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Title: Thursdays Trip - 27th February 2014
Post by: Vikki Sestan on Feb 25, 2014, 09:38 PM
Trip One: Pepe's Shaft

Meet Time: 18.30 - 18.45

Meet Place: Outside the Glan

Trip Details: SRT practice for most, and digging if the fitter of us have time.

**please post up if you are going here so we know who to expect as there is no uncle Mike this week



Trip Two: Poachers Cave

Meet Time: 18:30

Meet Place: Cilcain Bridge, Cilcain maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=208646541...spn=0.006121,0.01527

Trip Details: Nice little mooch about the lovely Poachers cave. Short electron ladder on entrance, probably very wet and muddy considering the weather lately
Title: Thursdays Trip - 27th February 2014
Post by: Tim Watts on Feb 26, 2014, 01:34 AM
i actually might take the easy option - i've never taken my camera into poachers and if the water level is up it would make some interesting piccies.

So - poachers at 6:30 for me. (i've got a ladder etc in the landy)
Title: Thursdays Trip - 27th February 2014
Post by: Anthony Britner on Feb 26, 2014, 08:46 AM
likely to be at poachers.
Title: Thursdays Trip - 27th February 2014
Post by: Vikki Sestan on Feb 26, 2014, 10:17 AM
I will be at poachers and have an electron too
Title: Thursdays Trip - 27th February 2014
Post by: Joel Colk on Feb 27, 2014, 01:24 PM
[quote="timwatts" post=22052]i actually might take the easy option - i've never taken my camera into poachers and if the water level is up it would make some interesting piccies.

So - poachers at 6:30 for me. (i've got a ladder etc in the landy)[/quote]

It's worth going to take some shots down towards the lower series. Quite a bit of water a few weeks back and would make a really good action shot with a flash behind someone and sidelight with another flash. Never went back in the end as Tom bailed on me :P

I'm in Chester today but forgot about tonight and all my kit is at home :(
Title: Thursdays Trip - 27th February 2014
Post by: Anthony Britner on Feb 28, 2014, 12:19 AM
Quote from: SuboffenderI'm in Chester today but forgot about tonight and all my kit is at home :(

Your not the only one...

Title: Thursdays Trip - 27th February 2014
Post by: Joel Colk on Feb 28, 2014, 05:36 PM
Is THAT Paul Boyd?
Title: Thursdays Trip - 27th February 2014
Post by: John Nicholson on Mar 01, 2014, 07:24 PM
I was going to say 'thanks' to Tim and Boydy for such a nice trip, but then found this picture above.  I must have been photographing pretties elsewhere, whilst this was going on in the Boss Chamber - with Bella too!

I took lots of pictures but the quality was very poor.
Title: Thursdays Trip - 27th February 2014
Post by: Tim Watts on Mar 01, 2014, 08:25 PM
Yes, we won't post the one we took of bella on the boss - haha.
Title: Thursdays Trip - 27th February 2014
Post by: Anthony Britner on Mar 01, 2014, 08:29 PM
Oh go on tim! you need to!
Title: Thursdays Trip - 27th February 2014
Post by: John Nicholson on Mar 01, 2014, 08:32 PM
I thought she was very quiet in the van going home.
AND she so much wanted to go to the Old Glan to meet everyone after the trip.

I would be grateful if you can post your pictures on the web site Tim.
Title: Thursdays Trip - 27th February 2014
Post by: Anthony Britner on Mar 01, 2014, 08:42 PM
"It was this big!"
Title: Thursdays Trip - 27th February 2014
Post by: John Nicholson on Mar 02, 2014, 09:24 AM
Excellent pictures Ant!
Title: Thursdays Trip - 27th February 2014
Post by: Tim Watts on Mar 02, 2014, 10:29 PM
A few pics.

Sorry some are soft on focus - i'd forgotten to refit the O ring seal in my pelicase after giving it a good scrub in the sink a few days ago. I didn't notice until i got my camera out and it literally had watter running out of the SD memory card slot and I found about an inch of water inside my pelicase (thankfully to a great extent being 'held' in the foam padding.

Decent bits of kit these Nikon's. It kept taking photos and the misting in the lens soon evaporated.

Got away lightly i think!


Title: Thursdays Trip - 27th February 2014
Post by: Tim Watts on Mar 02, 2014, 11:04 PM
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Title: Thursdays Trip - 27th February 2014
Post by: Andrew Farrow on Mar 02, 2014, 11:48 PM
[quote="Suboffender" post=22066]Is THAT Paul Boyd?[/quote]

I dunno who it is - but why is he wearing a nappy ??