At 7a.m. just under eighty workmen boarded the train for Snowdon's summit, with a 12-hour day ahead of them. The kitchen area of the cafe has its units in place and the shopfitters, Arthur Hapgood Ltd from Kinmel Bay, have started fixing Welsh oak hand-machined slats to the birch plywood panels. The slats or strips are of various sizes to mirror the stone-work on the outside of Hafod Eryri and the differing depth is intended to create an interesting shadow effect.


Hafod Eryri from the new summit steps leading down to the rear of the building.


Oak slats are being fitted to the birch ply lining the cafe's interior walls.

Up on the roof, Stone Central, are managing to add around seventy-five granite blocks to it each day; weather allowing of course. When the roof is completed it will be made up of nearly 4000 pieces of stone. The official opening of Snowdon's new summit building will not be before September. And if the weather in July and August turns inclement then it will be pushed back further.


The roof is made up of nearly 4000 carefully fitted granite blocks.

This Saturday, on the longest day of the year, lead singer of The Alarm, Mike Peters, is planning to repeat his successful 2007 fund raising (Love Hope Strength Foundation UK) ascent of Snowdon (here) by leading a group of nurses, doctors, fans and supporters to the summit and performing an acoustic concert.


The southern end of Hafod Eryri.