Caver has spent millions buying majority of known caves in Minnesota, USA
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So just like parts of Ireland then.
I can remember looking for a cave in Co. Clare once, it turned out to be way off the beaten track and down a long forestry ride. When we eventually found the shakehole entrance it was clogged up with dumped washing machines, fridges, cookers, etc. This had obviously been standard practice for an area which didn't seem to bother with such niceities as regular rubbish collections or local authority refuse disposal sites.
Used to happen in Derbyshire once too: several mine shafts in the Peak District were descended by cavers in the 1960s only to find drums of cyanide at the bottom. Fly tipping from the Sheffield steel works it seems! Luckily we had the Environment Agency to complain to and we got it stopped.
I can remember looking for a cave in Co. Clare once, it turned out to be way off the beaten track and down a long forestry ride. When we eventually found the shakehole entrance it was clogged up with dumped washing machines, fridges, cookers, etc. This had obviously been standard practice for an area which didn't seem to bother with such niceities as regular rubbish collections or local authority refuse disposal sites.
Used to happen in Derbyshire once too: several mine shafts in the Peak District were descended by cavers in the 1960s only to find drums of cyanide at the bottom. Fly tipping from the Sheffield steel works it seems! Luckily we had the Environment Agency to complain to and we got it stopped.
Don't forget that large areas of GB are already owned by mysterious Middle Eastern or Russian people. Not only property in London but large estates in the Highlands of Scotland. So it's not even as if our own nationals are buying them and we seem to have no control over this.
mrodoc
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Chris Crowley
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Jenny P said:
royfellows
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A mine in central Wales could be entered through the back of a Land Rover, might still be like that. Bit of SRT, belay off the tow ball.
I never had the nerve.
I never had the nerve.
There was also an episode in Derbyshire, many years ago when Eldon Quarry was still working. One of the Orpheus members was investigating shafts in a field not far from the quarry, on the corner of the road near Perryfoot Farm. He put a ladder down one, which was about 30ft. deep, and when he got to the bottom found himself standing in this sticky substance. It wasn't mud - inspection showed it was deteriorating magic hammer, presumably dumped by the quarry - so he tiptoed back up the ladder and we never went near those shafts again.
ZombieCake
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I dunno, camel rides down the gorge, then a few vodkas on the way out, what's not to like. Maybe there's oil at that bit right at the end.
It?s probably easier to get a camel through the entrance passages of GB than through the eye of a needle ? still, it would be an impressive feat.
Although ? am I right in thinking that there once was an entrance to GB at the top of the Gorge? Was there really an old car jammed in there once upon a time, or have I dreamt it?
Although ? am I right in thinking that there once was an entrance to GB at the top of the Gorge? Was there really an old car jammed in there once upon a time, or have I dreamt it?
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