Thursday nighters (western division) 5th april

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simonrl
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13 years ago

How about a visit to Ceunant Copper Mine this coming Thursday?

I'll PM Roy and ask about the extent of the SRT and if it's feasible for an evening trip.

Hopefully the fires at Rachub will have gone out by then!

http://www.aditnow.co.uk/album/Cwm-Ceunant-Slate-Mine-User-Album/

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

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4737carlin
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13 years ago

Can you find out if there is any water in this mine to be waded through or if it is relatively dry, cheers Simon

sinker
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13 years ago

"4737carlin" wrote:
Can you find out if there is any water in this mine to be waded through or if it is relatively dry, cheers Simon

If it's wet I'll give you a piggy back!

Ceunant sounds good, I vote for that :thumbsup:

Yma O Hyd....

Llion
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13 years ago

Ceunant is fine with me :thumbsup:

Phil, you need to go into Blaen y Cwm, loads to see, well worth the effort of getting damp feet
:lol:

🅱Me... Back n Boogying ag wrth n modd

sinker
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13 years ago

"Llion" wrote:

Ceunant is fine with me :thumbsup:

Phil, you need to go into Blaen y Cwm, loads to see, well worth the effort of getting damp feet
:lol:

Iawn mate, next time we have a couple of hours to spare we can pop back up there? If you don't want to get wet again you can give me directions and wait out side in the dry :lol: :lol:
What was the going rate for a piggy back? Wasn't it a million pounds??! 😉

Yma O Hyd....

simonrl
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13 years ago

Roy's sent me a detailed description of Ceunant. It's on 3 levels. Looks relatively easy to find, perhaps 15 to 20 minutes walk from the road leading off the A5 at the Life Foundation.

Roy said to go in on the middle level, a traverse to rig with some interesting passage at the other end, then a 50' abseil to the bottom level.

Pitch, and bottom level, are 'wet' 😉 Whether that means damp or neck deep we shall have to find out :thumbup:

Want a go at it? Llion, Sinker, Skimble? Anyone else?

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

sinker
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13 years ago

Well done, and thanks Roy :thumbsup:

Count me in :thumbsup:

Is there anywhere to park if you take the Roman Road down as far as the junction with the cycle track back towards Penrhyn Quarry? Otherwise meet by the Life Centre. Is the "Flame Of Peace" still burning? Or did the "Gas Bill Of Life" arrive? 😉
1800 ok for everyone?

Skimble? :thumbup:

Yma O Hyd....

simonrl
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13 years ago

The flame still burns 🙂 So to speak!

18:00 at the Life place, and then see if we can find somewhere closer to park sounds a plan :thumbsup:

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4737carlin
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13 years ago

Ill be coming 😎

skimble
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13 years ago

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"sinker" wrote:
Skimble? :thumbup:

I can't even get by to the centre of Bethesda by bus by 18:00 :curse:

sinker
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13 years ago

#11

"skimble" wrote:

"sinker" wrote:
Skimble? :thumbup:

I can't even get by to the centre of Bethesda by bus by 18:00 :curse:

Would a door to door taxi service help? 😉
PM or text me and we will arrange :thumbsup:

Yma O Hyd....

Llion
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13 years ago

#12

Yep im in, just need to kmow where we park, and what the hell your all on about with a life flame ???????????

🅱Me... Back n Boogying ag wrth n modd

simonrl
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13 years ago

#13

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Bangor&hl=en&ll=53.155482,-4.040115&spn=0.008132,0.01884&sll=51.89353,-8.468452&sspn=0.133904,0.301437&oq=bangor&t=h&hnear=Bangor,+Gwynedd,+United+Kingdom&z=16

Then find somewhere closer to the mine to park!

It's something called the Life Foundation. No idea what they do there. But there's flame burning outside in a glass thingy, an eternal flame would you believe 😉

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

JohnnearCfon
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13 years ago

#14

"simonrl" wrote:
It's something called the Life Foundation. No idea what they do there. But there's flame burning outside in a glass thingy, an eternal flame would you believe ;)

I wonder what the carbon foot print for that is over a year? :lol:

JohnnearCfon
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13 years ago

#15

BTW did you go to Moelwyn Zinc Mine last week?

Llion
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13 years ago

#16

Thanks Simon, but that link only gives me Bangor grrr im working off my fone, pc is dead 😞 do I come through Bethesda ??

🅱Me... Back n Boogying ag wrth n modd

martymarty
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13 years ago

#17

"Llion" wrote:

Ceunant is fine with me :thumbsup:

Phil, you need to go into Blaen y Cwm, loads to see, well worth the effort of getting damp feet
:lol:

yer not wrong ...I love that place. :thumbsup:

nid oes bradwr yn y ty hwn

Llion
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13 years ago

#18

Soooooo, the colourfull lielows at far end of adit are yours Marty ??? 😉

🅱Me... Back n Boogying ag wrth n modd

sinker
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13 years ago

#19

"Llion" wrote:

Thanks Simon, but that link only gives me Bangor grrr im working off my fone, pc is dead 😞 do I come through Bethesda ??

Mate come past the lake, down Nant Ffrancon twisty bits, long straight, bunkhouse on the RHS, look out for the Life Centre on the RHS, about 1.5 miles before bethesda. :thumbsup:

Yma O Hyd....

sinker
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13 years ago

#20

"JohnnearCfon" wrote:

"simonrl" wrote:
It's something called the Life Foundation. No idea what they do there. But there's flame burning outside in a glass thingy, an eternal flame would you believe ;)

I wonder what the carbon foot print for that is over a year? :lol:

It's been burning continuously for 28 years 😮

Like the old pub on the North Yorks Moors where the same fire has been burning for over 100 years.....except my uncle owned a shop in Helmsley and they used to buy their fire lighters off him! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Yma O Hyd....