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crickleymal
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14 years ago

I've got a small dig going in the FoD in an iron mine. Yesterday as I was stacking spoil that we were taking out of the collapse I noticed that someone had scratched an arrow on the wall pointing in the general direction of out. Now given that the mine consists of one main level blocked at both ends and all the side passages are dead ends and the only way out is via a steel ladder propped against a wall you have to wonder about the mentality of people who need this sort of aid. :curse:

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Vanoord
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14 years ago

Sounds about right.

Usually there will be a trail of tealights as well.

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simonrl
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14 years ago

We have to be grateful for small mercies; that they didn't spray paint arrows - most likely one pointing in and one pointing out :curse:

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

Vanoord
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14 years ago

"simonrl" wrote:
We have to be grateful for small mercies; that they didn't spray paint arrows - most likely one pointing in and one pointing out :curse:

Ah the usual way of doing things - two sets of arrows that point in opposite directions, never fails to confuse! 😮

Hello again darkness, my old friend...

RJV
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14 years ago

Thought this was going to be a thread about my rigging when I saw the title.

There’s even some graffiti at a low point in Smallcleugh saying ‘watch head’ or similar. Would have thought that if you’d happened to have noticed the graffiti, you might have been equally likely to see the offending bit of rock in question that it happens to be written upon even were the graffiti not there…

Lister
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14 years ago

"Vanoord" wrote:
Sounds about right.

Usually there will be a trail of tealights as well.

You've spotted it too? :lol: Not easy to miss! You could always collect up all the aluminium cases & weigh them in, probably make a fortune 😮

....Lister;~)

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Roy Morton
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14 years ago

Any flip-flop prints and lager cans?

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crickleymal
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14 years ago

"Roy Morton" wrote:
Any flip-flop prints and lager cans?

No. It's just a tad too far from civilisation for your average lager drinker. I don't know who's been down there as it is fairly well hidden but the visits are fairly frequent. Moved ladders and the like, nothing's been taken just things moved a tad.

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simonrl
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14 years ago

"crickleymal" wrote:

"Roy Morton" wrote:
Any flip-flop prints and lager cans?

No. It's just a tad too far from civilisation for your average lager drinker. I don't know who's been down there as it is fairly well hidden but the visits are fairly frequent. Moved ladders and the like, nothing's been taken just things moved a tad.

Hmmm, in N Wales slate mines its WKD Blue bottles. Who takes WKD Blue down a mine? Come to think of it, who drinks WKD Blue?

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

NewStuff
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14 years ago

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"simonrl" wrote:

"crickleymal" wrote:

"Roy Morton" wrote:
Any flip-flop prints and lager cans?

No. It's just a tad too far from civilisation for your average lager drinker. I don't know who's been down there as it is fairly well hidden but the visits are fairly frequent. Moved ladders and the like, nothing's been taken just things moved a tad.

Hmmm, in N Wales slate mines its WKD Blue bottles. Who takes WKD Blue down a mine? Come to think of it, who drinks WKD Blue?

I find plenty of fresh lager/mild/bitter cans in most mines I venture into. If they want to kill themselves, let them, but they can at least take the crap out with them if they manage to survive instead of taking a pissed header off a 100ft ledge.

Searching for the ever elusive Underground Titty Bar.

DDDWH CC

stuey
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14 years ago

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"Roy Morton" wrote:
Any flip-flop prints and lager cans?

No, the mineral collectors are strictly confined to Cornwall.

Roy Morton
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14 years ago

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I Don't even like to drink the night before a trip.
I prefer a clear head and then any mistakes that are made after that are my own stupid fault and not the fault of too many sherbets the night before. Especially if it involved a serious accident to a third party.
Drinking beer underground???? :guns: :guns: :guns:

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"But I''m not Chinese!"
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