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  1. The Old Ruminator

    The " Beejay "Temporary Boulder Prop.

    The " Beejay Jack " can be made for under £20. Top end is a plasterboard jack 40kg load with fine adjustment and tilt head. This sits in a lightweight tube containing a scaffolding base jack screw. Both the jack head tube and body tube are adjustable. For a longer reach it can be fitted to a...
  2. The Old Ruminator

    The Mine Shafts Project. Hydrology.

    Everything that you see here has been excavated.
  3. The Old Ruminator

    Photography Showcase 3 per week limit

    Shift change at The Hole In The Wall.
  4. The Old Ruminator

    Agen Allwedd - Priory Road Exploration

    Great but can we please have a survey with the places named. Even a sketch would do.
  5. The Old Ruminator

    Return To Quarter Way Up Hole

    Swop any day.
  6. The Old Ruminator

    Return To Quarter Way Up Hole

    Others from today. A nice new shelf. I hate boulders --
  7. The Old Ruminator

    Return To Quarter Way Up Hole

    Damn. You spend all day making progress then a ruddy great boulder falls down blocking the way on. Try again next week.
  8. The Old Ruminator

    Return To Quarter Way Up Hole

    Written up in Befry Bulletin Winter 2025, No 588.
  9. The Old Ruminator

    Return To Quarter Way Up Hole

    QWUH/HWUH is an anomaly at FCQ. We know several things. Part of it was open to the surface 40,000 years ago. At one time it drained to West Chamber along strike to Withyhill. Much of it is phreatic with development now 20m below the surface. Originally like Shatter and Withyhill it was much...
  10. The Old Ruminator

    Bad air / pollution / bad bolts / etc

    Seems to affect people differantly. Vurley has it. We were tracking the percentage. I just got a bit hot and tired whilst others got a headache. Some of our percentage ratios were quite high and at times oxygen depletion was noticed. Differant parts of the cave were affected at differant times.
  11. The Old Ruminator

    Return To Quarter Way Up Hole

    Still going South. We are at J in Joint. Mind yer head Nick --
  12. The Old Ruminator

    Return To Quarter Way Up Hole

    More fun in the monster choke today. Phreatic half tube.
  13. The Old Ruminator

    The Mine Shafts Project. Hydrology.

    " Bilbo" and " Frodo " on their own again at Bag End last night. Nick and Mike in the Lonely Mine Down in the earth where the daylight fades, Nick and Mike worked with picks and spades. No crowd behind them, no cheering crew, Just two old friends with a job to do. The mine was deep, the air...
  14. The Old Ruminator

    Redhouse Lane Swallet Update

    Further to the last comment. Withyhill has ancient cracked mud in several off route areas. In time the cracks have filled with calcite. More cracked mud in Reservoir Hole and Agen Allwedd
  15. The Old Ruminator

    The Mine Shafts Project. Hydrology.

    Plodding on at The Hole In The Wall with the Friday Nighters.
  16. The Old Ruminator

    Capping Mat

    Most factories replace conveyor belts regularly. Food factories are the best source. Just ask.
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    Photography Showcase 3 per week limit

    Team rest area and lunch chamber.
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    Photography Showcase 3 per week limit

    After the collapse.
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    Photography Showcase 3 per week limit

    The man who does the drilling has the most damgerous job of all.
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