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Re: July 6th-7th Wiltshire by-way session
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 2:57 pm
by turbo-tom
I like that. Alot!!
Re: July 6th-7th Wiltshire by-way session
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 2:58 pm
by ScottieJ
Jordi wrote:ScottieJ wrote:Why don't we just save on campsite fees and sleep in the "warm and dry" caves
I would say abandoned mines not caves.
It's a bit of a mixture down around there
but yes you cocky bastard they are mostly old mines!
Re: July 6th-7th Wiltshire by-way session
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 3:07 pm
by twiss
Yeah thats a big ass hole... Did you jump?
Re: July 6th-7th Wiltshire by-way session
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 3:16 pm
by Jordi
twiss wrote:Ahhh wait til you are stumbling around in the dark we will see who is laughing then
Night goggles or not Twiss. When your pissed stumbling round in the dark is all the same.
Re: July 6th-7th Wiltshire by-way session
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:05 pm
by twiss
hahaha too true... been there!
Re: July 6th-7th Wiltshire by-way session
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 7:47 pm
by Jordi
I am genuinely excited for this weekend.
Still waiting on Andy to see if he has the LWB up and running for it though.
Re: July 6th-7th Wiltshire by-way session
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:54 pm
by dan_2k_uk
ScottieJ wrote:Jordi wrote:ScottieJ wrote:Why don't we just save on campsite fees and sleep in the "warm and dry" caves
I would say abandoned mines not caves.
It's a bit of a mixture down around there
but yes you cocky bastard they are mostly old mines!
They are Quarries!
Re: July 6th-7th Wiltshire by-way session
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 11:02 pm
by Jordi
Underground quarries? Do you lot have a different defination of quarry?
A quarry is an open pit used to extract stone and supplies generally for building material. Open being the defining word. Those photos were underground.
Re: July 6th-7th Wiltshire by-way session
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 11:04 pm
by dan_2k_uk
Apart from the one exception to that rule... Bath stone.
They are frequently called mines though.
Re: July 6th-7th Wiltshire by-way session
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 11:09 pm
by Jordi
I wasn't making the point that all building stones / materials are quarried. But that quarries are bit open pits!
Bath stoned was mined!
"Bath Stone is an Oolitic Limestone comprising granular fragments of calcium carbonate. Originally obtained from the Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines under Combe Down, Somerset, England"
Thanks Wikipedia