Sunday 2/6/2012 - Rhosydd slate mine (and maybe CRTT)

[Danny Sutton]

not at all Richard, no worries, no point in wasting a day on something you're not that interested in. Passed up many trips for just that reason.

[Andrew Farrow]

richard - dont give up yet

there is still time to rope in some victims

but dan and i have both wanted to do the roshydd pedestrian explore for some time

but if there are enough people sign up - one of us will gladdly be navigation munkie

[Tony Salusbury]

CRTT is deffo on my radar but I can't make this weekend sadly, so will look forward to when it next comes up.

[steven cross]

or those who want to do crtt can go in to rhosydd with the group and start from there ,do it backwards .i know a few who have done it that way  

[John Nicholson]

Bella and I would also like to do CRTT but have other commitments for this Sunday.
Maybe this can be rescheduled for after school exams.

[Iestyn Rhys Pritchard]

Looks like there is a few of us that want to do CRTT then.
I've wanted to do it for ages, but I can never seem to make the trips when they're organized!

[Danny Sutton]

theres nothing to stop you all aranging your own, the route is fairly obvious into Rhosydd, and worst case you would have to climb out of the twll if you cant find number 9 adit, you cant really not find the twll if it's light outside.

[Ian A]

I might come  

[Danny Sutton]

top stuff..

will your leg survive the walk up :-)

[Tim Watts]

just watch out for any new loose ceilings!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2332531/North-Wales-earthquake-Quake-tremor-magnitude-3-8-hits-early-hours-morning.html

[Ian A]

[quote="Mad-Dan" post=18034]

will your leg survive the walk up :-)[/quote]

Yup, it's "ok" (I think). Last "trouble" I had was prussicking and I thought I would walk up to mine rather than prussick using an Indian rope trip along the path ....

 

[Danny Sutton]

Tim, you worry to much.

well, hope to see you in the cafe Ian

[Tim Watts]

just saying! ;-) Seriously though, look for new shiny bits - there's bound to be some fresh stuff :-)

[Andrew Farrow]

in the event of a roof fall - i plan to dive under ians zimmerframe - that will act as a saftey cage

[Ian A]

FLASH TRIP REPORT

I know Dan will put up one of his usual excellent trip reports but I had to jump in first with a quick report of what we found in Rhosydd ...

I know Tim joked about finding new ground after the earthquake (or was it to watch out for dodgy stuff??) but we stumbled on a huge area which has become accessible â€" possibly the lost eastlings (we didn’t have a compass to know which direction we were heading in).

A new fall has brought a chamber down but in the process it opened a cross “manway” and by climbing the fall we got into the “manway” and into another chamber. We dropped about 10 feet down (a bit dodgy without a rope) and we were into a system of chambers (we reckon there are about 16 on two levels although a couple go through both levels). The entire section had a fine layer of dust and we were certain no one else had been here as we left an obvious foot trail as we walked.

It is hard to say whether anyone had been in since the 1920’s or whether that part of the mine was collapsed or simply closed but there was plenty to see. A lonely caban had a stack of newspapers (we guessed 40ish) but they were in a poor condition and we dared not disturb them. Moving the dust we think the date is June 1914 on the top one. There were some tools (not like I had seen before) and various bit and pieces with a rusty metal mug with the name “Jolyon” still visible.

Water was running through one of the chambers and had all but destroyed a wooden based cart (which was a shame). The water was odd because none of us could understand where it was originating from. It went down a manway thingy into the top of another chamber below which we could not access as it was not bolted (obviously) and we had no kit anyway.

The highlight was the 9 carts still in situ at the bottom of an incline (like the one near the Croesor connection). It seems that this system of loading a cart onto a cart was used at the other side of the mine too but these carts are all still there.

Anyway, Dan’s report to follow with piccies. He did whine his camera was playing up but he got plenty of shots. Ant also took a number of shots (sometimes using Dan’s lighting) so, between the two of them, we should have something decent.

Ian