This popped into my inbox yesterday, sent by some friends: "Whilst at Nenthead yesterday for a underground excursion we were informed by Pete Jackson, Chairman of the newly formed Nenthead Conservation Society, that some stupid idiot had cut the rope going down Proud Sump. The danger factor...

The news will hardly come as a shock to frequent visitors to the Nenthead Mines, but NPHT who own the site have gone into administration ? full story here: http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/09/10/north-pennines-heritage-trust-collapses-61634-29395499/ A group who...