Posts by Mr Mike

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Author	Message
Topic: What’s the strangest thing you’ve found?
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 26/03/2020 10:04:24 Subject: What’s the strangest thing you’ve found? Not strange really, but on a Whiteheaps visit, bloated floating dead rabbit round the corner from the bottom of the access shaft. My friend in his wisdom booted it - can smell it now as I type.
Topic: What’s the strangest thing you’ve found?
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 25/03/2020 22:27:01 Subject: What’s the strangest thing you’ve found? A vanity case in Jug Vein, Brownley Hill. Non of us wanted to open it, incase there was something bad inside, imagination going wild.....
Topic: County Durham/Cumbria
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 11/03/2020 17:18:14 Subject: County Durham/Cumbria There are some other holes around Garrigill, but a bit obscure. Best bet would be to pop over to Nent over the hill and go down Smallcleugh if you have not done it before. Others will be over wellie d
Topic: PVC Oversuit Repair
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 16/12/2019 14:51:11 Subject: PVC Oversuit Repair Can't remember, will ask and see if he can.
Topic: PVC Oversuit Repair
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 16/12/2019 13:50:40 Subject: PVC Oversuit Repair If you don't want to do it yourself, then: http://www.jumpsuits.randomstuff.org.uk/repairs_alterations.html did a fantastic job on my friends meander PVC suit. That was a groin s
Topic: Mine map drawing/cartography
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 08/12/2019 12:46:41 Subject: Mine map drawing/cartography I’ve drawn my plans in photoshop, at the time (over 15 years ago) this was convenient for me as I knew the package very well. Each level is a layer, and the drawing of the levels was carri
Topic: Calendar 2020 - Beneficiaries
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 06/12/2019 09:37:23 Subject: Calendar 2020 - Beneficiaries Great Simon, just ordered 2.
Topic: Epsomite at Nenthead?
Mr Mike	Forum: North West England Posted: 01/12/2019 09:59:53 Subject: Epsomite at Nenthead? There are plenty of examples of it around the Nent mines. Smallcleugh seems to have a fair amount. In the grotto it has grown as if in on steroids. It seems to grow best where there is litt
Topic: Nent Force Level
Mr Mike	Forum: North West England Posted: 21/11/2019 13:33:09 Subject: Nent Force Level We cleared the bottom of Wellgill Shaft with a view to exposing the down stream continuation, dreaming of it being open... silted badly up with only a small crawl space. [link]56028[linkpho
Topic: Route to Ballroom Flat
Mr Mike	Forum: North East England Posted: 23/10/2019 08:21:57 Subject: Route to Ballroom Flat Are you Chris that has emailed me? If so have sent a reply.
Topic: Website advice
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 11/10/2019 07:22:16 Subject: Website advice For those in the know, you will think this archaic, but I still use Hotmetal Pro HTML editor that I got free with Zen Internet in 1997 - I do 3 simple sites with it. However, there is a lea
Topic: Nenthead Bad Air.
Mr Mike	Forum: North West England Posted: 09/10/2019 08:01:34 Subject: Nenthead Bad Air. On a roll now... Caplecleugh High Level, Archers Vein SE end. Ramgill, Barneycraig Vein, some of the blind sumps in a few of the sublevels - very poor air. Barnycraig
Topic: Nenthead Bad Air.
Mr Mike	Forum: North West England Posted: 09/10/2019 07:31:46 Subject: Nenthead Bad Air. Brewery Shaft, that reminds me Wellgill shaft bottom upstream to deep water, about 650m 16.4% and often smelling hydrogen sulphide along the way.
Topic: Nenthead Bad Air.
Mr Mike	Forum: North West England Posted: 13/08/2019 17:32:31 Subject: Nenthead Bad Air. Back end of Nentsberry Haggs Horse Level. Barneycraig Horse Level from adit side.
Topic: Backache
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 26/06/2019 16:00:05 Subject: Backache I see a ostopath as well every 3 months, as a sort of maintance. Massage, ultrasound (as in heating of tissues, not scan), electromuslce therapy and then the crunch click of bones.
Topic: Backache
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 25/06/2019 16:44:42 Subject: Backache No, as I only tend to do this once a month, 2 days on the trot, so not a on going medication.
