UCET Trip Grand Turk Passage Thurs 9th Sept 21

[Ian A]

UCET Trip Advisor

Howdy Doody,

Here are the details for our next Thursday night trip;

Grand Turk Passage
This has a short SRT entry (and exit) and you will need to be SRT competent to come along on the trip. Once down the entry shaft there is a short crawl leading into a natural underground passage and waterway.

Location : Minera
Meet Place : Usual Car Park for meeting/changing
Meet Date : Thursday 9th Sept 2021
Meet Time : 6:30pm â€" 6:45pm  
Requirements : SRT kit, Wellies, overalls, helmet, lamp, gloves

Link to Parking: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.0606119,-3.0990575,3a,75y,202.63h,64.51t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1svACWtMKeOyEsMXge_xc5qQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DvACWtMKeOyEsMXge_xc5qQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D41.228954%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en-GB

That’s the turning to take which leads to the car park (it’s a cul-de-sac and the Google van didn’t go down it)

Nearest Postcode : LL11 3DE

If you do fancy coming, please could you let me know by replying to this thread. No worries if you don’t know.

Thanks !

See you soon…..



Ian
(On behalf of Richard, the trip organiser)

[mike leahy]

I'll be there

[Ian A]

Also Confirmed;

Tom H
Tom D
Sam C

... it's the Richard effect  :whistle:

[Richard Timms]

I'm in  

[Steve]

Me too

[Thomas Davies]

me , sam and
adam Edwards

[Gareth Stonely]

I'll be there, depending on numbers on the night i might do ragmans passage and mine.

[Thomas Davies]

do we know why its called grand turk please  

[Ian A]

[quote="Tom2021" post=40179]do we know why its called grand turk please  [/quote]


On the 5th February 1932, a deputation from the British Agricultural Agency (as it was known then, today it is known as DEFRA) brought a delegation of Arabs from the Persian Peninsula (now Iraq) to examine the Alyn valley limestone erosion enigmas. At the time, little had been discovered in the United Kingdom and this area was considered to be substantially more rich in natural calcium deposits than other areas.

The entourage set up a "camp" (temporary caravanettes as they were then) in the area which we use today for parking when we visit Minera Mine and ODB.

During the last evening that the party were at this location (last day of 3 days), a party of two foreign delegates left their shelter under cover of darkness to explore a passage they had seen during their tour. This lead them to an internal pot (the same one we shall be going down - so you will see it yourself) and, from there, they "discovered" the  passage.

The first man down was Turkish (a neighbour of the peninsula and who was part of the exchange group). He had the privilege of naming the passage being the first person down and he chose "Grand Turk" as he thought the passage was extraordinarily "Grand".

Quite a story really.

And all untrue.

 :whistle:

Ian

[Tom Howard]

You have far too much time on your hands...

[quote="Ian" post=40182][quote="Tom2021" post=40179]do we know why its called grand turk please  [/quote]


On the 5th February 1932, a deputation from the British Agricultural Agency (as it was known then, today it is known as DEFRA) brought a delegation of Arabs from the Persian Peninsula (now Iraq) to examine the Alyn valley limestone erosion enigmas. At the time, little had been discovered in the United Kingdom and this area was considered to be substantially more rich in natural calcium deposits than other areas.

The entourage set up a "camp" (temporary caravanettes as they were then) in the area which we use today for parking when we visit Minera Mine and ODB.

During the last evening that the party were at this location (last day of 3 days), a party of two foreign delegates left their shelter under cover of darkness to explore a passage they had seen during their tour. This lead them to an internal pot (the same one we shall be going down - so you will see it yourself) and, from there, they "discovered" the  passage.

The first man down was Turkish (a neighbour of the peninsula and who was part of the exchange group). He had the privilege of naming the passage being the first person down and he chose "Grand Turk" as he thought the passage was extraordinarily "Grand".

Quite a story really.

And all untrue.

 :whistle:

Ian[/quote]

[Thomas Davies]

well it is true now , as trump and hitler said  if you tell people enough times is becomes true !

[Ian A]

[quote="Tom2021" post=40193]...  if you tell people enough times is becomes true ![/quote]

Is once enough? It wasn't for Mary  :whistle:  :whistle:  :whistle:

[Thomas Davies]

for me yes and for me to repeat this with added or taken parts out of the tale of the turk ,i will as i liked the story  :whistle: so its true    untell some one digs up this fred and blows the bubble  :woohoo:

[Kieran Thomas Wyatt]

Love it hahaha