[Coalboard]

Just a few snaps, Morrisey and Boboil have put theirs on Flickr, well worth a look as the conditions were as close to arctic as must be possible. The wind chill took the temperature down to about -30 I reckon, Manx was romping about with crampons on his clinkers!

Icicle part way down the drift





Ice stalagmites beneath the icicles



Mr Morrisey at work



'Burnley Bobber' in the roof, a stone inclusion



Hardwood 'chock stacks' for extra roof support, in older workings



Ochrey water oozing over a water lodge dam




Old side heading



Old manriding cart in a side road



One of the two pit cats stood on top of a tub



Owners lad, future miner