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Default foel grochan - wales - july 2012 - 08-07-2012, 23:18

Posted in here as the owners DO NOT like visitors and have allready bulldozed one entrance, while the quarrys are no longer mind, the mill is still in opperation.

Visited with AndyJ, New stuff, and some peep's from UCET.

history is here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberllefenni_Slate_Quarry

I was looking at joining a caving club and was invited here as a "taster" trip. These workings have a very different feel to them than any other slate mines i've visited, the breaks through to the surface give it a very nice feel.

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Default 08-07-2012, 23:30

good stuff, looks a good explore and all that rusty goodness makes for a good contrast with the natural stuff
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Default 09-07-2012, 01:49

Very nice indeed, plenty to see here, nice report.
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Default 09-07-2012, 10:36

A few of mine.

The place is jaw-dropping in vertical drops. I doubt I'll ever see anything else to compete with it, the scale is something else. To Paraphrase Douglas Adams, it's "Mind Buggeringly" big.

See that small stick at the bottom middle of the picture?


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Default 01-08-2012, 02:05

Looks amazing,and amazing shots too
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Default 01-08-2012, 07:33

Superb mate, I'd like to see this


....Take pictures and leave ONLY
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Default 01-08-2012, 11:37

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Looks amazing,and amazing shots too
Amy, you've already been, i took you

Nice shots of a great place. I went at night, the photos from the day look much better than my night ones
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