Welsh Mines Society Cymdeithas Mwyngloddiau Cymru

 As to the programme of events, this was as follows:

Summer Meet – Weekend 9th-10th June.  Leaders; George Hall, Tel./Fax. (01584) 877 521 & Ian Tyler (MOLES).  Location, The Lake District.  Headquarters: The Middle Ruddings Hotel, Braithwaite, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5RY. Tel: (01768) 778 436.  E-mail: reception@middleruddings.co.uk  Website: http://www.middleruddings.co.uk  Bed and breakfast for one night is £30 per person, with a reduction for further nights.  Hotel proprietor Bernard Moore, promises superior comforts.
 

•  Saturday - Meet at 11 a.m. at Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum.  (NGR NY 327 245)  This is on the B5322, signposted off the A66 at Threlkeld, 3 miles east of Keswick.  NOTE:  Details of this weekends proceedings were confirmed in the morning at Threlkeld Museum as access was restricted due to F&M precautionary measures.  After visiting the Threlkeld Q&M Museum we went to Florence Mine, near Egremont, West Cumbria (instead of the proposed visit to Goldscope Mine).  Mine owner Gilbert Findlayson provided an excellent tour around both the surface and underground workings.

•   Saturday Evening - Dinner at Middle Ruddings Hotel, £13.95 per head, 6:30 for 7 p.m.  Click here to download menu (Word 6.0).  After dinner, Ian Tyler provided an entertaining slide show of the remaining evidence of several centuries of mining history in Cumbria.

 
•  Sunday - Meet at 10 a.m. at Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum.  After another chance to explore the Museum, we headed off to the Hause at Honister.   (Instead of the planned visit to the Roughten Gill Mines, the inspiration for ‘Caldbeck Fells well wrought are worth London Town dear bought.’)  A steady walk up above the workings of Honister Slate Mine, visiting Bull Gill open quarry then Ashgill open quarry, returning by Dubs Quarry, was led by ian Tyler, who pointed out many of the historical and geological features.