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NOZ said:... a Mendip mentality.
Which is what? Down here it is extremely unusual for digs to be pirated.
NOZ said:... a Mendip mentality.
graham said:NOZ said:... a Mendip mentality.
Which is what? Down here it is extremely unusual for digs to be pirated.
NOZ said:paul said:After the breakthrough, we politely requested cavers to be patient and resist the temptation to visit the new discoveries until conservation measures were complete - not to mention the ongoing digs which were and are still in progress. Some cavers decided to ignore the request and go ahead anyway. Even to the extent of trying to push one of the digs. So, it's not surprising that a gate was considered.
While I wholeheartedly agree with the gating of the extensions for conservation purposes and also am shocked at the sheer rudeness of cavers pushing others' digs without permission.
To mention gating in the same paragraph as; preventing cavers pushing digs - is getting very close to a Mendip mentality.
Maybe that's 'cos we care about our caves. :icon_321:AndyF said:graham said:NOZ said:... a Mendip mentality.
Which is what? Down here it is extremely unusual for digs to be pirated.
Maybe thats 'cause the gates go on BEFORE a breathrough... :ras:
NigR said:Firstly, I find it most disappointing that this should happen in Derbyshire.
Secondly, if the gate really has been installed purely on conservation and scientific grounds then why was it not done much earlier?
NigR said:Secondly, if the gate really has been installed purely on conservation and scientific grounds then why was it not done much earlier?
Cave_Troll said:because they didn't know what was there until they found it?
NigR said:Like most gates (no matter which caving area they are in) it would appear that the purpose of this one is to keep people out
Only most gates? So the few remaining might be designed to keep people in?graham said:NigR said:Like most gates (no matter which caving area they are in) it would appear that the purpose of this one is to keep people out
Peter Burgess said:Only most gates? So the few remaining might be designed to keep people in?graham said:NigR said:Like most gates (no matter which caving area they are in) it would appear that the purpose of this one is to keep people out