Visited by myself and errrm, well just myself :dry:
I got to the bottom of Cwm Pennant just in time to see the sun rise and began making my way up the mountain. Passing a number of old mine buildings and a flooded adit which I believe is connected with the Gilfach mine, I was soon up on the moors where the Cwm Cipwrth site quickly comes into view in the distance. It was at this stage that I realised I was wearing my trainers and my wellies were in the van (what a tw@t!).
A narrow bridge crosses the stream over to the old water wheel. It was very icey up there and the ground seemed quite crisp. All of a sudden I heard a sickening cracking of ice under foot and ended up knee deep in a bog (brilliant!).
That aside, Cwm Cipwrth is well worth a visit if you're in the area. The waterwheel and pump rods have recently been restored to a very high standard.
If, like me, you're a bit of a geek, there are lots of interesting gears, cogs & tools etc. lying around the site to get excited about too.
I then made my way back down to the van and headed towards Coed y Brenin to meet the others at 11 o'clock for my second trip of the day
Video is currently uploading, I'll post a link when it's done B)
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee779XJ9j_g[/video]
Awesome Rob ... was the adit "do-able" (I hadn't read your report on here before I watched the youtube video and posted a comment).
Also, can you post the video in the video section of the forum as well as here please ? B)
Fanks !
Ian
has this not been done by anyone off here?
[quote="Mad-Dan" post=14953]has this not been done by anyone off here?[/quote]
Not to my knowledge - it seems from your FB page you are bored today, perhaps you could ZIP down and have a look ? :woohoo:
Ian
An excellent film Rob. This place has changed a lot since I was last there, probably 15 years ago. The whole wheel has been well restored.
[quote="Ian" post=14952]Awesome Rob ... was the adit "do-able" (I hadn't read your report on here before I watched the youtube video and posted a comment).
Also, can you post the video in the video section of the forum as well as here please ? B)
Fanks !
Ian[/quote]
The adit looked do-able. I would guess it's approx 15 mtrs down, however the most solid thing to rig off was the fence and that was only a loud fart away from falling over :dry:
The trees are all rotten and certainly wouldn't hold my weight. There was plenty more to see but I didn't want to be late for the other trip :huh:
I'll post the vid in the vid section where the vids go ;)
[quote="Ian" post=14954][quote="Mad-Dan" post=14953]has this not been done by anyone off here?[/quote]
Not to my knowledge - it seems from your FB page you are bored today, perhaps you could ZIP down and have a look ? :woohoo:
Ian[/quote]
no can do, i've no caving lamp, or not one i would set off underground with anyway..
I suspect these workings must be known by another name, with wide open adits/stopes/shafts or what ever they are, you would think the interwebs would be full of pictures, but it isnt.
how far is the nearest parking?
[quote="Mad-Dan" post=14981.
how far is the nearest parking?[/quote]
It took me about 30 mins to reach the moors from the van but that was with faffing with my camera, then less than 10 minutes over the moorland
I've done Gilfach
[quote="Dylan" post=14989]I've done Gilfach[/quote]
Any good?
I did it a couple of years ago and from what I remember you go in the top level and abseil down to the botton level. There wasn't a lot of stuff to see as the mine was very small.