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steve turbo
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#41

9am ,cafe ,anybody late does the trip in the buff , 😮 ok maybe not 😉

llay101
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#42

"steve turbo" wrote:
9am ,cafe ,anybody late does the trip in the buff , 😮 ok maybe not ;D

Will make sure I'm late then Steve
:lol:

Rwy'n hoffi tyllau mawr

AlexA
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#43

Keen to do this trip, where is the meet up cafe ? Will any srt gear be needed?
Ok for taking photo's.

Alex

Willy Eckerslyke
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"steve turbo" wrote:
9am ,cafe ,anybody late does the trip in the buff , 😮 ok maybe not ;D

Do you mean 9am for a massive fry-up followed by an 11am start for a leisurely stroll up the hill?

"The true crimefighter always carries everything he needs in his utility belt, Robin"

steve turbo
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#45

"Willy Eckerslyke" wrote:

"steve turbo" wrote:
9am ,cafe ,anybody late does the trip in the buff , 😮 ok maybe not ;D

Do you mean 9am for a massive fry-up followed by an 11am start for a leisurely stroll up the hill?

thats the usual way these trips go :lol: can somebody tell alex a where the cafe is ,my car goes on auto pilot to it :thumbup:

Willy Eckerslyke
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#46

The cafe's between Tanygrisiau station (Ffestiniog railway) and the power station.
Turn off the main road by the field of dead tractors; immediately fork left; cafe car park on right after 1/2mile by end of lake.

Me/us, if running late, we'll head straight to the Cwm carpark...

Photos? Yup, bring as much gear as you feel like carrying.
SRT? For nutters only. Not needed for the sensible bits.

"The true crimefighter always carries everything he needs in his utility belt, Robin"

AlexA
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#47

Great, thanks for the info, will be there for my second breakfast 😉

dwarrowdelf
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#48

I have confirmed that we will now have a couple of other experienced people with us who are very keen to see Rhosydd
Should be fun. 😉

'I wonder how many breakfasts, and other meals we have missed inside that nasty clockless, timeless hole?'

'The Hobbit'
J R R Tolkien.

steve turbo
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#49

if we have time and energy ,we may look in conglog on way there or back .....if anybody interested 🙂

phil2895
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#50

"steve turbo" wrote:
if we have time and energy ,we may look in conglog on way there or back .....if anybody interested :)

Ye sounds good to :thumbup:

sinker
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#51

Just bumping up the thread one last time!
Thanks to Turbo for offering to guide :thumbup: and thanks to the others who have sorted out a map, directions etc

Seems like a good few of us will be attending?

So far I think there is, in no particular order:

Turbo Steve
Phil2895
AlexA
Blober
Dwarrowdelf + 2?
Llay101
Donstuart
Willy Eckerslyke
MHSaher
Hamster
Sinker

I think a couple of others fancied it but not confirmed? fjallvandring? Mudbeast?

Any more takers?

Assume that's it unless we hear different?

For anyone not sure, the meeting place is the Lakeside Café, here:

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=52.985583&lon=-3.965708&z=17.5&r=0&src=msa

at 0900 for a BIG breakfast 😉 or for anyone either running late or on a diet, meet up after breakfast at Cwmorthin car park, here:

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=52.989934&lon=-3.963354&z=17.5&r=0&src=msa

at around 1000-1030, depending on how long it takes to eat the breakfast :lol:

I'll be there by 0900 :angel: . Weather forecast looks "interesting" 😉

Yma O Hyd....

Willy Eckerslyke
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#52

We'll most likely head direct to Cwm carpark, so see you there.
(Margot, you have an email :thumbup: )

"The true crimefighter always carries everything he needs in his utility belt, Robin"

dwarrowdelf
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#53

It might be Dwarrowdelf + 3
Haven't confirmed the 3rd person yet
🙂

'I wonder how many breakfasts, and other meals we have missed inside that nasty clockless, timeless hole?'

'The Hobbit'
J R R Tolkien.

sinker
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#54

"Willy Eckerslyke" wrote:

We'll most likely head direct to Cwm carpark....

Running late? Diets? Or just "breakfast wimps"?? 😉

Yma O Hyd....

Willy Eckerslyke
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#55

"sinker" wrote:

"Willy Eckerslyke" wrote:

We'll most likely head direct to Cwm carpark....
Running late? Diets? Or just "breakfast wimps"?? 😉

Yes. :lol:

"The true crimefighter always carries everything he needs in his utility belt, Robin"

steve turbo
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#56

thanks sinker for putting that info on the trip :thumbsup: if i dont see you all at cafe i will see you all somewhere inbetween the cafe and rhosydd .... see you all tommoro :thumbup:

sinker
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#57

A big thanks to all for turning out on one of the wettest days of the year!
Nice to meet AlexA, Dwarrowdelf, Hamster and all the others that you brought along. A nice friendly group who all had a great time by all accounts. Hope you didn't mind that David, Margot and I disappeared on the SRT pitch for a while, it was too tempting to resist and we found a lovely old valve chamber up there which David has photographed for you all to see. Thanks to Turbo Steve for showing them around the Western half while we did that :thumbup:
As I mentioned, I will post something up later on regarding our trip on Thursday evening. 😉 All the London crowd are more than welcome to come along and make the most of your week in North Wales. See you all then :thumbup:

Yma O Hyd....

AlexA
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#58

Had a great time on this trip, was great to meet everyone, hopefully will do it again soon.
Will try and put some photos up this week.

Best.

Alex.

llay101
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#59

Sorry I didn't show up chaps, I got as far as Pentrefoelas and turned round due to the rain.

I fancied another look round Rhosydd but not enough to get **** soaked wet.

Rwy'n hoffi tyllau mawr

Willy Eckerslyke
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#60

It was nice to meet so many new faces. I thoroughly enjoyed the trip despite the weather (which could have been worse!)

"sinker" wrote:
...we found a lovely old valve chamber up there which David has photographed for you all to see.

It was a bit cramped for my 28mm lens:
🔗Rhosydd-Slate-Mine-User-Album-Image-94393[linkphoto]Rhosydd-Slate-Mine-User-Album-Image-94393[/linkphoto][/link]
We also saw this sheave wheel which is largely complete:
🔗Rhosydd-Slate-Mine-User-Album-Image-94394[linkphoto]Rhosydd-Slate-Mine-User-Album-Image-94394[/linkphoto][/link]
As you can see there was a lot of water coming out of a 9" pipe and running down the incline. Oddly, this doesn't flow through the blockage as the incline is dry below.

"The true crimefighter always carries everything he needs in his utility belt, Robin"