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    AR replied to the thread Missing nuts in Whalf!.
    Someone like a trained blacksmith with a small hearth and anvil in his garage? Something like that could work on the engine shaft; the...
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    AR replied to the thread Missing nuts in Whalf!.
    Okay... having just got back from a quick dogwalk over to the shaft, the good news is I found the nuts in the grass alongside the shaft...
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    AR reacted to shotlighter's post in the thread Missing nuts in Whalf! with Like Like.
    Whalf Engine shaft is 16mm.
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    AR replied to the thread Missing nuts in Whalf!.
    Not sure about the climber but the engine shaft may be an odd older size like the Knotlow engine shaft, might even have been a...
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    AR replied to the thread A Mossdale Documentary.
    Have you watched Dave Webb's film about the attempted rescue of Neil Moss -...
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    AR replied to the thread Sheet steel.
    A blade cutter of some sort rather than an angle grinder I hope, given the tank will still likely be full of kerosene fumes? 💣
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    AR replied to the thread Sheet steel.
    Oil tanks are usually made out of sheet a lot thinner than 4mm, so probably not suitable. A couple of observations about using steel...
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    AR replied to the thread Hopton quarries.
    I've seen that one at surface, and it's run in.
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    AR replied to the thread Hopton quarries.
    I think that may be a limekiln raking arch rather than a mine level - haven't walked up that road for a while but there are a few...
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    AR replied to the thread Graphite Mining.
    As far as I was aware, the term "blackmail" came from the Borders and was certainly in use there in the early 16th century - it...
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    AR replied to the thread Masson Lees Quarry Access.
    The land is currently for sale - https://www.bagshaws.com/property/land-off-salters-lane-matlock-de4-2pa-2/ It has been rented by the...
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    AR replied to the thread The Assault Course via Peak Cavern..
    Those hillocks do suggest pipe outcrop - could be a worthwhile dig!
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    AR reacted to pwhole's post in the thread How big is the average UK caving club? with Haha Haha.
    That's t-shirt gold 😁
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    AR replied to the thread Best Ever Colour Song.
    Or you could come back home to the Red Mecca, perhaps?
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    AR replied to the thread Best Ever Colour Song.
    I'll see your blue and raise you green and grey all in one song...
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