Trip report - of sorts!
Location: Cwt y Bugail Slate Quarry
Suspects: Blober, Corin, Hymac580c, Llion, Willyeckerslyke, Pingu, SimonRL, Sinker
The main objective of the evening was to get thoroughly damp and miserable by investigating the outby end of the C floor adit, accessed from this very nice arched portal:
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Sinker had already waded to the end of this level and assured us we were guaranteed special ladies, a entire stable of calcified horses and a quarry loco still in steam...
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Unfortunately it delivered tummy-deep artic water, a decidedly iffy roof and a blockage.
So we headed off to the pit and the lower section of chambers - 2 of which are open to daylight.
I'd not been to CyB for years, and managed to miss most things of interest last time around.
A few piccies...Eastern-most chamber - see if you can spot the stitch-drilled bit:
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Playing with magnesium ribbon lighting:
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A few artifacts...Feathers:
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Remains of a crane:
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Small air receiver?
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Heading deeper in...Rubbish wagon:
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Junction (there is some false floor here):
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Terminal collapse:
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Loaded slab wagon:
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Back to the mill...Lined section of level:
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Followed by pizza, tea and cake :thumbsup:
Could you ask for more on a winter Thursday evening?
my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by