The Thursday Nighters - Diffwys 22nd Sept

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simonrl
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14 years ago

By popular demand 😉 this week will be a quick trip up to Diffwys.

Please don't expect a massive mine but we have a choice of Drum Boeth which has one of the nicest intact artifacts in Welsh slate and/or Diffwys Newydd. Each can be walked around in 15 minutes or so. But between that and the walk up and down, and the mill that should do for an evening :)

If anybody is really keen I'll bring a rubber dinghy and we can go boating in Diffwys Newydd. It's a mare of a job getting out of the boat though; and on the other side of the flooded chamber is... another flooded chamber. I had a near death experience in there a few years ago 😮

Meet up at 6.30 in the car park in the centre of Blaenau, the one with the little preserved loco and line of wagons.

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

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Barney
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14 years ago

Splendid!
Will there be time to do both??

simonrl
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14 years ago

"Barney" wrote:
Splendid!
Will there be time to do both??

Possibly, I'm easy, really don't mind what time I get back but will see what others think 🙂 Certainly would be time to go marching round both, but debateable if there'd be time if we go boating in Diffwys Newydd.

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

Corin
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14 years ago

llion, pick you up at 6:20 🙂

Llion
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14 years ago

"Corin" wrote:
llion, pick you up at 6:20 :)

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: good work fella

(thought you couldent come) :confused:

🅱Me... Back n Boogying ag wrth n modd

Llion
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14 years ago

And yes both mines :)

hmmm...dingys are good 😉

🅱Me... Back n Boogying ag wrth n modd

skimble
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14 years ago

All being well, sinker and I should be there tomorrow. I'll bring spare clothes in case I fall out of the dinghy ...

simonrl
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14 years ago

If anybody reads this in time and has any lying around - a bit of old carpet for dinghy landings would be a good idea.

If we get to go dinghying that is. Might take a point of view after Drum Boeth that there's only time for a quick look in Diffwys Newydd. But if somebody wants to take the dinghy and go for a look they're very welcome 🙂 Beyond the flooded chamber is a flooded chamber and beyond that - if anything- I have no idea!

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

hymac580c
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14 years ago

To go beyond the flooded chamber you have to abseil down from floor 3 to fl 5 which is the other side of the fall.
Might be an idea if anyone could do an srt which is approx. 30 metres. As I have not been there, but have chacked it out from the top of the chamber.
I will bring a rug for the boat. Our old boat has been in the water since 1993 when we had a puncture while attempting to land on the sharp slate. Water was bloody cold.
Weather is good at present.

Bellach dim ond swn y gwynt yn chwibian, lle bu gynt yr engan ar cynion yn tincian.

Strangely Brown
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14 years ago

#10

Sorry, I'm ill so not coming, hope you get this message in time and don't wait for me. Shame as Hymac580c's got me yearning for some SRT exploration 😞

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.

Barney
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14 years ago

#11

Excellent crew, great venue, thank you all! :thumbsup:

sinker
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14 years ago

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"Barney" wrote:
Excellent crew, great venue, thank you all! :thumbsup:

Agreed! Great night out! Got in about midnight! :lol: Good to meet you Barney :thumbsup:

Yma O Hyd....

Barney
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14 years ago

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"sinker" wrote:

"Barney" wrote:
Excellent crew, great venue, thank you all! :thumbsup:

Agreed! Great night out! Got in about midnight! :lol: Good to meet you Barney :thumbsup:

And you too!

Llion
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14 years ago

#14

yep a good nights mooch in a nice little mine that i hadnt been in before, ( and its only 3 miles away !!! )

good to meet a few new faces to put names to 😉

cheers Simon

🅱Me... Back n Boogying ag wrth n modd

hymac580c
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14 years ago

#15

Indeed it was a great night out in the mine with a good turnout.
Interesting to see the mine owners got their money's worth out of the mine with long chambers and having robbed a few pillars. Having being abandoned after a collapse in the entry tunnel. Most of the rails are still in place as they could not get to them. The tripod crane is still in good condition considering the damp atmosphere.
I bet everyone slept well last night..

Bellach dim ond swn y gwynt yn chwibian, lle bu gynt yr engan ar cynion yn tincian.

simonrl
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14 years ago

#16

Glad all enjoyed it :)

I do admit the scramble down into the pit was a bit more extreme than I remembered 😞 sorry about that. Being dark and foggy probably didn't help. Oddly climbing back out didn't seem as sketchy though.

Worth it for the mine though - a few really nice things to see and almost nobody goes there. It's not one of the "big name" mines!

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

sinker
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14 years ago

#17

Hi people. Not sure if anyone has any plans for tomorrow night, but it's unlikely that I'll be able to make it, unless it's very local and very quick! Sorry, but it's just been one of those weeks..... :curse: Next week I promise to attend :angel:

Yma O Hyd....