This was the sketchiest and scariest explore I've done to date. It was really good, but its made me re-evaluate what kind of underground explores I want to do. Even my friends almost noped out when they saw where they had to go down!
History
So there isn't really much history at all for this mine. In fact there is barely any information on it at all. All I know is that it was a 1900 century stone mine.
The Explore
Finding the mine was easier than I had expected, that or I got very lucky. Going on the information I had I looked where I thought it was, and Hey Presto!
Getting in was pretty logical, however it was guarded by a large number of 'False Widow spiders' that made the descent down rather unnerving. Inside the guts of the mine it opened up a bit, but the ceiling wasn't high enough to stand up fully, so you had to crouch everywhere.
There was a few old relics about, including the oldest can of Carlings I've ever seen(around 1960 apparently). Overall there isn't a whole lot of interesting things to see. But it was certainly an experience!
I do feel sorry for the poor buggers that had to work down here.
This was actually the first 'Proper' mine i'd explored, the only other underground one being Coulsdon Deep shelter which is a walk in the park in comparison. For the first time in an explore I was delighted to be leaving. It was a cool explore, but a little bit too claustrophobic for my liking.
Very old cans of Carling Black Label Lager.
And finally a cool photo my friend took.
Thanks for reading!
History
So there isn't really much history at all for this mine. In fact there is barely any information on it at all. All I know is that it was a 1900 century stone mine.
The Explore
Finding the mine was easier than I had expected, that or I got very lucky. Going on the information I had I looked where I thought it was, and Hey Presto!
Getting in was pretty logical, however it was guarded by a large number of 'False Widow spiders' that made the descent down rather unnerving. Inside the guts of the mine it opened up a bit, but the ceiling wasn't high enough to stand up fully, so you had to crouch everywhere.
There was a few old relics about, including the oldest can of Carlings I've ever seen(around 1960 apparently). Overall there isn't a whole lot of interesting things to see. But it was certainly an experience!
I do feel sorry for the poor buggers that had to work down here.
This was actually the first 'Proper' mine i'd explored, the only other underground one being Coulsdon Deep shelter which is a walk in the park in comparison. For the first time in an explore I was delighted to be leaving. It was a cool explore, but a little bit too claustrophobic for my liking.
Very old cans of Carling Black Label Lager.
And finally a cool photo my friend took.
Thanks for reading!
