Be careful in Eldon Hole, the devil may singe your arse !

I first ventured into that system via the opencast on Masson Hill in 1971, with a fibre miners helmet and a carbide lamp, it was a great adventure ! I seem to remember a lot of very large stopes, and found some great galena samples. I enjoyed looking at the PDHMS journal with the excellent work...

As a native of Caithness that the NC 500 threads through, at the start of this tourist idea the locals were keen, but as it turneed into a race to cover the 500 miles non-stop in the first couple of years, the enthusiasm diminished. Then came the motorhomes. These behemoths of the road would...