United Cavers Exploration Team

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Hi all,

Thursdays club trip will be to Cambrian Slate Mine (Glyn Ceiriog).
A slate mine full of odd chambers and passages. In fact, it appears to be two mines connected via a "pit" (open working to surface).

Exit could be made through a drainage adit, from the workings to concrete pipe....it is wet, so be prepared to have some over welly dampness.

Inside there are many interesting things to see including small artefacts to huge, wall sized man-made features. There are also several flooded chambers with divers' lines attached.

A significant collapse has blocked part of the mine (perhaps the largest part).

Suitability: Suitable for novices & first timers.

Location: SJ 189 379 (Approx)

Directions: From the roundabout in the centre of the village "Glyn Ceiriog", take "Quarry Road" (it is signed and is also marked as a cul de sac).
Drive up for around a mile and you will see the road forks left and right with a rough layby on the left and the left fork is a private road. Park there.

Link to Parking: https://tinyurl.com/2n7phbcx  (Parking is very limited, car sharing is highly advised)

Nearest Postcode: LL20 7DF

Requirements: Helmet, headtorch, wellies, oversuit (outoor/hiking clothing will suffice), gloves & big torches if you have them.

Please let us know in good time if you need to borrow a lid and lamp.

Meet Date: Thursday 10th July 2025
Meet Time: 18:30-18:45

If you do wish to come, please let us know by replying on this forum. 

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Thanks,
Oz!
(Trip Guide)

Hey miles welcome to the Ucet family.
You probably won’t remember me too much but you always as my name at nwcro 
 
I’m the access officer for Ucet and I don’t wave my Willy about. We leave that to Bwji lol

OK, I had a go at updating my test system. The update is in two parts:

1) update to version 2.1.5   (this is the main update)
2) update to version 2.1.6   (this fixes a few issues with the main update)

I tried the one click update process o go to 2.1.5 and it seemed to go OK, but completely messed up the format of the forum. It was not obvious what was wrong and the update on the UCET server is on hold for at least a week while I try and fix my test system to run the 2.1.6 version with a recent snapshot of the production server.

If I can get this working then I will schedule a time to do the upgrade - this is likely to take a day if I end up doing the install from scratch. I will post a schedule once I am sure what is needed.

Dave

SMF have released a minor update to the forum software. We are currently on 2.1.4 and the new update is 2.1.6.  The update is mainly bug fixes and I will try and do the update in the middle of next week after I have taken a full backup.
 
I expect the update will take less then an hour, but I will know a bit more detail as I will test it out on a backup system first. I will post an update around Tues next week.

Dave

Unfortunately won't be able to make this trip as I'm taking a surface trip for NAMHO on Halkyn mountain.
UCET members are welcome to join me