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    Wezzit?

    Lumbago
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    Lad - A Yorkshire Story

    "This video isn't available anymore" Hmmm----?
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    (Winnats head) The wood above the slot in Winnats is snapping, and the slot SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED! A warning to all!

    Its about 40 years since Ben put it in, not bad for a bit of second hand timber!
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    Traditional Caplamp Trip 20th January North Wales

    Hmm, SRT with a naked flame stinky could be interesting?---
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    ....and the cave passage this represents is??

    It may be very regional, but what you're calling a "poss", in the coal mining area of east Derbyshire we called a "ponch".
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    SRT Practice Walls

    The disused viaduct at Millers Dale (NOT the big double one !) has anchors in place for rigging, used by outdoor groups.
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    British Fluorspar

    Isn't Sallet Hole still under "care and management", ha, ha.........
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    Derbyshire Explorers Forum - 30th of September 2023

    I organised the last DCA congress and it made a significant loss (mainly on the stomp, paying for the band), we decided to give it a rest for a while to build up finances, its still resting, this was about 1987? ---
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    Cussey Pot, Eyam

    I must confess to being somewhat confused, has Cussey Pot finally been connected to the Bradwell area, or has the thread been hijacked? ---
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    Jerry Wooldridge

    Yet another legend joins the other side, r.i.p. Jerry, thanks for the memories.
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    Mornington Crescent

    I think you'll find Stovoids 2nd Amendment was replaced by the 3rd in 1974.
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    SLIDE SCANNERS

    I use a Digitnow! scanner off Amazon, reasonably priced and good for copying slides, negatives and prints.
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    Lumb Hole

    I am aware of a great deal of long established badger activity on that side of the dale, I wonder how that fits into their gardening ethos ??
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    Best timber for stemples?

    The reason yew is mainly seen in churchyards is that it is highly poisonous to livestock so must be kept away from grazing land, it was grown for longbow making before saltpetre for gunpowder (and guns) became readily available.
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    Recommendations for squeezy trips in the Peak.

    Wind Tunnel rout into Colostomy Crawl, Peak Cavern.
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