WHR1556 121019
A trip on the Welsh Highland Railway from Caernarfon to Porthmadog, 12 October 2019. A view from the 1000 Caernarfon to Porthmadog as it climbs towards Rhyd-ddu, looking down to Llyn Cwellyn, with 698m Mynydd Mawr (Big Mountain) on the left, whilst on the right the highest point is Moel Eilio (726 m).
Llyn Cwellyn is a reservoir, dammed at the north end, although this has not greatly enlarged the volume of water of this natural glaciated lake, which supplies water to much of Gwynedd and of Anglesey. It is quite deep, some 37 m maximum, and is home to the rare (at least for the UK) Arctic char as well as brown trout.
WHR1556 121019
A trip on the Welsh Highland Railway from Caernarfon to Porthmadog, 12 October 2019. A view from the 1000 Caernarfon to Porthmadog as it climbs towards Rhyd-ddu, looking down to Llyn Cwellyn, with 698m Mynydd Mawr (Big Mountain) on the left, whilst on the right the highest point is Moel Eilio (726 m).
Llyn Cwellyn is a reservoir, dammed at the north end, although this has not greatly enlarged the volume of water of this natural glaciated lake, which supplies water to much of Gwynedd and of Anglesey. It is quite deep, some 37 m maximum, and is home to the rare (at least for the UK) Arctic char as well as brown trout.