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Vanoord
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http://www.outdooradventureactivities.com/gallery/cc4.html

http://www.outdooradventureactivities.com/gallery/cc6.html

http://www.outdooradventureactivities.com/gallery/cc3.html

http://www.outdooradventureactivities.com/gallery/cc1.html

The dip of the vein looks like Ffestiniog, but I stand to be corrected... :)

The website belongs to someone who offers 'adventure' holidays and is featured (rather briefly) in this month's FHM magazine (I'll hasten to add that this was shown to me rather than found by me!).

The 'underground exploration' description is thus:

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This is one of the more popular activities but usually after the activity rather than before !

Yes I know you could never go pot holing because your claustrophbic! But wait a minute this is an underground experience.

So what is the difference? Well we don't squirm along tight wet passageways.

We can explore the tunnels and huge underground chambers quarried out by the slate quarry men of the last two hundred years.

Its also possible to see how they quarried the rock and the difficult conditions they worked in deep underground.
There is real industrial archeology as well as an adventure experience.

It could also be described as climbing a mountain underground. Of course if you want more of a challenge we can do more exciting things like an underground abseil or we can take you to find you some tighter passageways like the "cheesepress." If you want more of an adrenalin buzz.

The 'two hundred years' interests me as I struggle to think of many substantial underground workings that were active that far back... ::)

Hello again darkness, my old friend...

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Captain Scarlet
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16 years ago

Wrysgan?

STANDBY FOR ACTION!!!!...

Mr.C
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16 years ago

"Colonel Mustard" wrote:
Wrysgan?

Can't be miles away 😉

We inhabit an island made of coal, surrounded by a sea full of fish. How can we go wrong.......

kate tyler
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16 years ago

thats what i thought judging by the back drop...

Boomer

DylanW
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16 years ago

Looks like Wrysgarn to me too!

A sibrydodd yn welw ei wedd, rhowch garrag las ar fy medd, o chwaral y Penrhyn, lle''r euthym yn blentyn i''r gwaith.

Brakeman
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16 years ago

Definately Wrysgan going by this photo

[photo]Wrysgan-Slate-Mine-User-Album-Image-005[/photo]

and the last photo link in Vanoords first post

http://www.outdooradventureactivities.com/gallery/cc1.html

The management thanks you for your co operation.

stevem
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16 years ago

Yep deffo Wrysgan.
Also that danger sign is on the incline that goes up to the tunnel thru the hill up to Wrsgan.

May the fleas of a thousand camels infest the crotch of the person who
screws up your day and may their arms be too short to scratch.

Vanoord
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16 years ago

Ta folks! :flowers:

It had a Festiniogy feel to it and now I can work out the roads up to Tan-y-Grisiau on the pic taken at the top of the mine.

I've only been to Wrysgan the once, and then not to the top of the incline where that pic was taken 😞

I guess it's logical that people are being taken to one of the certified mines in north Wales. Still not sure about the 200 year-old claim though - Wrysgan seems to have first been worked in the 1830's and some sources describe that as 'scratchings', so presumably it was a little after that before comprehensive underground work commenced.

Hello again darkness, my old friend...

AndyC
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16 years ago

:offtopic: I think they should sack the photographer.

Been injured while at work and are not to blame?

Get over it.

Vanoord
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16 years ago

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"AndyC" wrote:
:offtopic: I think they should sack the photographer.

I wasn't going to mention it, but the pics have a very historic 1980s feel to them 🙂

Hello again darkness, my old friend...

grahami
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16 years ago

#11

"Vanoord" wrote:

"AndyC" wrote:
:offtopic: I think they should sack the photographer.

I wasn't going to mention it, but the pics have a very historic 1980s feel to them :)

Oi! :guns:
(Not that they're mine, but most of mine date from around then...)
Grahami

The map is the territory - especially in chain scale.

ttxela
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16 years ago

#12

I wonder where the "cheesepress" is?

AndyC
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16 years ago

#13

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Oi! :guns:
(Not that they're mine, but most of mine date from around then...)
Grahami

I am particularly grateful that you did take them.

Been injured while at work and are not to blame?

Get over it.

Vanoord
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16 years ago

#14

"grahami" wrote:
Oi! :guns:
(Not that they're mine, but most of mine date from around then...)
Grahami

I did wonder if my remark might be taken the wrong way!
😉

I shall merely cite the following photo in my defence - proof that some 1980s photographers produced results of the highest quality:

🔗Croesor-Slate-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-36525[linkphoto]Croesor-Slate-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-36525[/linkphoto][/link]

;)

Hello again darkness, my old friend...

grahami
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16 years ago

#15

😞

The map is the territory - especially in chain scale.