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Bush Tucker Man:
Another thought....

You rise at an unearthly hour (I wasn't even working!), drive all that way, walk all that way :roll:

And what happens?
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Wolfie' (Andy) tucked up in his tent

'Eeyore'[/b] (Nick) also in his 'pit'.

At least they could have been up & made me a mug of Tea :roll:  :wink:

And I make the effort to go & see them :roll:  :roll:


Dick(?), my American guide told me to go kick some tent-pegs out, but that would have been cruel :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

I would have done, but I didn't know which one (2) they were :lol:

Jim-Willy:
You must be nuts!  My mates done that (He used to cave though so obviously has something missing).  Big DEEP cavern on rope seat.....NO CHANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

POTASH:
heres the bottomless pit at speedwell

Bush Tucker Man:

--- Quote from: "jim-willy" ---You must be nuts!  
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Could be?
I'm on my 4th Landie & work for the NHS, so it's very possible :lol:


--- Quote from: "jim-willy" ---My mates done that (He used to cave though so obviously has something missing).
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I'd like to possibly try it on a 'lighter-duty' cave/pot?


--- Quote from: "jim-willy" ---Big DEEP cavern on rope seat.....NO CHANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It's a steel chair & frame, with a safety-bar & a crotch-rope :shock:
You do feel to be very close to some of the 'cliff' on the way down, I wanted to look around as I was going down & watch the floor arrive, but was too tightly wedged in with my coat & bag. (it's not a big chair)

I'd reckon it's at least a 10mm cable, so safe, 'Eeyore' & 'Wolfie' could give you all the facts & figures when they reappear if you want them




More photos/links :wink:
Chair from below

Bradford Potholing Club's Gill pictures

1960's descents (good chair photo :wink: )


--- Quote from: "ASH" ---heres the bottomless pit at speedwell
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Isn't it Speedwell Caverns that have the boat trips?
Never been down, but know where it is, on Winnatts Pass, I've ridden the biks up Winnatts far too many times.
I remember the flurry of interest in the press (the 'Yorkshire Post') a few years ago when they had a new boat delivered & just how they got it down :?

Xtremeteam:
WOW,thats well cool,id love to do that,last time i was in anything like that it was a slate quarry in the lake district that we found the path leading into the workings to go down that actually came out at 1/2 way up the quarry which was full of water ,will get the name when my dad gets back

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