Posted by Claire on October 06, 2005 at 04:23:20 from 24.196.133.149 user Claire_Morgan.
In Reply to: Coniston Copper Mines posted by Jock on October 05, 2005 at 14:57:12:
Jock wrote;
> I would recommend this field guide.
I have an autographed copy of Eric Holland's Conniston Copper Mines that I got back in the 80's on a visit. Even back in 1981 when it was written, access was starting to be an issue. I love his wording on the subject we have been discussing, in his introduction:
"It is not the express intention of this book to advise the reader to enter old mineworkings. Of course many do - how else do the names of fools appear on tunnel walls in paint..."
I think of that every time I see graffiti in public places - the names of fools......
Claire