Snowdon's new summit building is close to practical completion, aside from the snagging - the list of items still requiring attention or any work that didn't meet the specification at the end of a building process. The focus is now on landscaping the grounds around it and adding the final touches to the train platform. All the scaffolding has been taken down and the fencing around the site removed, allowing an unobscured view of Hafod Eryri.


The southern end of the building where train passengers will exit if they wish to
go up to the summit.

There has even been some respite from the weather with the belated arrival of summer conditions. At least, this should make the final tasks easier and the workmen will be able to take away fresh memories, unsullied by rain and gales, of the incredible setting of this once-in-a-lifetime construction project.


Hafod Eryri in early morning light from just below the summit.


Landscaping and tidying up are one of the remaining tasks.

During the morning a shepherd paused at the summit, on his traditional gather to bring the sheep down-off the mountain to sort out the lambs. Cwm Llan below the southern end of the building, was filled with the sound of shepherds whistle-calls and barking dogs. Not entirely the pastoral idyll it sounds, since at times the shepherds had to compete to be heard above the noise of a military training helicopter buzzing around the cwm.


Shepherd from Hafod y Llan Farm gathering sheep.

More photos can be found in the September '08 photos folder on the left.