol love your brutal honesty, duly noted ✅️ . And glad you stayed tuned in 😁. Glad someone was impressed with my brain workings 🤪