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Postby FsNovice » Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:00 pm

I posted some while back some shots from my summer holiday snaps. went rummaging around the network today, and found my dad had uploaded some that i didnt know about :o :o :o Thought i'd post them here as i thought they were rather cool!

Taken just after we had arrived, went to the Big Pit in south wales, a old mine turned museum. I'm the one on the far right - shock horror ;D
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Unfortunately couldnt take any photos in the mine, cameras were contraband, due to dry cell batteries (battery acid+explosive gasses = bad!) but my dad took this one of me and my brother and sister in all our attire

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After reemerging from the mine - which was very very cold! - got to see what had been taking us down and safely brought us back to ground again
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Overview of the bulk of the museum
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Final shot
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Hope you like, btw i dont take all the credit for some of these photos, like the ones with me in!!!
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Re: The big pit

Postby Iwannabeapilot » Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:25 pm

Looks like an interesting place, a shame no cameras are allowed down the mine.  :(
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Re: The big pit

Postby Craig. » Wed Oct 17, 2007 5:00 pm

went there on a school trip.
some of the worst weather I have ever experienced in my life. The wind on the top of the hill litterally blew people off their feet.
Pretty cool place though.
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Re: The big pit

Postby Ashar » Wed Oct 17, 2007 5:05 pm

Pity about not letting you take your camera down there...Would've been fantastic to see some shots from inside...Still, these are fantastic... ;)
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Re: The big pit

Postby Ivan » Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:29 am

Pity about not letting you take your camera down there...Would've been fantastic to see some shots from inside...Still, these are fantastic... ;)

Dunno how the lighting was...
For that kind of situations, you need a batteryless camera with some really fast film in it
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Re: The big pit

Postby beaky » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:54 am

That's interesting... what was mined there- coal?
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Re: The big pit

Postby FsNovice » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:49 am

For that kind of situations, you need a batteryless camera with some really fast film in it


you could get away with using like one of those original cameras that had no batteries, or use one that used wet cells, would weigh a ton though.
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Re: The big pit

Postby The-Black-Sheep » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:40 am

That's interesting... what was mined there- coal?


Bang on  ;)

Ahh..home sweet home...well..not the mine obviously..but I live about 25 mins away from it  ;D

Gonna miss those welsh hills and more importantly the sheep when I move  :(

Good fun in the pit though!

I missed the thread where you uploaded your pics from your summer hols...where else did you visit in this AMAZING country  :P

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Re: The big pit

Postby FsNovice » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:08 am

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I missed the thread where you uploaded your pics from your summer hols...where else did you visit in this AMAZING country
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Re: The big pit

Postby Hagar » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:45 am

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I missed the thread where you uploaded your pics from your summer hols...where else did you visit in this AMAZING country
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Postby FsNovice » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:47 am

cheers hagar, i used the forum search feature >:( >:( >:( *curses Opera!!!!*
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Postby Hagar » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:54 am

cheers hagar, i used the forum search feature >:( >:( >:( *curses Opera!!!!*

What does Opera have to do with anything? The forum Search should work in any browser. http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?action=search
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