A lovely video Joss. Nothing moves me more than the sights of Dinorwig Quarry. It is a visual epitaph and historical testament to the tenacity of Welsh working quarry men. I remember my Taid speaking of the strike and its cause and how collections where made from a variety of union members across the country to aid and support the depraved quarry men's families through the troubles. It is the acts off welsh miners and quarry men who's unity assisted the evolution of safer working environments and the political and ethical movement to create standards of occupational health & safety within industries. I'm proud to say firstly I was born Welsh and secondly to embrace & celebrate the history and culture of Wales and its people !

Summit or Nothing brought me here and hasn't failed to impress simply stunning.

Joss, this video popped up and it's one of yours that I've not seen. Your passion for Snowdonia and North Wales is fantastic and your videos really capture the atmosphere of the area. I really like the music that you use too. Having watched this tonight, I'm really looking forward to getting back out in the Clwydians and Snowdonia and indeed, looking forward to seeing some uploads from you as restrictions are lifted and you can get back out. Keep up the great work. Alan

very nice scenery and I think there are still a lot of sharpening stones left around

Wow! What a place. I’ve not walked in any quarries as big as that but just walking through some piles of leftover slate near Llyn Cwellyn on my way up snowdon made me tiny. Thanks for sharing

Another excellent and quite haunting video. Well done Joss.

Not sure if you'll see this comment as the video is 2 years old, but my grandad and uncle once wild camped here, in one of the old mine buildings, and at night thought they could hear slate being moved or broken. Could've been sheep, but it scared them enough not to come back there to camp!

Watching for the 2nd time really interesting, so enjoyable to watch you,we also have walked most of these ,but must be great to camp Shirley and Ian🏕

Amazing,thanks so much..

Finally got up there yesterday - incredible place. I chickenned out of going up that incline you went up to find your spot, i used the wind and rain as an excuse.

Loved watching this video. Amazing sights and scenery. Fascinating to learn the history, thank you. Appreciated seeing the old photos of long-gone workers. Relaxing music. Well done.

Really excellent video. Thanks very much.

what an amazing place I really enjoy visiting ruins The old footage and photographs were a fantastic touch to your footage.some really wonderful views.What a great place for a wild camp.Take care Ana

Wow! Anhygoel eto!!(amazing again!) This just came up on my feed.. very timely as the news today is the old slate quarries are now on the UNESCO list!! Welsh slate mines join Grand Canyon, Taj Mahal and Great Wall of China as UNESCO World Heritage Sites I really enjoy your interesting and informative videos.. keep em coming!

Fabulous video !! I went to Bangor Uni in the 1980s and did the walks around Tryfan / Crib Goch - Absolutely amazing footage. Took me back to when I was 18 years old. Now 53 in Essex !! Keep hold of these precious memories and keep sharing them for people like me who can't get their anymore !! :-)

Cracking video Joss. What a fantastic location. Love the old footage cut in too and seeped in history. Bloody good video mate.

Absolutely awesome video mate and handy as well

great vid Joss historic place for sure

Wow what a wonderful place I love the old footage my late Father was a coal miner so can relate to there conditions and the date you showed on the building was the year he was born spooky.. Another amazing quarry I saw was on Anglesey a disused copper quarry . Wales is so beautiful I am in North wales every Sunday doing my hobby I am from Yorkshire myself but we had the mining community.

Plenty of rock and slate about and the red really stood out in the evening sun. I have seen a few of these American Military Ration packs before and got to say they do look dam tasty. The night skies at 12.19 were stunning, perfect clear night. Really hit on lucky with the weather...you sure you were in Wales lol! Cheers Alan

Cracking Footage Bud

Great video Joss, lovely photography and commentary. Looks like a great spot.

Awesome video

It’s an incredible place... great video 👍🏻 loved the Milkyway shot!!

What an amazing place Joss. So interesting and the scenery is breath taking. I have driven through Wales a few times and driven past these huge piles of slate. I creates such a surreal landscape that looks so fragile, as if it would all tumble down. Great video, well done. Lindsey

What an adventure! The place is so vast and looks like out of this world. You've done a great job in filming it. Bravo!

