Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid)

[SparklySarah]

Here are some pictures i promised to ut up a little while ago and finally got around to doing!!

The roots of the trees along the lake shore were all like this from the water washing the soil away:


Views over the lake:
















And finally the old train station (it's a 1/4 gauge line):


They were all taken with my phone camera, but seem to be quite good quality. Hope you like them!

Sarah

[Hedge Witch]

Hi Sarah, Great shots. What a lovely place.

The lake itself is steeped in legend. There is supposed to be a Nessie-type monster and the "Gwyniad", a whitefish, which is said to be a kind of land-locked herring and dates back to the Ice Age.

[No.9 Spider]

...........and it wasn't raining . I don't think I've ever been there when it wasn't persisting down.



No.9 Spider

[Davy Crockett]

Phone camera ! iv'e just got a Canon 40D why i ask my self!!!!!

[SparklySarah]

Originally Posted by No.9 Spider

...........and it wasn't raining . I don't think I've ever been there when it wasn't persisting down.



No.9 Spider

It was lovely when we got there for the first three days. After that it was torrential rain and thunderstoms :S The wind was so bad that it was too dangerous for me to go out for a solo sail in the lazer. Those pics were taken on the first few days and rare gaps in the rain

[SparklySarah]

Originally Posted by Davy Crockett

Phone camera ! iv'e just got a Canon 40D why i ask my self!!!!!

It's only a 3.2megapixel camera but it's pretty good. Got some really nice sunset pictures

[Pete Collins]

Lovely photos Sarah - I was amazed when you said they were taken with your phone camera!

[gareth plas]

I live a short distance from the lake, and I canoe and kayak on it regularly.

The roots of those trees are covered for a lot of the time in the winter, they are generally on display in the Summer and are stunning!

The lake can get wild in the teeth of a storm, especially blowing from the west, and many a time I have surfed from the west to the est in my kayak.

being a glacial lake it is quite deep, and as is mentioned, is home to the gwyniad which is indeed a landlocked herring, present in only a few locations.

I believe the environment agency are currently looking at breeding the species locally with a view to supporting those in the lake, as, there is a problem with nitrate pollution right down in the depths.

Last year in November I decided not to paddle there. we had had a few warm, still days, and the lake was covered in blue green algae, ughhhhhhhhhhh.

Another spinoff I think, of washed out fertilisers.....

For those of you inspired by the pictures, there is a very nice campsite where the trees are growing.....

Gareth