6th January: Priddy Green sink was on the cards until rain stopped play. Some how the conversation on other trips turned to mines and Tim and Faye were really keen on a Monkton Farley trip. So Henry Bennett, Bob Smith, Kat, Tim, Faye and myself jumped into cars and headed over towards Bath.

We started in Monkton Farley sidings (tunnel) - a mile long tunnel which can be done in normal clothes with a basic light. This also has an excellent set of conveyor rollers still intact - you can ride down about 50m worth of these on a large sheet of metal which is excellent fun (but you need gloves).

Then we had a pub lunch before visiting the Monkton Farley quarry. This starts off with a large entrance followed by a short crawl which enters several km of confusing and spacious mine passages. After a short tour we were shown a small hole which enters the munitions section of the quarry. This is really odd - you climb through a small hole and drop down into a tarmac floored warehouse complete with air conditioning (de-humidifying ducts). The complex is complete with toilets and washroom and large items of equipment such as very cool massive fans.