Fascinating vid Joss, learnt a lot there, and enjoyed the unusual but spectacular scenery. Thanks for posting. Rich.

Love your use of archive footage to really bring the history of this place alive Joss. Working conditions must have been dreadful, no health and safety in those days! Reminds me of Coniston Old Man and the quarries there, its like stepping back in time exploring the workers huts and finding equipment strewn everywhere. Great use of your surroundings to peg out your tent, and a slate kitchen top! What luxury! Lol! Really enjoyed this one. thanks mate. 👍👍👍

What a fantastic, historical, cinematic video Joss. Absolutely loved this video, that place looks absolutely stunning. Love it. Well edited buddy. Look forward to the next one. ATB Dave Outdoors 👍

We camped there in the early 90s and the rain lasted it down. A place that is steeped in atmosphere.

Awesome Joss. Liking the history you showed, very sad but very true. Welsh economy was based on extraction, coal, slate & copper. After extracting the solid heart from Wales, the employment vanished as quickly as the money went over the border. Great footage though Joss, informative and evocative equally. Diolch fy ffrind, dymuniadau da o Gymru 👍

Great in there....even better once you go over the fence 😉😉 as I’m sure you know....great video

Cracking vid as always Joss and what a fantastic place to explore. Love the little historical facts too very nicely done mate. Hope you're well, Steve

Absolutely stunning place Joss , full of history but need your wits about you when exploring. The weather looked just perfect for filming and wild camping TFS atb Dave...

Cool video mate! 👍🏼

Really good video Joss, what an amazing place, love the history and you presented that well. Much respect to those that worked there. I feel structures like that incline are on par with the pyramids when you think about all the labour that went into them in difficult terrain. Cracking wild camp too (bonus!) many thanks for sharing, nice one 👍

Brilliant video mate, stunning scenery, need to get myself out hiking more around Snowdonia. I'm new to wild camping but your videos have given me some good ideas where to go as its handy for me Snowdonia. Cheers :-)

beautiful place :) wish i could visit this place :) all the best mate :) tuned in for more

That was interesting Joss. Interestingly, I was up there a month ago and visited that Caban at the top which does indeed contain old miners clogs and bits and bobs. Its obviously used as a bothy as there's a stove in there and people are obviously staying there. I was with the climber John Redhead which as you've climbed you will have heard of as he made some of the hardest routes of the day in the quarries. He showed me an interesting way to the caban. We squeezed down a narrow gap as the base of a cliff which came out into a tunnel. That in turn led to-I think it was the Australia quarry?- From there it was a long scramble over huge blocks. Eventually we reached the final two tiers where the fun really begins! Old rusty ladders are bolted into the sheer walls. The final tier requires you to step across from one ladder to another which is at 90o degrees to the one you are on. The top ladder has missing supports and is tethered by an old climbing rope so it twangs as you climb it. At one stage I put my foot on a rung...which wasn't there!. As you are several hundred feet above the quarry floor its 'interesting! When you emerge at the top you are a few feet from the top caban. There's an easy way up/down which we went down which has a name which sounds like something from Lord of the Rings? Just a long walled incline. If you've climbing experience you'd enjoy what I called 'the rusty ladders of death!' I though it might make an interesting vlog. Sending up the drone and filming an ascent of said ladders looking down. So you get the full impact of the exposure.Might do it on a good day.

Fantastic video !!! thanks for sharing. atb

solid vid dude! awesome balance between, history hiking and beautiful cut aways. really enjoyed it chucked you a sub and lookforward to seeing your future vids. happy trails bro

Great film and looks an amazing place to explore.

Absolutely loved that video Joss! Very interesting history and information. Your music choice and editing of it worked really well too. Looked very dangerous in parts so you've obviously got be very careful. Many thanks for making and sharing this. ATB - Ben

great video Joss, got a feeling the place better and felt a bit dangerous there with the sudden drops

Super video joss. What fantastic views and interesting history you shared. I always wonder how half the mountains are pronounced so learn a lot from you. Thanks for sharing ATB Andy.

