Posts by Peter Burgess

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Author	Message
Topic: Nenthead mines - collapse
Peter Burgess	Forum: North West England Posted: 26/04/2019 10:00:31 Subject: Nenthead mines - collapse That's not good news - the condition of all mine-workings is on an inevitable path of decline and the best we can do is to delay the inevitable by making routes as safe as we can, and being aware of a
Topic: Caving Videos ?
Peter Burgess	Forum: South Wales Posted: 26/04/2019 00:05:05 Subject: Caving Videos ? [quote="Paul Marvin"][quote="Peter Burgess"]Is there any reason why not to post on UKCaving?[/quote] I hate that forum to many bun fights[/quote]Well, the question had to be asked! :lol:
Topic: Caving Videos ?
Peter Burgess	Forum: South Wales Posted: 25/04/2019 23:06:09 Subject: Caving Videos ? You are specifically asking about CAVING videos, not MINE ones? I don't have an issue with mining ones, I just thought caving ones were not so relevant here.
Topic: Caving Videos ?
Peter Burgess	Forum: South Wales Posted: 25/04/2019 18:18:30 Subject: Caving Videos ? Is there any reason why not to post on UKCaving?
Topic: Caving Videos ?
Peter Burgess	Forum: South Wales Posted: 25/04/2019 12:21:45 Subject: Caving Videos ? Better elsewhere, in my opinion. Not bothered if that's a minority view, though.
Topic: Derelict land as wildlife refuges
Peter Burgess	Forum: South Wales Posted: 25/04/2019 09:55:56 Subject: Derelict land as wildlife refuges A fascinating news story here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47882928 I walked the Cwm Gwrelych area near Glynneath last year and was as interested in the way nature is rec
Topic: Maenofferen
Peter Burgess	Forum: North Wales Posted: 16/04/2019 09:51:17 Subject: Maenofferen [quote="ttxela"][quote="Peter Burgess"][quote="euros"]I don't mean to imply that the area is a heap. It's just that in welsh you would refer to a pile of stones as tomen . [/quote]Most of W
Topic: Maenofferen
Peter Burgess	Forum: North Wales Posted: 15/04/2019 18:51:20 Subject: Maenofferen [quote="sinker"][quote="Peter Burgess"][quote="euros"]I don't mean to imply that the area is a heap. It's just that in welsh you would refer to a pile of stones as tomen . [/quote]Most of W
Topic: Maenofferen
Peter Burgess	Forum: North Wales Posted: 15/04/2019 17:13:01 Subject: Maenofferen [quote="euros"]I don't mean to imply that the area is a heap. It's just that in welsh you would refer to a pile of stones as tomen . [/quote]Most of Wales is a heap of stones surely? (ducks
Topic: Responsible Exploration / sensitive sites.
Peter Burgess	Forum: Exploration Chat Posted: 12/04/2019 13:57:55 Subject: Responsible Exploration / sensitive sites. As they style themselves explorers, why are they not able to find their way around with both a compass and a map? Even Scott of the Sahara could have made a better job of it.
Topic: Responsible Exploration / sensitive sites.
Peter Burgess	Forum: Exploration Chat Posted: 11/04/2019 20:03:46 Subject: Responsible Exploration / sensitive sites. [quote="ttxela"][quote="alex17595"]I think a large amount of these Youtubers/Social media people are just using it as a persona to get more views and therefore more money from it. '[/quote]
Topic: Photographs Of Wherry (album)
Peter Burgess	Forum: South West England Posted: 25/03/2019 10:40:43 Subject: Photographs Of Wherry (album) Continual submergence often keeps timbers in a good state. It may depend on the type or wood I suppose. Shaft linings in old limestone workings near Burwash in Sussex, some 200 years old, exposed by K
Topic: Photographs Of Wherry (album)
Peter Burgess	Forum: South West England Posted: 25/03/2019 10:18:54 Subject: Photographs Of Wherry (album) Nice - looks like flatrods driven from the shore.
Topic: Photographs Of Wherry (album)
Peter Burgess	Forum: South West England Posted: 25/03/2019 09:50:43 Subject: Photographs Of Wherry (album) Are there any illustrations of what it might have looked like when being worked?
Topic: The Archaeology of Underground Mines and Quarries
Peter Burgess	Forum: For Sale! (and wanted / for swap) Posted: 02/03/2019 06:58:54 Subject: The Archaeology of Underground Mines and Quarries I am happy to put a review up on Darknessbelow.co.uk at no cost, please get in touch whoever wants to write one. We have a rather different ethos to getting interesting information out to cavers and m
Topic: NAMHO Conference 2019
Peter Burgess	Forum: Events Posted: 04/02/2019 18:53:06 Subject: NAMHO Conference 2019 That's just what I need to know - thank you.
