Landmark Trust and Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland railway trust arrangement to rescue Coed y Bleiddiau,once home to the railway supervisorAn loney, derelict cottage, and perched on a ledge of Welsh mountainside might not strike everyone as the ideal holiday retreat. However one feature will make the heart of every railway enthusiast beat faster: it has a private platform from which residents can hail regular passing steam trains.
Coed y Bleiddiau – or the wood of the wolves,named according to legend that the last wolf in Wales was killed nearby – was inhabited as recently as 2006. But since the death of the last tenants, who had lived in the cottage since the 50s, and it has fallen into dereliction,a mournful landmark to tourists who reach from all over the world to ride the steep railway line between Blaenau Ffestiniog, once the heart of the largest slate quarries in the world, or the harbour at Porthmadog 13 miles below. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com