While the poor excuse for a summer over the last three weeks has hindered work on the outside of Hafod Eryri, the internal works are now close to completition. The floor tiling and toilet areas are finished while most of the oak slats on the interior walls have been fitted.


Most of the oak slats have now been fitted inside the cafe area.

On Tuesday it is planned to start adding the fabric drape ceiling. Around the same time the diesel generators should be commissioned so that the building will have power; with the warming benefit of underfloor heating for the workmen, as opposed to relying on a cramped portacabin to provide some relief from being exposed to the elements at the top of a 1085m mountain all day long.


Hafod Eryri with three-quarters of the roof now finished.

Edwyn Roberts, Assistant Site Manager, described the weather last week as particularly atrocious with a bitter biting wind and yesterday, even hail. Today was the first decent day in a long while. On the busiest day last week two trains took 82 workmen to the summit.


Edwyn Roberts with perhaps the most relevant 'interpretation' flooring tile for
the workmen on Snowdon's summit.

At the end of this week an official statement on the progress of Hafod Eryri's construction is expected. When Carillion last addressed the media, on April 21st, they said there was twelve weeks worth of work left to do.


Building up the exterior granite cladding with an improvised wind-break.