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Monty Stubble Joined: 03/04/2008 Location: , Location, Location View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Picos Musings
Posted: 12/04/2012 09:11:49 Reply | Quote Just returned from a jolly week pottering around the Picos and surrounding area. I walked along the Cares Gorge and had a good look at the engineering feat of the viaduct when a thought struck me. Has anyone ever floated down the viaduct on a inflatable or similar? You would have to put in about 500m in and get out before the Hydro scheme at Poncebos but otherwise its a 12 km clear run. As far as I could see there was always sufficient headroom and the water was about 1/2m deep. An evening run might be best to allay the attentions of EON who seem to own it but I think with a wetsuit and a cheap inflatable it's a goer. Anyone already had this thought and had a go? -- The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time. Henry David Thoreau IP: 82.14.51.81 |
davel Joined: 24/07/2007 Location: Gwynedd View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 12/04/2012 09:27:54 Reply | Quote It's certainly something that had occurred to me when I was in the area in the early '90s. I'm not sure what happens at the end though - does the leat suddenly turn into a near-vertical pipe to the power station turbines?  If such a trip is possible I'm surprised that there's no enterprising local business person renting out inflatables for the trip. I've not been underground in the area but I noticed surface mining remains around Fuente De (as well of course the deep cave systems in the area). Dave IP: 195.137.87.110 |
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Monty Stubble Joined: 03/04/2008 Location: , Location, Location View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 12/04/2012 09:40:35 Reply | Quote Plenty of places to get out before the Power Station and in any case its not quite as dramatic as that. http://www.aditnow.co.uk/photo/Cares-Gorge-Viaduct-Tunnel-Archive-Album-Image-73917/ I suspect that the trip isn't done 'officially' as there is an element of danger in it. Longish stretches aren't accessible by the path. -- The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time. Henry David Thoreau IP: 82.14.51.81 Edited: 12/04/2012 09:45:45 by Monty Stubble |
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davel Joined: 24/07/2007 Location: Gwynedd View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 12/04/2012 13:24:21 Reply | Quote Hmm ... I wonder (purely as a hypothetical question) if it might be possible to do something similar in the Egiau, Cowlyd and Llyn Coety tunnels and aqueducts?  Dave IP: 195.137.87.110 Edited: 12/04/2012 13:24:38 by davel |
carnkie Joined: 07/09/2007 Location: camborne, cornwall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 12/04/2012 18:11:06 Reply | Quote Might be easier to take a narrow boat down the Pontcysyllte aqueduct. Unfortunately I've never seen it but from the photos it's a very impressive strcture. -- The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there. IP: 78.145.138.211 |
Morlock Joined: 31/07/2008 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 12/04/2012 20:02:06 Reply | Quote carnkie wrote: Might be easier to take a narrow boat down the Pontcysyllte aqueduct. Unfortunately I've never seen it but from the photos it's a very impressive strcture. Managed to do that one.  IP: 82.27.1.58 |
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Monty Stubble Joined: 03/04/2008 Location: , Location, Location View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 13/04/2012 00:29:56 Reply | Quote Right Oh - don't think a narrow boats a goer - anyone up for a boating trip there then? -- The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time. Henry David Thoreau IP: 82.14.51.81 |
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droid Joined: 31/10/2010 Location: Tamworth View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 13/04/2012 14:46:51 Reply | Quote For those that like mines, there's one above a village called Robriguero. YUCPC explored it about 30 years ago: Mina Magdelina. I doubt it's the only one in the area. IP: 86.20.198.141 |
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