Topic: Backache
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 25/06/2019 16:34:49 Subject: Backache I have 400mg tabs, so 2 of those = 800mg. NOT for long term, just every so often.
Topic: Backache
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 25/06/2019 13:33:04 Subject: Backache :thumbup::thumbup:
Topic: Backache
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 25/06/2019 13:19:33 Subject: Backache You sound like Mr. Miyagi Roy. Having lower back issues from bulging discs, exercise is key to strenghting that area. I pretty much do religiouly twice a day a set of stretches a
Topic: Electronic Assembly and Repair / Test Technician Job
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 13/06/2019 19:30:43 Subject: Electronic Assembly and Repair / Test Technician Job I have a job vacancy based in Manchester as in subject topic. Not sure if it is a long shot posting here, but you never know... if any one is interested and can do this then see: https://ww
Topic: Cumbria
Mr Mike	Forum: North West England Posted: 11/06/2019 09:36:47 Subject: Cumbria [quote="legendrider"]would recommend Force Crag. In the highest level, down the Laporte Incline and out by the mill. Loads and loads to see from old to modern, several hundred feet of vertical desce
Topic: Mapping
Mr Mike	Forum: Site Updates, Suggestions & Corrections Posted: 09/06/2019 09:55:35 Subject: Mapping [quote="SimonRL"] Between server costs and, now, maps AditNow easily costs £1500 a year to run these days. [/quote] I've often wondered about this Simon, a token yearly smal
Topic: Admin help requested
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 01/04/2019 07:14:24 Subject: Admin help requested No trouble at all.
Topic: Admin help requested
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 31/03/2019 19:45:57 Subject: Admin help requested Done.
Topic: gridrefs for underground features at nent
Mr Mike	Forum: North East England Posted: 27/03/2019 07:28:06 Subject: gridrefs for underground features at nent Done - 79451,42126. [link]117514[linkphoto]117514[/linkphoto][/link]
Topic: gridrefs for underground features at nent
Mr Mike	Forum: North East England Posted: 27/03/2019 07:03:20 Subject: gridrefs for underground features at nent Gav, Karli mentioned it to me, I can get a accurate ref for Ballroom, just need to extract it from one of the plans.
Topic: JOB VACANCY - MUSEUM MANAGER (Matlock Bath)
Mr Mike	Forum: Midlands Posted: 08/02/2019 07:08:55 Subject: JOB VACANCY - MUSEUM MANAGER (Matlock Bath) Link: https://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?topic=24665.msg305990;topicseen#new
Topic: Merry Christmas 2018!
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 24/12/2018 20:14:53 Subject: Merry Christmas 2018! Happy Christmas and all the Best in Mine Exploring for the New Year!
Topic: 2019 CALENDAR: BUY NOW OR FACE A YEAR OF DISAPPOINTMENT!
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 21/12/2018 17:50:57 Subject: 2019 CALENDAR: BUY NOW OR FACE A YEAR OF DISAPPOINTMENT! I've posted a link on ukcaving. Can't believe you still have some left, come on people - hands in pockets and BUY !
Topic: AditNow 2019 Calendar - BUY NOW!
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 09/12/2018 16:19:07 Subject: AditNow 2019 Calendar - BUY NOW! Got mine, fantastic as always Simon.
Topic: Hidden Wales: Cwmystwyth
Mr Mike	Forum: Mid Wales Posted: 04/12/2018 07:24:54 Subject: Hidden Wales: Cwmystwyth Roy, was great to see you doing your stuff, liked your explaination of hanging death !
Topic: AditNow 2019 Calendar - BUY NOW!
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 04/12/2018 07:15:30 Subject: AditNow 2019 Calendar - BUY NOW! Just ordered mine.
Topic: Calendar 2019 - Here it is!
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 01/11/2018 17:39:09 Subject: Calendar 2019 - Here it is! Looks great as usual Simon.
Topic: Mining out in the Nevada desert
Mr Mike	Forum: North America Posted: 17/10/2018 13:38:42 Subject: Mining out in the Nevada desert I was wondering a while back if you where still doing exploring after seeing a random Pick come up of one of your previous photo uploads. Keep them coming!