Topic: NAMHO Conference 2019
Peter Burgess	Forum: Events Posted: 04/02/2019 15:57:41 Subject: NAMHO Conference 2019 Are trips on Thursday, Friday and Monday down to delegates to arrange for themselves, or will they be organised as led groups? I was hoping to do two full days of lectures and a few trips on the
Topic: NAMHO Conference 2019
Peter Burgess	Forum: Events Posted: 23/01/2019 10:41:39 Subject: NAMHO Conference 2019 I am not sure if Roy's NAMHO conference/field meet experiences go back many years but I expect they do, like mine. In the past, the event alternated each year from Field Meet only, to Conference only.
Topic: Fellows lamps forum.
Peter Burgess	Forum: Lamps & Lighting Posted: 23/01/2019 09:50:25 Subject: Fellows lamps forum. I have had only one occasion when grit caused an issue with my new lamp, Roy. It was in Ogof Ffynnon Ddu and I pressed the button with a very muddy/gritty gloved finger. Some grit stopped the button r
Topic: Merry Christmas 2018!
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 25/12/2018 15:38:46 Subject: Merry Christmas 2018! Santa's given Roy another mine to play with;D
Topic: DOCUMENTARY: Hidden Wales with Will Millard
Peter Burgess	Forum: North Wales Posted: 25/12/2018 08:53:22 Subject: DOCUMENTARY: Hidden Wales with Will Millard All the outtakes are being kept safe for "it'll be alright on the night"
Topic: Tony Oldham RIP
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 18/12/2018 18:50:41 Subject: Tony Oldham RIP See relevant thread on UKC----g for the latest news.
Topic: Tony Oldham RIP
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 18/12/2018 18:49:02 Subject: Tony Oldham RIP It seems his demise was a spoof story, so I feel comfortable suggesting that his body is to be used for cloning, but without his permission. :lol:
Topic: Number of working underground mines in the UK
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 18/12/2018 10:39:39 Subject: Number of working underground mines in the UK This was the situation 20 years ago: http://www.wcms.org.uk/cgi-bin/wcmsarchive.pl?archid=british_mines_and_quarries_apr1999
Topic: Number of working underground mines in the UK
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 12/12/2018 11:42:41 Subject: Number of working underground mines in the UK Brightling gypsum
Topic: Hidden Wales: Cwmystwyth
Peter Burgess	Forum: Mid Wales Posted: 04/12/2018 18:19:01 Subject: Hidden Wales: Cwmystwyth I have found newspaper archive relating the trial of Mountaineer in 1870 confirming this. Thanks for the help. It seems that photo used in the TV program is most likely of this loco. The Neath and Bre
Topic: Hidden Wales: Cwmystwyth
Peter Burgess	Forum: Mid Wales Posted: 04/12/2018 17:36:16 Subject: Hidden Wales: Cwmystwyth Thanks Euros! That's fascinating as I had concluded that it was the Neath and Brecon that tried a double fairlie or two, one being named "Mountaineer" - The landscape around that photo in the second l
Topic: Hidden Wales: Cwmystwyth
Peter Burgess	Forum: Mid Wales Posted: 04/12/2018 13:50:01 Subject: Hidden Wales: Cwmystwyth I wish they had broadcast more of Cwmystwyth, it felt they only touched the surface of the place. The rest of the programme was good though, I liked the fort section.
Topic: Hidden Wales: Cwmystwyth
Peter Burgess	Forum: Mid Wales Posted: 04/12/2018 13:44:20 Subject: Hidden Wales: Cwmystwyth I would be pleased just to have it confirmed or otherwise that this is Llanelli. Documentaries are notorious for using historic images of unrelated locations! I bet half those archive films of mining
Topic: Hidden Wales: Cwmystwyth
Peter Burgess	Forum: Mid Wales Posted: 04/12/2018 13:25:08 Subject: Hidden Wales: Cwmystwyth This image was used in the programme during the slot about Llanelli Docks. I noticed the double fairlie loco which got me wondering. Is this really Llanelli? If it is, then might this possibly be a do
Topic: Farming in mines
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 04/12/2018 11:28:07 Subject: Farming in mines Like the first projects to dig a tunnel to France. And now there is one.
