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The Dragon Ski (The Welsh Junior & Senior Ski Team) used to train here every year, based at Plas y Brenin, using the dry ski slope, dry cross country ski slope, local footpaths as running tracks and the training pool. The Dragon Ski Club was successful both in the UK but also abroad, culminating
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where he lived and would explore all of
Snowdonia, and in doing so compiled an unparalleled knowledge of the plant life in North Wales. Although he spent the first 40 years of his life as a quarry worker, he went on to become the colleague of academics. He was awarded the honorary degree of M.Sc.
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The valley contains the location of an unusual pisolitic ignimbrite. Very soon after eruption roughly spherical pilli - droplets of siliceous magma - of similar density to the ignimbrite fell into the still hot and fluid deposit. Later folding of the cooled and solid ignimbrite layer distorted the
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In the 1990s Esme Kirby established a low level walk along the length of the valley, starting from and returning to Capel Curig, via Gelli, which used to be the stagecoach Inn before becoming the Capel Curig Hotel, again changing its name to the Royal Inn around 1870. It is now
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The "Heritage Walk", produced by the "Friends of St. Julitta's Church" in Capel Curig, circumnavigates the whole village and takes about 3 hours. The photographs illustrate the scenery to be seen, when it's not raining.
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in winning the home championships beating, England, Scotland and
Northern Ireland, held in Val D'Isere, France. The club had at least six boys and one girl at international standard in downhill ski racing.
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