A Photo Tour of Grebe Swallet

[The Old Ruminator]

All on the run photos as we were also helping a little bit with bag hauling. Two from the Photography Section.

Willie's Windows. Willie Stanton built the windows to preserve the 18th C. grafitti.



Lode Chamber. The opriginal way in for the miners.

 

[The Old Ruminator]

Bum. I still dont know how to remove duplicated img code here. Its easy everywhwere else.

 

[The Old Ruminator]

Anyway on we go. Now in order of the trip.




12m climb.



Wash and Brush Up.



The Proprietor.



A bit of stal.



A fine wiggley.

 

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18thC. grafitti.



Lead ore.



18thC. children's finger marks.



A Willie Wall with a groove for water.

 

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Below the last Willie Wall.



Nick T.



A Jolly Mr B.



Henry Young. 18thC.

 

[The Old Ruminator]

In " Perdition ". The current dig.

 

[cap n chris]

The Old Notorious Rumbletor

 

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The Elephant Trap.



The bag run. A hasty shot.

 

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Eh. Where did that one of me come from ? I have lost concentration now.

Tub Run.



The Guggenheim Enclosure started this year.



Lode Chamber Roof.

 

[The Old Ruminator]

Lode Chamber Video.

https://flic.kr/p/2phRRkX

 

[cap n chris]

Lode Chamber Video.

https://flic.kr/p/2phRRkX

You now understand why it's been about five years since I last went in there!

 

[The Old Ruminator]

Crystals in vugh. Lode Chamber.



The Proprietor states that all is safe.





Limonite.

 

[cap n chris]

Photographing the photographer.

 

[cap n chris]

The archway into Henry Young - John Clark Passage (boys aged 9 and 7 respectively when visiting with their fathers who mined Grebe Swallet; their visit was on Thursday 20th November 1755 just 20 days after the Great Lisbon Earthquake so their visit was probably a post-seismic recce to ascertain damage to the workings). The passage is named after the boys because they broke off stalactite(s) to inscribe their names in clay banks, still extant now, some 270 years later.

 

[The Old Ruminator]

The trip came about from a response from the good Cap'n here on the forum welcoming me along for another trip after a ten year gap. He has achieved a lot in the last ten years and it was a pleasure to see Willie Stanton's ethics being continued. Grebe is a remarkable place linking mine history and cave development . So thanks again to the Cap'n and his first mate Nick T. Also to Mike Wise who contnues to blossom as my protege. Oh and thanks for the cakes as well.

 

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The Cap'n going full bore on the tub run. VLC edit from the video which as ever I filmed sideways.

 

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A couple of things with the TG6. Above when an in motion shot is needed . Video the piece then use VLC or a similiar editor to sort the frame you want then copy as a jpeg.

Macro. I dont tend to use the macro setting much. Shoot normally then save as high res. Crop down to the size you want. Always look for a black background. TG6. I Auto. LED torch side light.

 

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Three jpeg conversions from the Lode Chamber video. Note the wider format which can be useful.