Parys Underground Group (PUG) have kindly offered to take AditNow members on a guided tour of this fascinating Anglesey copper mine which dates back to the Bronze Age.

Access to Parys is only through the PUG, and they are happy to arrange trips for interested parties.

Two trips would be offered on the same day, each starting with a brief surface tour, followed by a good number of hours underground.

Trip A: involves ladders, some wading (knee high at most) a lot of orange gunge and a lot of bending double

Trip B: involves all of the above plus a brief section of neck deep water :)

Some of us did these trips last year on the Dark Places Big Bash and everybody had a fantastic time. Definitely a highly recommended day out.

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Insurance is required.

SRT equipment required.

Confirm attendance ASAP please as this has a bearing on the trip.

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This will compliment the full SRT trip , with a surface walk on the site, locked buildings will be open including the Loco shed, blacksmiths shop, miners dry. Will include Day Level and Roberts level , both simple walk ins

Helmet, lighting and wellies required


No charge but donation to SMT funds would be appreciated

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One of a series of "easy" trips.

This is intended as a gentle day out to Cwmorthin slate mine, for those who haven't been there before. The trip will take about 4-5 hours and will not involve ropework. You may, however, get wet!

Cwmorthin is one of Wales' largest underground slate workings and the trip will pass through areas first worked in the nineteenth century and include some of the last sections worked in the 1930s before the mine closed at the start of World War II.

Depending on the group, the trip will pass along underground haulage inclines and pass by abandoned bridges, trucks and the Cabans where the workers gathered to eat and share stories.

This trip is open to all, but is intended or those who have either not visited Cwmorthin before or who wish to have a gentle introduction to mine exploration.

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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 3RD 2008

Arranged by Sparty_Lea, trip to Boulby potash mine, this is a Wednesday trip starting at 10.30am.

Meet at the mine, limited to 8 places, all taken at the moment.

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Details: One of a series of "easy" trips.

This is intended as a gentle day out to Rhiw-bach slate mine, for those who haven't been there before. The trip will take about 2-3 hours underground and will not involve ropework.

Rhiw-bach is a relatively small underground working compared to the Blaenau Ffestiniog 'giants', but has the advantage of being one of very few 'through trips' where you can enter the mine from one entrance and leave from another, higher up the valley.

Depending on the weather, the trip may also include a look around the ruined mills at the top of the site and the incline, up which finished slate was hauled so it could be taken across to the other side of the mountain to be trans-shipped to the Ffestiniog Railway.

This trip is open to all, but is intended or those who have either not visited Rhiw-bach before or who wish to have a gentle introduction to mine exploration.

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