Alas
the forecast was spot on with low cloud and rain persisting. The ever
hopeful Thursday crew were there in numbers though just in case.
A
band of volunteers - AKA pressed men - assembled to tackle the tunnel
which was crammed full of just about everything and anything that had
been thrown in there over many years “in case it might be needed”.
Motivated and spurred on by
Nick we eventually discovered gold in the form of the venerable old
digger which hasn’t moved for some considerable while. With modest
encouragement from the Duo Discus crew with battery charger and a string
of jump leads to a Disco it once again roared and
creaked across the tarmac to await its new owners.
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| Peter Smith's favourite vehicle! (Mark Layton) |
The accumulated
debris has been set aside pending the arrival of a skip to which it will
all be entrusted in due course. Jill spotted and retrieved some
important funny shaped pieces of wood from the disposal
pile in the nick of time, thank goodness for the Denbigh weather or
they would be gone forever.
Last
to be dragged out by a tug of war crew was an ancient corrugated iron
toilet cubicle thought to date from the early mining activity. It will
be on site for a few days in case anyone wishes to give it a new home.
Toilet roll holder
is included as is the push button call for assistance, although we
could not see what, if anything, it actually connected to.
There
is now space to use for proper storage and parking, so a really good
effort and job well done. Thank you to everyone who pitched in. - Peter Smith