Topic: Smallcleugh dig, sherpa event
Mr Mike	Forum: North West England Posted: 27/08/2018 11:05:36 Subject: Smallcleugh dig, sherpa event Fair enough, sounds like all in hand. I heard COMRU was possibly going to help out, is this still on the cards?
Topic: Smallcleugh dig, sherpa event
Mr Mike	Forum: North West England Posted: 26/08/2018 11:22:30 Subject: Smallcleugh dig, sherpa event There is Moles and Mike the Maps group that have also measured up the fall - and as far as I know they are planning on a October push. Thye are usually up for a week a few times a year. Are
Topic: Caplecleugh - Smallcleugh through route blocked
Mr Mike	Forum: North West England Posted: 08/08/2018 10:28:36 Subject: Caplecleugh - Smallcleugh through route blocked I take it you can only accomplish things like that because you do martial arts Roy? :lol:
Topic: Priorsdale/Boundary Shaft, Nent.
Mr Mike	Forum: North West England Posted: 07/08/2018 12:37:59 Subject: Priorsdale/Boundary Shaft, Nent. Hi Leif, We did it April last year. The 1st pitch is 35m, it is possible to rig off the metal work in place (but is in shaft, so a bit more tricky to get on/off from), with a ba
Topic: Caplecleugh - Smallcleugh through route blocked
Mr Mike	Forum: North West England Posted: 05/08/2018 14:15:55 Subject: Caplecleugh - Smallcleugh through route blocked If its on a date I can come up, will also be happy to help.
Topic: Wilderswood
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 02/08/2018 14:07:36 Subject: Wilderswood Jesus, just a thought could have scappers had it, but then why not both halves?
Topic: Wilderswood
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 02/08/2018 13:57:32 Subject: Wilderswood Is that the actual manhole cover thats gone or the cover for the manhole to hide it? A gem this place and same sentiments from me on the fu** wits.
Topic: Wellhopeknott Lead Mine (mine)
Mr Mike	Forum: North East England Posted: 29/07/2018 15:10:48 Subject: Wellhopeknott Lead Mine (mine) Thanks Simon.
Topic: Wellhopeknott Lead Mine (mine)
Mr Mike	Forum: North East England Posted: 29/07/2018 11:20:31 Subject: Wellhopeknott Lead Mine (mine) Could one of the admins please add to this in the description that it is also known as Black Ashgill Flank Mine. Thanks.
Topic: 360 photo Deep Ecton
Mr Mike	Forum: Underground Photography & Video Posted: 21/05/2018 18:11:03 Subject: 360 photo Deep Ecton I like that - looks good.
Topic: Damage at Carrs Mine at Nenthead
Mr Mike	Forum: North West England Posted: 08/05/2018 19:13:05 Subject: Damage at Carrs Mine at Nenthead Absolute *ankers Pete. As you say no need for it. Just a different take on it - do you know if it was some 'ME's" as there has been a spate of 'scape metal' collectors operating with scouts
Topic: bulbs
Mr Mike	Forum: Lamps & Lighting Posted: 12/04/2018 12:10:09 Subject: bulbs Or try an LED insert... shameless punt... http://www.mineexplorer.org.uk/ledlighting.htm
Topic: Radon
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 23/03/2018 13:51:24 Subject: Radon Pete, do you know if Nent suffers from it? I know some of the levels and mines in Weardale where known for it. And I remember the radon detectors dotted around the Nent mines late 80's earl
Topic: Where Is It.... ? North Pennines.
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 07/02/2018 19:52:04 Subject: Where Is It.... ? North Pennines. What part of the country then? For those who want to know, the BH photo is on Jug Vein.
Topic: Where Is It.... ? North Pennines.
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 07/02/2018 19:31:40 Subject: Where Is It.... ? North Pennines. Brownly Hill it is, the only stone stemples in Nenthead that I know of. Out of interest do you know where in BH?
Topic: Where Is It.... ? North Pennines.
Mr Mike	Forum: General Chat Posted: 07/02/2018 19:11:39 Subject: Where Is It.... ? North Pennines. Not Snake and wrong part the country ! But just had a look, I see what you mean by the stemples.

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