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Event name: Cwmorthin Work Weekend 25/26th

Date & time: 25/10/2008 at 10:00

Details: With the weather window closing this is to be one of two weekends planed. Main aim of the weekend is to install the smoke flu gate and carry on work on lake adit. The usual people will be there but we ask anyone that could lend a hand to turn up.

Event added by: SimplyExploring

Full event: http://www.aditnow.co.uk/events/?uid=36 

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will be there as usual and more prepared. have new camp bed and ear defenders for everyones snoring :thumbsup:

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Hopefully I shall be there, work permitting - apparently I may be allowed some time off in October.

Simply - do you want some 9" spikes welding onto the gate frame or was I imagining that?

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Hopefully I shall be there, work permitting - apparently I may be allowed some time off in October.

Simply - do you want some 9" spikes welding onto the gate frame or was I imagining that?

yes yes yes please sir 🙂

Just a bump for this ahead of the weekend.

I should be getting the gate lifted onto a (boat!) trailer tomorrow morning and have it in Blaenau just before 10am on Saturday, whereupon it will be whisked up to the adit by someone armed with low-ratio - otherwise the Freelander will need a gearbox change halfway up!

Forecast is pretty normal for Blaenau Ffestiniog, ie rain. Rather windy too, which doesn't bode well for my TV aerial... :(

The gate, for those who've not seen the pics so far, looks like this:

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Wot no spikes Vanoord 😢

I would volunteer to lend a hand (or two) this weekend, but unfortunately I'm working 😢 😢
However, I will be available for at least one day of the second weekend, if needed 🙂

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Things not to do, Part 1: tow a big trailer through a small village on the evening of the annual fair! Cars parked everywhere on both sides of the road, children in the road, diversions that are too tight to get around, vigilant police... you name it! Still, the tactic is simple: I ain't reversing ;)

Anyway, it's tucked up nice and safe now, under the watchful eye of the cat:

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Not only safely delivered by the very helpful Mr Vanord but well on the way to being installed when I left yesterday!
The new butress's for the gates are also rebuilding the portal walls at the smoke flue enterance, two jobs in one.

When i left site at 11am ish the right hand wall/buttress was all but complete. Various other works were also going on at the steps. Wheres the piccys Vanoord??

DP

When i left site at 11am ish the right hand wall/buttress was all but complete. Various other works were also going on at the steps. Wheres the piccys Vanoord??

DP

Just downloaded a few pics off the camera, several of Simply trying to set fire to himself. Shall pop them up later :)

Much respect and thanks are due to those of you who have braved the weather this weekend: I recovered my coat from the car this morning and have no idea how the pockets on the inside got so soaking wet - and I had sneaked off early yesterday, to get the trailer back (just in time for the arrival of a boat or two).

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Some pics from Saturday morning, before I slunk off to drier parts...

Smoke flue (Floor 2 adit) lit up:
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DarkPrince grinding away old (and failed) metalwork in order to allow the gate to have the required clearance to open:
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Stairway in Chamber 1 West illuminated during the installation of more slate steps to replace the rotten wooden ones. The remains of Floor A are visible in the gloom, about halfway up the photograph:
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The same, viewed from the bottom of the stairs - these span two floors, linking Level 1 (Lake Level) with Floor B:
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SimplyExploding? SimplyExploring cutting rebar into shorter lengths to be used as supports for steps:
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Album here: http://www.aditnow.co.uk/album/Autumn-08-Working-Weekends/ 

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Many thanks to all that turned up everyone put allot of hard work in, and all the jobs that we wanted to finish were.

Thanks again to Vanoord for building the gate and transporting it to site.

As they say down my neck of the woods "jobs a gooden"

If anyone's got a pic of the gate in place with the walls complete that they could upload to this 'ere album http://www.aditnow.co.uk/album/Autumn-08-Working-Weekends/ , it would be much appreciated :)


1970s:
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November 2005:
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February 2008:
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Saturday morning, 25th October 2008:
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What like this one that Chris took http://www.mine-explorer.co.uk/photo_cache/mines/Cwmorthin_226/Cwmorthin_21601.jpg  ;D

Well done to everyone involved, it looks like it's been there for years.

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Am I correct in thinking that the mid-November weekend will not be happening now?

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that would be correct good sir, I have updated the event post to say this.
All went so well, there no longer any need to freeze our nuts off :surrender:

that would be correct good sir, I have updated the event post to say this.
All went so well, there no longer any need to freeze our nuts off :surrender:

cancelled yes but there were a few people still coming up for this laddermonkey redlion waggie should have been maybe an idea to turn it into a trip instead for everyone some may have booked time of work for this just a thought would be nice to have another long haul trip 😉

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feel free to do so marty, I may still be there on the 15th as there may be a open day thing but its looking sketchy if that goes ahead

that would be correct good sir, I have updated the event post to say this.
All went so well, there no longer any need to freeze our nuts off :surrender:

cancelled yes but there were a few people still coming up for this laddermonkey redlion waggie should have been maybe an idea to turn it into a trip instead for everyone some may have booked time of work for this just a thought would be nice to have another long haul trip 😉

I will be there with Little Monkey who can,t wait to go back up the Cwm(he is like a ferrit down a rabbit hole) :thumbsup:

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