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Latest Posts in the Community Forum
- The Miners Arms Pub: The Whisky Room (Miles 7 mins)
- Recruits Boot Camp: Hello from Kent (vikingaero 1.9 hours)
- General Discussion: new member (A_R 2.6 hours)
- Lamp Building: First-timer making "Miles' Q5 Super Caplamp" (stuey 2.8 hours)
- General Discussion: Windows Telephone Scam! (moonwalker 2.9 hours)
- Mid Wales: Help Required with Aberdovey Mines (John Mason 10.5 hours)
- Scotland: Stirlingshire Mystery (Miles 11 hours)
- Deals & Experiences: PC World (Miles 11.2 hours)
- System Status and Notes: THE BIG REBUILD (Miles 1 days)
- Northern England: Album Mine Request (Daggers666 1 days)
- North Wales: Suggested trips (Miles 2 days)
- Photography: Lightpainting Light Source (Miles 2 days)
- Northern England: Mine trips from Newcastle? (gavin 2 days)
- North Wales: Cwmorthin - Route Bypass For Chamber 8E Old Vein (Miles 2 days)
- North Wales: Cwmothin Footpipe Installed (Miles 2 days)
- North Wales: Croesor -Rhosydd Trip 3rd/4th Feb (Miles 3 days)
- General Discussion: SWMBO facing fear :) (dwarrowdelf 4 days)
- North Wales: Grand Turk Revisited (Miles 6 days)
- North Wales: Rope Lengths (Miles 6 days)
- General Discussion: Hello everybody (Miles 7 days)
- Other Kit: Straps for miners kneepads (Jon_M 7 days)
- General Discussion: My new Mine exploration page for people in S/W Scotland (bigdavevw 9 days)
- Northern England: Gutterby Iron Mine (superkev 9 days)
- General Discussion: Coal Mine Article on Portillo Programme (Johnnearcfon 10 days)
- North Wales: Looking for Volunteers (Miles 10 days)
- System Status and Notes: DNS Fiddles (brakeman 10 days)
- Recruits Boot Camp: Hi From Blackpool (narcosis1 11 days)
- General Discussion: 101 is in The Body Shop Again! (gellibeic 11 days)
- Recruits Boot Camp: Newbie North Wales (daveselwood 12 days)
- North Wales: From Penrhyn to Germany (AdM Michael 14 days)
- North Wales: Rhiwbach (SteveM 15 days)
- Lamp Building: Carclo Lens (caver68 17 days)
- Southern England: Wheal Retule or Tule? (jimc1390 18 days)
- North Wales: Hendre Spar Mine (meaty 18 days)
- General Discussion: New - or not so new- Mine Exploring RESOLUTIONS!!!!! (NewStuff 19 days)
- General Discussion: Diving in a Limestone Mine / WW2 Bomb Store! (Miles 19 days)
- North Wales: Croesor -Rhosydd Trip, Has Anyone Done it Recently? (edus1 19 days)
- Recruits Boot Camp: Hi from Blackpool (Miles 19 days)
- Mid Wales: Cwm Rheidol Mine Buildings (Graigfawr 19 days)
- Midlands: Sealed - Church Mine North (royfellows 19 days)
- 4x4 and Land Rover Chatter: A New Toy. Meet Daisy. (Miles 20 days)
- Recruits Boot Camp: Hi from Llangollen (dtyson 20 days)
- System Status and Notes: Server Upgraded. (martymarty 22 days)
- SRT: SRT Preferences (stuey 22 days)
- Lamp Building: Fellows Lamps Forum. (potholer 23 days)
- Other Kit: Miles's Manly Helmet (Oldham techie 25 days)
- General Discussion: Happy New Year (laddermonkey 25 days)
- Forthcoming Trips: Archaeology Mining and Quarrying Seminars (moorebooks 25 days)
- The Miners Arms Pub: Another Baby on it's Way! (laddermonkey 25 days)
