Thurs trip 13th Sept

[evan john]

Here it is folks:

Trip: BOG MINE

Meet Point: Llanferres lay by

Meet time: 18.30

Notes: Will get wet, muddy and it is called Ladder Museum for good reason!!

There is a possibility that Murph will be digging again  Mick please confirm!!

[Vikki Sestan]

Oooh yay, I will be there. Been wanting to do this for a while :-)

And it's my last trip for 2 weeks as I'm going on my jollies :-D

[evan john]

Even I``m coming out this week!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Vikki Sestan]

[quote="Hoss" post=9462]Even I``m coming out this week!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]

What an honour, lol. Be good to see you though.

[Ali Wiseman]

If I can get a lift, I will be out too.

[Danny Sutton]

are you aware that one of the ladders is loose?

i.e. you can pull the bolt that is holding it out of the wall by hand!

i did let tim know about this the other week, he said he would re-bolt it, but i doubt he has had chance to do it yet.

it could of been like this for a while, but we roped it to pass it just incase.

you would prob be ok on the ladder as long as you are carefull and are aware of it

[mr B]

hi newstuff do you live in wrexham if so i can pick you up and do you know the way there

[Richard Sawyer]

I would like to have a look at this Bog Mine.  The meeting place, is it :

A The layby close to the Druid?

B The layby on the Pot Hole Quarry side, in the direction of Ruthin?

C None of these?   HELP !!!

[Dean Wood]

Rich its usually the big layby on the main road out of llanferes (how ever you spell it) its on the left as you leave there heading in the direction of rhuthin
I shall be there hopefully

[Tom Elmore]

Would it be all right for me to join you on this trip as last week was a bit of a let down?

I would need to lend a lid and lamp but if someone would be kind enough to lend me one there's a pint for you?  

[John Nicholson]

I have cut my right hand on a rusty oil drum.  It is healing nicely, but I don't want to risk ripping it open again and making a bloody mess in the Bog Mine.  

I may come over to see Doug, and also to bring Chris Phillips to join the Bog Mine trip.  I can loan helmets to those who need.

I hope someone can then return Chris and helmets to the pub afterwards.

Which pub will it be?

Thanks Dan for pointing out the problem with a ladder fixing.  That needs to be sorted before people go down there.  It is a demanding trip!  

Can I also recommend that people who have not done this one before take a look at the film 'Bolting the Bog Mine' on youtube, and make a note of how Tim Watts blithely crosses the scaffold poles.

[Tim Watts]

I'll come along and will bring my drill and some new fixings for the aforementioned ladder. - just as soon as i finish fixing this bloody website!

[Ian A]

Richard - the layby IS the Pot Hole Quarry layby  

[John Nicholson]

I can't see anything on the map saying 'pot hole quarry'.
I assume we meet at the layby on the Mold to Ruthin Road, after Llanferres at 186596. Opposite 'Plymog'.  Same as for Belgrave mine.


PS This web site is looking really sick this evening.

[Ian A]

Yes John ....

"Pot Hole Quarry" is the name of the climbing feature on the other side of the field to where the layby is. Richard is a climber so I guess he uses that terminology to identify it.

For avoidance of doubt, here is a google map link;

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Llanferres&hl=en&ll=53.128776,-3.216609&spn=0.004545,0.011823&sll=52.8382,-2.327815&sspn=9.377429,24.213867&t=h&hnear=Llanferres,+Denbighshire,+United+Kingdom&z=17&layer=c&cbll=53.128776,-3.216609&panoid=3aSZlSNPdH4UvOhUM2_k5w&cbp=12,49.37,,0,6.7