Our students at Ysgol Y Rhos enjoyed a visit to Capel Celyn. Capel Celyn was a rural community to the northwest of Bala in Gwynedd, Wales, in the Afon Tryweryn valley. The village and other parts of the valley were flooded in 1965 to create a reservoir, Llyn Celyn, to supply Liverpool and Wirral with water for industry. At the time, the village was one of the few remaining that were Welsh speaking. The flooding of the village was controversial as Liverpool City Council did not require planning consent from the local Welsh authorities as the reservoir was approved via an Act of Parliament.
Our students witnessed the valley in drought due to the hot weather we experienced in the summer and got to see the ruins.