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Cave and Mine Exploring => Trips and Events => Topic started by: Tony Salusbury on Aug 18, 2014, 09:19 AM

Title: Thursday Night Trips - 21st Aug 2014 - Maeshafn Mine
Post by: Tony Salusbury on Aug 18, 2014, 09:19 AM
After a few weeks of excellent SRT stuff this week will be a more casual non SRT offering. Also the past 2 weeks have had us down below till 11 o'clock so this week's trip gives us plenty of time to get to our watering hole for a few scoops.

Trip: Maeshafn Mine

Trip Type: General mooch around this interesting little mine. A little squeeze in one place which opens out pretty quickly so no need to worry.

Meet Point: At the triangle bear Miners Arms pub/telephone box in middle of Maeshafn. (Map to follow)

Meet Time: 6.30pm
Title: Thursday Night Trips - 21st Aug 2014 - Maeshafn Mine
Post by: Anthony Britner on Aug 18, 2014, 10:32 AM
Your forgetting about all those other little squeezes
Title: Thursday Night Trips - 21st Aug 2014 - Maeshafn Mine
Post by: David R on Aug 18, 2014, 12:33 PM
Not more squeezes! However it will feel like I have been reborn again plus its my Birthday on Thursday. 21 again lol!
Title: Thursday Night Trips - 21st Aug 2014 - Maeshafn Mine
Post by: Tony Salusbury on Aug 18, 2014, 05:36 PM
I'll be doing another video on Thursday too.
Title: Thursday Night Trips - 21st Aug 2014 - Maeshafn Mine
Post by: Vikki Sestan on Aug 18, 2014, 05:43 PM
I will be out this week, with knee pads in tow
Title: Thursday Night Trips - 21st Aug 2014 - Maeshafn Mine
Post by: Tim Watts on Aug 18, 2014, 07:53 PM
i'm not sure what i'll be doing, my grans on her last legs.  - i should be there though. :-)

I'm nipping over to derbyshire tomorrow to collect the BCA cave ready for the weekends shows. We could set it up next to the glan thursday night and we wouldn't even need to get our gear dirty - and for once would actually get to the pub nice and early ;-) haha
Title: Thursday Night Trips - 21st Aug 2014 - Maeshafn Mine
Post by: Tom Howard on Aug 18, 2014, 11:01 PM
Tim... Yes! All I need to say.
Title: Thursday Night Trips - 21st Aug 2014 - Maeshafn Mine
Post by: Les Williams on Aug 18, 2014, 11:14 PM
[quote="timwatts" post=23704]
I'm nipping over to derbyshire tomorrow to collect the BCA cave ready for the weekends shows. We could set it up next to the glan thursday night and we wouldn't even need to get our gear dirty - and for once would actually get to the pub nice and early ;-) haha[/quote]

Don't bank on setting the cave up in 10 minutes. It is not a trivial task...
I should be about on Thursday so i am expecting some help with beer drinking in the Glan...

I've not been to Maeshafn before, how tight are the squeezes? and how much crawling is there (my knees are fucked at the moment...)
Title: Thursday Night Trips - 21st Aug 2014 - Maeshafn Mine
Post by: Ali Wiseman on Aug 20, 2014, 12:04 AM
[quote="LesW" post=23709]I've not been to Maeshafn before, how tight are the squeezes? and how much crawling is there (my knees are fucked at the moment...)[/quote]

If Tim can get through them, they can't be *that* squeezy...  ;)  :P
Title: Thursday Night Trips - 21st Aug 2014 - Maeshafn Mine
Post by: Tim Watts on Aug 20, 2014, 07:47 PM
cheeky fooker!

I might not be out after all - all hinges on my grans situation to be honest - if i'm not there to get underground then i will be at the pub later on (so make sure you all go!)

I'll have sweetie and dougs stuff with me too.
Title: Thursday Night Trips - 21st Aug 2014 - Maeshafn Mine
Post by: Tony Salusbury on Aug 21, 2014, 07:25 AM
Here's meeting point for anyone who's not been before.

http://goo.gl/maps/yjmqh


Title: Thursday Night Trips - 21st Aug 2014 - Maeshafn Mine
Post by: David R on Aug 21, 2014, 05:38 PM
Not going caving put will be at the pub with Ant.
Title: Thursday Night Trips - 21st Aug 2014 - Maeshafn Mine
Post by: Tony Salusbury on Aug 22, 2014, 01:44 AM
Good little trip (despite not remembering the way for the thru trip), great to see so many faces in the pub afterwards..

Video to follow in the week after I return from camping.
Title: Thursday Night Trips - 21st Aug 2014 - Maeshafn Mine
Post by: David R on Aug 22, 2014, 01:59 AM
I may see you down at Shell Island while I'm kiting over the weekend.