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North Wales ideas
- Thread starter Burt
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RobinGriffiths
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Assuming you don't want more slate -
Bwlch y Plwm near Llanfrothen maybe. You could spend an hour or two exploring. A through trip is possible from top to bottom adit requiring a 20' + 120' rope if memory serves. You could have a look at Pant-y-wrach which are nearby.
Alternatively Cae Coch Sulphur mine in the Conwy Valley.
Robin
Bwlch y Plwm near Llanfrothen maybe. You could spend an hour or two exploring. A through trip is possible from top to bottom adit requiring a 20' + 120' rope if memory serves. You could have a look at Pant-y-wrach which are nearby.
Alternatively Cae Coch Sulphur mine in the Conwy Valley.
Robin
Inskia
Member
You could get a code to go into Cwmorthin - see http://www.cwmorthin.co.uk/how_to_visit.asp. Plenty to see, with some pretty impressive chambers.
danthecavingman
Active member
Rhiwbach Slate Mine is quite good fun and also a through trip - Google it - you'll find plenty of info.
Dan.
Dan.
Mrs Trellis
Well-known member
Poacher's Cave (Ogof Hen ffynhonau) near Ogof Hesp Alyn. Short 7m pitch and some interesting worms!
Go through the caravan park in caving gear and make a stir.
http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/holidays/outdoors/tm_headline=going-underground%26method=full%26objectid=11162481%26siteid=50142-name_page.html
Go through the caravan park in caving gear and make a stir.
http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/holidays/outdoors/tm_headline=going-underground%26method=full%26objectid=11162481%26siteid=50142-name_page.html
Mrs Trellis.
Nothing on topic here or in relevance to the original post. But, in that ICNorthwales report it states that Poachers was originally being dug by a few members of the NPC, do we know who? Just out of interest
Poachers however is an excellent cave, short but good. I've yet to go down OHA but I hear that's better For North Wales at least 
Nothing on topic here or in relevance to the original post. But, in that ICNorthwales report it states that Poachers was originally being dug by a few members of the NPC, do we know who? Just out of interest
Poachers however is an excellent cave, short but good. I've yet to go down OHA but I hear that's better
For North Wales at least TLH said:
Try this link
http://www.pennine.demon.co.uk/NPC/1979/POACHERS.HTM
It gives a potted history of the cave's discovery by NPC and a description of the cave.
Cheers
If you contact NWCC I'm sure a trip into ODB or could be arranged. Lovely little cave.
Alternatively you can do a lovely little pull though (you'll need 62m of rope) from the top of Bwlch y Plwm, if you want something different from slate. If not Cwmorthin is a cracking (literally in places) slate mine and pretty close to the carpark. Access can be gained by emailing gatecode(at)cwmorthin.co.uk but its worth downloading a plan from one of the mine exploration sites and printing it out on A3 unless you know the mine
Have fun!!
Alternatively you can do a lovely little pull though (you'll need 62m of rope) from the top of Bwlch y Plwm, if you want something different from slate. If not Cwmorthin is a cracking (literally in places) slate mine and pretty close to the carpark. Access can be gained by emailing gatecode(at)cwmorthin.co.uk but its worth downloading a plan from one of the mine exploration sites and printing it out on A3 unless you know the mine
Have fun!!
