Cuckoo Cleeves: New Entrance, January 2007

[cap n chris]

Had an email offer too - blimey! - that's four volunteers in one day. Looks like the job will get done after all. Watch this space for details about when it's likely to go ahead....

 

[Mr Cosmic]

how about paying a goodwill fee for access to cuckoo cleeves, as only been down  cuckoo cleeves once about 10 years ago can't remember if this is already in place

I wonder what the market price would be for a goodwill fee to access Cuckoo Cleeves? 

If Swildon's cost £1 to access up to 10Km of cave then, pro-rata, it seems a goodwill fee of 3p would be appropriate to access Cuckoo's 300 metres.

According to Cap'n Chris drystone walling costs about £80 per metre for labour.  There's about four metres that require immediate attention.  So that'll only need about 10,667 cavers to visit.

*puts calculator away for another year*

I'll volunteer to help with the wall too.  So that's five.

 

[whitelackington]

Upper Flood Swallet would cost about 28 new pence,
I wish we still had 960 farthings to a soveriegn

 

[Elaine]

Upper Flood Swallet would cost about 28 new pence,
I wish we still had 960 farthings to a soveriegn

You still do, only you can't spend it any more!!

 

[emgee]

Upper Flood Swallet would cost about 28 new pence,
I wish we still had 960 farthings to a soveriegn

You still do, only you can't spend it any more!!

Why would you want to spend it? You'd get a lot more from a coin dealer..

 

[graham]

Guys

If the walling takes place a little later in the year, then put Linda & me down to help. We have a small amount of expewrience in this department.

 

[Hughie]

Would suggest we hang fire until warmer, lighter evenings.

 

[mak]

Hope any stone walling is going to be proper "rickity" mendip style walls that look like they are half way to a state of collapse rather than those concrete filled monstrosities that have recently appeared on Mendip under the guise of conservation

 

[cap n chris]

Would suggest we hang fire until warmer, lighter evenings.

Most wise: t`will make for a pleasant early evening's entertainment. Gosh we know how to party!  :doubt:

 

[darkplaces]

BBQ, Beer and Stone - What more could you want!

 

[Les W]

BBQ, Beer and Stone - What more could you want!

Sun, Totty, Lots of others to actually do the work. 

 

[cap n chris]

Would suggest we hang fire until warmer, lighter evenings.

.....     

 

[Elaine]

Gosh, you are keen!
Notice Hugh said 'warmer' as well though!

 

[Walrus]

This is England - 'warm' is a relative term...  :

 

[darkplaces]

This is England - A full risk assessment is required with safety goggles, gloves, day glow jackets, helmets, steel toe boots, steel shank, face mask, site induction training, permit to work, correct stone wall training, insurance, first aide equipment and aider, fire retardant equipment ... etc...

 

[graham]

This is England - A full risk assessment is required with safety goggles, gloves, day glow jackets, helmets, steel toe boots, steel shank, face mask, site induction training, permit to work, correct stone wall training, insurance, first aide equipment and aider, fire retardant equipment ... etc...

This is England, where far fewer industrial deaths occur than in most other countries. 

 

[Walrus]

This is England, where far fewer industrial deaths occur than in most other countries. 

That'll be because we don't have much industry.

 

[darkplaces]

This is England, where far fewer industrial deaths occur than in most other countries. 

That'll be because we don't have much industry.

... and because we protect idiots from removing themselves from the breeding pool.
Hence we have lots of breeding idiots in this country.

However thats another topic and this is off topic..... When stone walling needs to be done at coocoo cleaves (spelling designed to annoy the pedantic) let me know and if I am free I can turn up and maybe do something, at least watch everyone else working

 

[Walrus]

Ooo ooo - can I come too?

Not too bright but can lift heavy things. Like rocks.

 

[cap n chris]

Who wants to be C&A. I'm pissed off with it.