Saturday Trip - Rhosydd Mine 6th February 2016

[Ian A]

Rhosydd Slate Mine Trip â€" Saturday 6th February 2016


There is a trip to Rhosydd Slate mine (Blaenau Ffestiniog) on

Sat, 6th Feb, meeting at 10:00am here;

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.9854603,-3.9656568,3a,75y,29.77h,77.35t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxSTa5vhk6n9EmyyCNTiSgQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en

Meet place is the “Lakeside Café” and those arriving at 10:00am will be able to grab a full breakfast. We will be leaving the café at 10:30am

The trip will be for “most of the day” and you will require a lid, wellies, some lunch and a drink. You can wear “civvies” (You don’t “need” a caving oversuit but can use one if you like).

We will be making a video of the trip and exploring the extent of the Rhoysdd mine to the Croesor Boundary.

There will be numerous photo opportunities including calcium and calcium sulphate needle crystals, an unknown iridescent mineral, an underground lake, some “in situ” winding gear and numerous chambers in various states/conditions. There are two internal inclines. There is water at the entrance adit for several hundred metres which will be around 5-6 inches in height (too much for boots but wellies will save you).

The walk from the car park to the mine entrance is around 25 minutes and is uphill for a good portion of the route. (Walking down is the reverse).

No SRT or other equipment is needed (a spare lamp/batteries are always essential). There will be no crawling but there will be some scrambling on slate boulders and “gloves” are a good idea (slate can be sharp).

The trip is suitable for novices.

If time permits, we can visit Conglog mine on the way back down from Rhosydd â€" this mine is significantly smaller and water will go over the top of wellies at the entrance adit (just over knees) so something to change into (back at the car) might be a good idea if we do this (you can choose not to enter, it is on the way back down to the car park).

There needs to be a minimum 4 people and a maximum 12 â€" please put your name down if you are coming.

If you are coming through Denbigh, I can offer a lift for 4 people and you can leave your car at my house (Be at mine for 9:00am)

Any questions â€" just ask ….

Ian


Going So Far :
Ian A
Sweetie
Sarah & Steve
Ant89
Manicminer (maybe)
Vikki
Phil +1
Richard & Charlotte
Tony A & Leah
Jason
Dan
Neo

Turbo Steve and A.N.Others .....

[Robin Jones]

I'm up for it x

[Ian A]

An example of the needle crystals hidden inside .....

[Sarah Davies]

We are up for going (Sarah & Steve)

[Holly]

Would of loved this but unfortunately I'm working every bloody Saturday in Feb.

[Anthony Britner]

I'll be up for another trip round here.

[M]

Interested, depends on work.

[Sarah Davies]

Jen fancies a trip out too

[Philip Scott]

Yes please.

Can I bring the same "er friend" that I did last time?

[Richard Timms]

I'll be there with Charlotte  

[Ian A]

[quote="ivortheengine" post=27945]Yes please.

Can I bring the same "er friend" that I did last time?[/quote]


.... Of course  

[Jason Bellis-Jones]

Hi Ian, do you mind if join you all?

[Anthony Britner]

[quote="Ian" post=27935]Rhosydd Slate Mine Trip â€" Saturday 6th February 2016

There needs to be a minimum 4 people and a maximum 12 â€" please put your name down if you are coming.

Going So Far :
[ol]
  [li]Ian A[/li]
  [li]Sweetie[/li]
  [li]Sarah[/li]
  [li]Steve[/li]
  [li]Ant[/li]
  [li]manicminer (maybe)[/li]
[li]Jen[/li]
[li]Vikki[/li]
[li]Phil[/li]
[li]Phil's +1[/li]
[li]Richard[/li]
[li]Charlotte[/li]
[li]Tony A [/li]
[li]Leah[/li]
[/ol]

[/quote]

seems to be more than 12

[Ian A]

[quote="Jason Bellis-Jones" post=27949]Hi Ian, do you mind if join you all?[/quote]

Of course you can provided you aren't skulking around, hiding in a crowd of people, sat in the upper halls of a theatre, taking covert pictures  :whistle:  :whistle:  :whistle:

... I think you will know a good few of the people coming too. Turbo is fetching a "group" which I guess will be some of the "gang"

 

Ian

[Ian A]

[quote="Ant89" post=27950]
seems to be more than 12 [/quote]


.... You have been on enough trips to know that not everyone will turn up  

Also, I already have a second "leader" (I know we don't have "leaders", but you know what I mean).

Also on top of that, there is a visiting caving club coming through from Croesor who I am hoping to bump into while we are there ....

It's going to be fun  :woohoo:

Ian