hi - had a club trip to knotlow // hillocks on sunday . and as everyone was happy with the pitch lengths involved we only rigged the knotlow 210 and whalf engine shaft .
and due to having only a artists impression of the survey and no experience of the system - we elected to decend the 210 - investigate the coffin level to fourways - which all went with out a hitch - then exit via whalfe engine shaft after traversing mechanno
that's where the fun started - we got upto meccanno level and set off along the passage -
past the trench prop , over the winze in the floor and along a short stoopy passage - then encountered a junction - to the right it was a slight rise - and straight on a low crawl
as I didn't remember any junctions - I sugested straight on and as it was down hill - entered feet first - and quickly found myself in a very wet section of coffin level
with effort I turned my self around - and pressed on - soon clearing the water to continue in a flat crawl
the passage appeared blocked - but the rocks moved - and I was able to garden my way out into a small stope that climbed up 2m
a way on - appeared to exist - with boulders blocking the way - but a way past allowed me to drop behind them but again due to the fact it looked difficult to retreat from - I went feet first - but could only manage about 2m before I was extremely uncomfortable and retreated
disappointed - we returned to the 210 shaft and exited .
so - where did I go wrong ??????
was the way I attempted the correct route ?
and due to having only a artists impression of the survey and no experience of the system - we elected to decend the 210 - investigate the coffin level to fourways - which all went with out a hitch - then exit via whalfe engine shaft after traversing mechanno
that's where the fun started - we got upto meccanno level and set off along the passage -
past the trench prop , over the winze in the floor and along a short stoopy passage - then encountered a junction - to the right it was a slight rise - and straight on a low crawl
as I didn't remember any junctions - I sugested straight on and as it was down hill - entered feet first - and quickly found myself in a very wet section of coffin level
with effort I turned my self around - and pressed on - soon clearing the water to continue in a flat crawl
the passage appeared blocked - but the rocks moved - and I was able to garden my way out into a small stope that climbed up 2m
a way on - appeared to exist - with boulders blocking the way - but a way past allowed me to drop behind them but again due to the fact it looked difficult to retreat from - I went feet first - but could only manage about 2m before I was extremely uncomfortable and retreated
disappointed - we returned to the 210 shaft and exited .
so - where did I go wrong ??????
was the way I attempted the correct route ?
