Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)

[Hugo]

Aberglaslyn Pass?  Fisherman's path?

That's a very good guess ME, you're so close but nowhere near either, if that makes any sense.   

[Hugo]

Another photo of the walkway

[DaveR]

I'll take a Yorkie Wild Guess at the gorge at Dolgarrog?

[Hugo]

I'll take a Yorkie Wild Guess at the gorge at Dolgarrog?

That is a wild guess Dave but still not correct.     I'll milk this a bit more before I give another clue as we only found it when we went off the regular path thanks to a walking book from 1887

[Hugo]

     I meant 1987 not 1887 if that helps?

[Hugo]

Not too far away but where is it and what was it used for?

[Gwynant]

                 Just got back from a good day's walking and this one is still not solved! After seeing the today's pics I'll hazard a guess at the Afon Conwy near the Fairy Glen, or somewhere on the Afon Llugwy near the Miner's Bridge.

[Hugo]

That's two good guesses Gwynant and they are both wrong.     

I would have thought that you would have got it because you must have been there or thereabouts.       I know that you were less than 50 yards away on one of your outings.     

[Hugo]

It took us a bit to find it too.

[Gwynant]

                 Is it on the Afon Llugwy downstream from Pont-y-Pant?

[Hugo]

It's downstream from Pont Y Pant but it's the Afon Lledr and the location is the Lledr Gorge so well done Gwynant,       

 That's the easy bit, so for the second part of the question,  what is the walkway for exactly?       

The walkway is a series of boards and at the end of them is a rusty metal ladder that is bolted to the rock face and goes vertically up the face, hope that helps you to find the 2nd answer.

[Hugo]

Here's a reminder photo that may help you to work it out

[Cambrian]

A wild guess Hugo.  Could it be a sort of fish pass for salmon ?

[Gwynant]

               I have never been down to the gorge, in fact I never knew it existed so I assume that when you said I was "50 yds away on one of my jaunts" I assume you meant driving past on the A470! Cracking clue! I actually found the spot on Google maps by pinpointing the wooden chalet in the meadow on the riverbank. As to the use of the walkway was it to provide access to the river for salmon fishermen/poachers when the gorge was in spate?

[Hugo]

Well done again Gwynant.            The walkway was for the Salmon fishermen, they climbed down the metal ladder and fished from that platform above the river.
The walkway only goes along that rock face but there is a deep pool all along underneath that walkway and apparently it was a good spot to catch the Salmon.
I don't know if they sat down on it or stood up while they were fishing but the platform isn't that wide.
I know that you went to Blaenau for a walk so if you didn't go along this walk, then the train and A470 are both about 50 yards away!