I found the bate room very evocative Joss. I could see them there having their bate like I would on a good few work sites. You certainly illustrated the risks of this manual work clearly. Good to here the MRE was alright when you finally settled down for your own break. I gotta say I loved the graf there 1943. Wow, during the war! That was interesting. I was up Pimlimon the other week looking at the lead mines. They sure did work hard. Great video Joss. Enjoyed that. Mark

What a stunning place! So much history, amazing how the landscape has been molded by industry over the years! Fantastic area to wild camp! Thanks for sharing 😀👍😀👍

Such a cool place, with that little element of danger...thanks for bringing us along!

An excellent video. You're truly a rising KZfaq star mate. The effort you've put into this video is very much appreciated!

Very well made Joss ! A lot of history and such a incredible landscape! Getting those rock out of there was hard work , people won their heaven ! ATB From Boisbriand Québec Canada 🇨🇦 Hélène et Serge 💑 👍😉🏔🎥

Simply amazing place. I have to visit it as soon as possible. Great video, one of the best I watched.

What an awesome video... what an amazing place... great for a getting some stunning photographs... just awesome 👍

Been many times over the years .It use to be very bleak in the 70's >The ground can be a issue for pegs .But as you found.Plenty of slate to assist !

Cracking video and what a place to explore and spend a night in. Music worked well too. 👌🏼 Cheers Robin

Brilliant film. Looks fascinating. I'm back home in Conwy in a couple of weeks so will get there to explore. Thanks for sharing.

What a place! Another great video thanks for making it. I wonder how much the footfall will increase now its UNESCO World Heritage. I'll certainly visit soon.

Can't get enough of snowdonia! Think we where in The quarry at a similar time too. Great video joss ✌️

Brilliant that Joss matey been a while since I’ve been there that rail track used to go straight across and people used to walk over it 😲 (snakes and ladders) thanks for taking me back 👍 proper enjoy it take care hope to see ya soon ATB

'What a place ' is a pretty apt description 🙂. Looks fantastic and very atmospheric I reckon. Reminds me of the Coniston Fells in the Lake District. Great film Josh 👍

It goes to show what and how much it took to build your community and many other’s. Fascinating vid, Joss. Very educational and beautiful scenery too. Interesting place to explore & camp. Atb Mari

Cracking video joss you captured the area well lots of history also looked a bit doggie in some places but you covered the safety well atvb jimmy 😎 😎

Peaceful location with splendid views, excellent footage as always buddy. Keep up the good work atb Martin 👍

Fantastic video. Love your filming style. My nephew and I watched this together today. He is only 4 and he was very concerned about the derelict buildings.

Great video, subbed!

Awesome video mate, like watching a documentary on TV , really well presented and filmed, lots of interesting info and amazing scenery, it's a stunning location that. you have to keep your wits about you as you said, really atmospheric with the music and scenery, great video mate 👍 ATB

Beautiful spot there Joss, love the history lesson about the quarry and buildings. Shame you can't bring tons of slate down with you, there probably a lot of value still left up there. Cracking images as always, really enjoyed this. Lee

Spot on bud yet again a great vid thanks for sharing atb Dafydd

Hey Joss great video. I used to spend time up around the quarry, Llanberis Pass, Cromlech Boulders and Cenotaph Corner back in 1975-8 ish. It is lovely up/down there. Thanks for making this video. It brought back a bunch of fond memories. Can I ask where you found the collapsible pot/kettle with lid please? Keep up the good work! ;-)

Great film as ever Joss and very informative. I might have to take a look around there 😉. TYFS ATB Jiffy 👍🏻

Hey Joss, what a stunning place, just think how bloody long it must have took to build some of them structures. Great camera work there mate. Cheers, Ant 👍

Great video, very interesting. Would have loved to have seen that hidden cabin, shame it's beyond reach now

No way, we was literally here the other day! Such an awesome place isn't it :-)

nice video . where you get MRE American Military Ration Meal

looks like a place out of lord of the rings!

Hi Joss. Fantastic place to explore. Ive not done it yet, but i did a video, and some history of the Llanberis RAF bomb storage site, just across the road from where you are. Its in the `war stuff `section of my channel ( just in case your interested) keep them coming Mate ..

Can I just say I live next too dinorwic quarry I bike there everyday with my friends😂

I'm a proper Welsh girl 👍🏻😂