At the end of the day a small square section of the building still remained intact. Sunday was a lost day's work because of the train not being able to run due to high winds on the mountain. Mechanical problems and breakages also take their toll on the timetable. Problems that would easily be dealt with down in the valley are a little trickier to resolve at the top of Snowdon. Both the five ton Cat machine and the seven ton Kubota digger suffered broken hydraulic pipes and the battery started shorting on the Bob Cat.


The remaining section of the summit building.


Kevin Owen, Cat operator, repairing a burst hydraulic pipe on the pecker.

Adding to the unusual goings on at Snowdon's summit was the arrival of comedian, writer and actor Griff Rhys-Jones, being filmed for his new travelogue series on mountains. The sound crew had the unexpected challenge of trying to hear Griff above the cacophony of the demolition work. Griff was surprised at how busy the mountain was, especially considering it was mid-week.


Griff Rhys-Jones, being filmed for his forthcoming travelogue series on
mountains.


Suddenly there is a surprisingly large space where the building once stood.

Around 400 tons of the concrete rubble will remain at the summit and be re-cycled to use to fill-in the U-shaped concrete foundation units.