October Unofficial

Steve Taylor wrote:
> The quarries above the station are amazing too, well worth a wander
> around. My former climbing club has a hut there.
>
> Steve

I spent an afternoon wandering around the quarries above Dinorwig at
Easter, some fantastic stuff to see!. Theres also an interesting
quarry over the road as well. If anyone's interested, i'll be happy to
show people round the sites i know.

Should be up for attending the unofficial.

Dom J

Lee_D wrote:
>
> Oooooooo a pub on this one too, Statics and bunkhouses available here..
>
> http://www.snowdoninnllanberis.co.uk/

Been there once a long time ago. Pretty good.

Steve

Dom J wrote:
> Steve Taylor wrote:
>> The quarries above the station are amazing too, well worth a wander
>> around. My former climbing club has a hut there.
>>
>> Steve
>
> I spent an afternoon wandering around the quarries above Dinorwig at
> Easter, some fantastic stuff to see!. Theres also an interesting
> quarry over the road as well. If anyone's interested, i'll be happy to
> show people round the sites i know.

What about the "secret government bunker" in 'Beris is that accessible
enough ?

(It was used to store art treasures during the war) Alan Wylie,
occasionally of this parish will be along shortly to tell us about it !

Steve

Lee_D wrote:

> http://www.snowdoninnllanberis.co.uk/

http://www.karabiner.org/hut/

....but I suspect they're all a load of 4x4 haters - except when I
carried a bonfire's worth of wood for 'em...

Steve

On Mon, 08 May 2006 20:28:01 +0100, Steve Taylor <[email protected]> said:

> What about the "secret government bunker" in 'Beris is that accessible
> enough ?

> (It was used to store art treasures during the war) Alan Wylie,
> occasionally of this parish will be along shortly to tell us about
> it !

The art treasures weren't at LLanberis - they were stored at Manod
Quarry, near Blaenau Ffestiniog.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/4666237.stm

The quarry at Llanberis, at SH 571 611 was used to store
munitions. There was a roof collapse, and a load of bombs were buried.

It's a long time since I was last there. I have hear rumours that the
fence has been fixed recently. There were also plans to turn the
quarry into a snow dome with rotating real snow slopes.

http://www.snowdonia-active.com/news.asp?newsid=392

which still seem to be progressing.

There are pages on the "bomb store" at

http://www.bunkertours.co.uk/llanberis.htm
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/l/llanberis/index.shtml

--
Alan J. Wylie http://www.wylie.me.uk/
"Perfection [in design] is achieved not when there is nothing left to add,
but rather when there is nothing left to take away."
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Steve Taylor <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz
funny about:
> Lee_D wrote:
>>
>> Oooooooo a pub on this one too, Statics and bunkhouses available
>> here.. http://www.snowdoninnllanberis.co.uk/
>
> Been there once a long time ago. Pretty good.
>
> Steve

Well looks like a goer ...

"At the moment, all of our accommodation is available on those dates.
The 6 berth static van is £100 for the weekend. The bunkhouse is £8
p.p.p. night. Camping is £4 p.p.p. night. There are hot showers and
toilets. We serve breakfast and evening meals in the inn."

Just wait on an update from Austin re the Eectric mountain then I think we
may have a plan.

Lee

On or around Tue, 9 May 2006 13:57:25 +0100, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Steve Taylor <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz
>funny about:
>> Lee_D wrote:
>>>
>>> Oooooooo a pub on this one too, Statics and bunkhouses available
>>> here.. http://www.snowdoninnllanberis.co.uk/
>>
>> Been there once a long time ago. Pretty good.
>>
>> Steve
>
>Well looks like a goer ...
>
>"At the moment, all of our accommodation is available on those dates.
>The 6 berth static van is £100 for the weekend. The bunkhouse is £8
>p.p.p. night. Camping is £4 p.p.p. night. There are hot showers and
>toilets. We serve breakfast and evening meals in the inn."
>
>Just wait on an update from Austin re the Eectric mountain then I think we
>may have a plan.

not heard anything yet. However I think the person concerned was away from
the office 'til yesterday, so I reckon they've probably got a backlog of
stuff to deal with.
--
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"The great masses of the people ... will more easily fall victims to
a great lie than to a small one" Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
from Mein Kampf, Ch 10

On or around Tue, 09 May 2006 20:28:36 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On or around Tue, 9 May 2006 13:57:25 +0100, "Lee_D"
><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>Just wait on an update from Austin re the Eectric mountain then I think we
>>may have a plan.
>

Ok, heard from Dot Lamb:

Re: tour numbers -

Hello Austin Shackles
The weekend of 28th/29th October is in the school half term break and will
be very busy
So please book as soon a possible - minimum numbers do not apply for this
period

Re: sprogs -

Hello Austin Shackles
Children must be able to wear the safety helmets underground - if they fit
and the child is willing to keep them on then that is OK
If they don't fit (too large) then one parent can stay on the bus with the
child and only miss part of the tour
Hope this helps

Regards
Dot Lamb

I presume they have small sized helmets - it'd lose too much trade if no
anklebiters got to do it.

So, if we want to do it, then numbers and booking reasonably pronto would be
a good thing, I should think.

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Austin Shackles <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz
funny about:

> So, if we want to do it, then numbers and booking reasonably pronto
> would be a good thing, I should think.

Austin ,

We are up for it 2 Adults 2 Children, do they need a deposit I'd guess?

I've put a very basic web page here and will inc in the signature from here
on.

<http://www.lrproject.com/afl__101_owners_unofficial.htm>

I'll also plug it in the Yahoo forum for 101FC.

Lee

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