- North Wales: Cwmorthin on Telly This Wednesday :-) (Miles 26 days)
- Video: Video Camera - Hat Mounted (Miles 26 days)
- General Discussion: A Dive We did in Braich Goch the Other Day (Miles 29 days)
- Lamp Building: Testing AMC7135 Chip (royfellows 29 days)
- 4x4 and Land Rover Chatter: Disco 3 or New Defender?? (Miles 31 days)
- North Wales: Aberllyn Zinc Mine (Miles 32 days)
- General Discussion: Merry Christmas! (rockster 33 days)
- 4x4 and Land Rover Chatter: Easy Lanes Around Betws / Blaenau (ChrisJC 33 days)
- Recruits Boot Camp: Hello from South Cumbria (moorebooks 33 days)
- North Wales: Cwmorthin - Map? (vanoord 35 days)
- General Discussion: Mine of Death (Daggers666 35 days)
- International: Clay Mine in Germany (AdM Michael 37 days)
- For Sale!: Bath Stone Quarries (stuey 37 days)
- Midlands: Shaft Exploring on Moss Rake (SamT 39 days)
- Recruits Boot Camp: New Members Needed! (chrisy7615 41 days)
- Recruits Boot Camp: Cornish Mine Guide (Falmouth area) (JamieC 41 days)
- The Miners Arms Pub: Joke Corner (Nothing racist or offensive please!) (Clunk 41 days)
- Northern England: Great Ayton (wesker26 42 days)
- Lamp Building: Explanation please. (royfellows 43 days)
- General Discussion: Snow Snow Snow... (Manicminer 43 days)
- Lamp Building: Reduced Quality 18650 Cells From DX..?. .Grrrr.! (royfellows 43 days)
- Northern England: Caplecleugh Horse Level Blocked... (christwigg 44 days)
- North Wales: Bersham Colliery Re-Union (Rufenig 44 days)
- Recruits Boot Camp: Hi from Durham (chrisy7615 44 days)
- North Wales: Pen Yr Orsedd Weighbridge (Alan Clogwyn 44 days)
- 4x4 and Land Rover Chatter: 4x4 on Snowdon (A_R 45 days)
- Works and Digs: It Doesn't Happen Often... (NeilC 46 days)
- Lamp Building: Deal Extreme Website Down? (royfellows 47 days)
- Northern England: Haslingden, Whitworth & Todmorden Mines. (tonylluf 47 days)
- Photography: Metz 60 Test Fire (Miles 49 days)
- 4x4 and Land Rover Chatter: Martys Landrover Nightmares (spellcaster 49 days)
- Deals & Experiences: NEW RAPTOR PRO 2 LAMPS NOW AVAILABLE (Miles 50 days)
- Books: British Mining 92 (moorebooks 51 days)
- Books: Miners of Llay Main (North East Wales) - Just Published (Pinzgauer 52 days)
- Books: New Books (moorebooks 52 days)
- Southern England: Carbis Bay Crew (tomh 52 days)
- Recruits Boot Camp: New Member (c.taylor126 53 days)
- Lamp Building: Speedy Special 'Food' (suboffender 53 days)
- Deals & Experiences: DHL are RUBBISH! (Clunk 58 days)
- Other Kit: Good Jacket (tomh 58 days)
- Photography: Metz Megapower (Miles 58 days)
- North Wales: The Little Water Wheel in Cwmorthin (corin 60 days)
- Website Moans and Queries: Fix List! (royfellows 60 days)
- North Wales: Drwsycoed (RobinGriffiths 60 days)
- Lamp Building: Rude Nora Lamp (Wormster 61 days)
- Southern England: Mendip Question (twiglet 61 days)
- Deals & Experiences: Caving-Gear Now Accepts Credit Cards (Miles 61 days)
- North Wales: New FOC - Live (davel 63 days)
- North Wales: Draining the BVI in Cwmorthin (mikeyg 64 days)
- Southern England: Map to Mine Entrances in Cornwall? (stuey 64 days)
- Photography: Magpie Panorama (Cellarman 64 days)
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