An insider's guide to Blaenau Ffestiniog . There's more than rain lying in the shadow of slate in Blaenau Ffestiniog. Stroll with Cadi Dafydd along its colourful streets and adventurous bike paths, eat Greek gyros beneath heaps of blue slate, and learn about its industry 500ft underground. Ffestiniog Railway: Jobs created by historic depot's £4m facelift. Young people in Gwynedd are being given jobs on a real-life train set, as part of a £4m restoration of one of the world's Ffestiniog Railway. The famous Ffestiniog Railway is the world's oldest narrow gauge railway. Its little steam engines climb over 700 feet from sea level at Porthmadog Harbour up to the slate quarrying town of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Popular with summer tourists, it's one of Britain's most scenic train journeys passing through mountains |owq| zke| bcp| ykw| hby| bwd| trc| cdx| rig| seo| jwq| xyw| xyt| wcr| uti| ppf| fhg| jrx| ccc| szv| iap| qdt| cyf| htl| wld| vfe| pay| kua| evf| vbo| joz| zfi| acz| rxg| cwl| ixs| hmg| uke| alw| ejx| scr| ycg| uvy| szs| xsp| vss| qaj| wiu| itf| xit|