Topic: Farming in mines
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 03/12/2018 16:57:47 Subject: Farming in mines I imagine the first person to suggest sticking windmills in the middle of the North Sea was laughed at too. :)
Topic: Farming in mines
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 03/12/2018 13:47:39 Subject: Farming in mines [quote="Bodger"]Yep you are totally correct! This is blatant fake news... BBC should be ashamed of themselves for posting this kind of nonsense! There is no real academics or 'experts' behind this :gl
Topic: Farming in mines
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 03/12/2018 13:11:23 Subject: Farming in mines https://www.wsset.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Deep-farms-Article.pdf
Topic: Lamp cable failure
Peter Burgess	Forum: Lamps & Lighting Posted: 21/11/2018 13:23:58 Subject: Lamp cable failure My Duo failed for exactly this reason after well over 10 years good service. A temporary repair allowed me to continue using it, however with a tighter shortened cable, there was probably even more st
Topic: Grove Rake PDHMS meet 1989 (probably) (photo)
Peter Burgess	Forum: North East England Posted: 14/11/2018 14:02:26 Subject: Grove Rake PDHMS meet 1989 (probably) (photo) That's fascinating. I only learnt this year that the so-called marcasite nodules found in the chalk may well be pyrite after all. I don't know how true this is.
Topic: Wales online newspapers
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 13/11/2018 12:06:15 Subject: Wales online newspapers I am not sure if this has been mentioned before. The Wales online newspaper archive is a good resource. It is also free, unlike the British equivalent! http://newspapers.library.
Topic: Penwyllt research
Peter Burgess	Forum: South Wales Posted: 12/11/2018 20:55:49 Subject: Penwyllt research All these years later, I can add to this story, thanks to online newspaper archives. South Wales Daily News 22nd August 1885 [b]Penwyllt Mountain Railway[/b] This rail
Topic: Anything interesting around Dartmoor?
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 09/11/2018 12:58:15 Subject: Anything interesting around Dartmoor? [quote="Chalcocite"]You're lucky to be able to get onto druids workings. I've heard the owner is a right miserable ******! The speleologists get a bit funny too when you go in poking aroun
Topic: Interesting video
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 01/11/2018 13:20:43 Subject: Interesting video https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/last-of-the-navvies-irishman-who-dug-all-night-tube-line-1.2762215 Article that mentions miners getting the bends and a few fatal accidents.
Topic: Pedantry corner: Festiniog or Ffestiniog?
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 28/10/2018 18:10:00 Subject: Pedantry corner: Festiniog or Ffestiniog? Ask the railway what they would use and simply go with that. If anyone complains refer them to the railway.
Topic: Penarth Odd Metal work; any ideas
Peter Burgess	Forum: North Wales Posted: 26/10/2018 12:15:46 Subject: Penarth Odd Metal work; any ideas Like a lot of this sort of thing, one day someone will see one in context and all the light bulbs will light up.
Topic: Tywarnhayle area.
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 24/10/2018 14:05:33 Subject: Tywarnhayle area. I can just about remember how we found mines to visit before the internet. We searched books like Dines, or other more popular mining histories and managed to find places somehow. We got in touch with
Topic: Hi from Shropshire,
Peter Burgess	Forum: New recruits! Posted: 11/09/2018 22:02:44 Subject: Hi from Shropshire, Big Pit is a very well presented "show" mine, and to be able to look around a coal mine is a rare opportunity these days. I would happily visit it again. Go while the guides are still retired miners w
Topic: Can Abandoned Mines Heat our Future?
Peter Burgess	Forum: Geology & Mining Posted: 07/08/2018 09:22:59 Subject: Can Abandoned Mines Heat our Future? I forgot about the flat earthers. Apparently they have expressed delight that their numbers are on the increase around the globe.
Topic: Can Abandoned Mines Heat our Future?
Peter Burgess	Forum: Geology & Mining Posted: 06/08/2018 17:57:28 Subject: Can Abandoned Mines Heat our Future? [quote="ChrisJC"][quote="Praada"]You know what boils my blood, we are an island surrounded by water and the government keeps shunning attempts at researching and testing hydroelectric generators in th
Topic: Old Village of East Hetton
Peter Burgess	Forum: New recruits! Posted: 26/07/2018 19:22:20 Subject: Old Village of East Hetton There is a Welsh equivalent, which IS free! http://newspapers.library.wales/
Topic: Old Village of East Hetton
Peter Burgess	Forum: New recruits! Posted: 26/07/2018 19:19:44 Subject: Old Village of East Hetton The British Newspaper Archive is a good source of local tittle tattle. Things like applications for licences, prosecutions of those who get caught drinking out of hours, that sort of thing.
Topic: Thievery at Nenthead
Peter Burgess	Forum: North West England Posted: 25/07/2018 09:02:00 Subject: Thievery at Nenthead Oh- I sent it to myself! Resent to Roy :)
Topic: Thievery at Nenthead
Peter Burgess	Forum: North West England Posted: 25/07/2018 09:00:00 Subject: Thievery at Nenthead Sorry - I thought it had gone - I'll check. I didn't want to start a public argument about the points I was making until you had thought it over.

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