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Bethesda has been evacuated, along with farms in the Nant Ffrancon valley following the sudden eruption of Carnedd y Filiast, an extinct volcano at the end of the Glyderau. The ash plume from the eruption is expected to disrupt flights over the Easter holiday. Some dramatic pictures here:
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In reply to Removed Userysingo:

Very good!

In reply to Removed Userysingo:
Woah! Have the SanSeriffe MR been notified yet?

In reply to Removed Userysingo: Fab.

In reply to Removed Userysingo:
I told Mrs. Num Num not to drop that fag end.

In reply to Removed Userysingo:

Very good

Have you seen the latest news in the Guardian? Shaun Ryder to be a special advisor to David Cameron.....

In reply to Removed Userysingo:

Perfect timing.

In reply to Removed Userysingo:
Oh lordy, some needs to set up a facebook group to pray for the residents

Good effort

In reply to Removed Userysingo:
Is there any lava in the Llanberis Pass? Me and Mrs Num Num were going there today for our Sunday lunch at Pen y Pas cafe.

In reply to thin bob:

I think most posters on here will be too young to remember Sans Seriffe!

In reply to birdie num num:

Just Lava bread.

In reply to Removed Userysingo:

That's good. Only question is will the residents notice?

In reply to Removed Userysingo: Property prices will have risen, then...

T.

In reply to Pursued by a bear:

Don't they drop during volcanic eruptions? Anyway get ready - Snowdon's going to go next. That burst of steam is not the Snowdon Railway...

In reply to Removed Userysingo:
I don't think folk realise the gravity of the situation unfolding in Bethesda, your photos are pretty conclusive. Thanks for posting.

In reply to Removed Userysingo:

It seems now that there is concern that the ash cloud will affect Easter holiday flights. Iceland airports will be particularly badly hit.

In reply to Removed Userysingo:

Oh no! What happened to that poor dog?

In reply to abseil:


In most places, yes. However, the eruption has now improved the Bethesda area so much in comparison to the pre-eruption days that it is going to become a much more desirable area.

T.

In reply to deepsoup:
The dog is coated in lava

In reply to Pursued by a bear:

What, improved the Miami of North Wales? The Venice of Gwynedd? The Paris of the north? (etc) Hard to believe...

In reply to abseil: I know, I know. But sometimes the only way to improve on perfection is to cover it in several hundred feet of molten rock.

T.

In reply to Pursued by a bear:
>...cover it in several hundred feet of molten rock...

What?! Could my cultural anchor really be gone? Oh, how I'm going to miss those glorious endless summer days in Bethesda, wandering through the Latin Quarter chatting to the pavement artists... sipping a cappucino in a pavement cafe before catching an early evening opera... the art galleries... the museums... the old city... the cathedrals... the hanging gardens... sob...

(PS I've been at the rum to drown my grief. I blame the Lemming)