Box Mine Wiltshire-March 2011

[wevsky]

A quick report on day three of our wiltshire trip.

Visited with Maniac,Obscurity, Frosty, Jesus, and TB

Theres a stack of history on this the countrys largest man made underground structure(apart from tube system)
This for me was the last day of a fun tripending in a wet nights sleep in the Robot factory..
A few pics

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Was a fun day checking out the cathederal,shame the night before turned out to be a fail withsleeping conditions ,as it was just a tad wet withlots of water dripping randomly on us from above..And team tb's camp was pants.(private joke aye obs)

Thanks for looking

[captain cave man]

nice pic's m8.....has anyone gone beyond the door ?

[wevsky]

nice pic's m8.....has anyone gone beyond the door ?

Me thinks thats a live area and would be bad lol..and i think its alarmed!

[MJS]

shit hot fella

[wevsky]

Its muddy a hell of a lot of clambering about and covers over 80k,,,slept in damp wet muddy conditions and i chuffing loved it guys

[MJS]

You might have to give us a tour in summer ;)

[wevsky]

You might have to give us a tour in summer ;)

was a long 3 days matey and not local to me..i am far from tour guide material ;)

[BB]

That's so cool! :thumb

[MJS]

No worries fella

[wevsky]

No worries fella

they sell maps in the local pub ;)

[MJS]

Ha, minta! Nice swan bravvaaaaaaa

[wevsky]

Ha, minta! Nice swan bravvaaaaaaa

Its a lovely mine the robot room and all the little brick odds and sods made my day some one had made a square stack of bricks as a toilet with a brick and broom handle loo roll holder..class mate,and theres lots of cavers running round with there point and clicks ..caving lol

[coops]

That 2nd to last pic is brilliant mate

[j0nny]

Agreed, 2nd to last really gives a feeling of the scale of the place

[wevsky]

2nd to last is the cathederal its huge we clambered the quick but hard way into that..all good fun tho guys

[Nicola]

I love all the little brick structures - they look like little man and the second to last shot is bloody brill! :thumb

[blackbunkers]

There are 2 doors in Spring Quarry/Box Mines that give access to Burlington and the Railway Platforms however, that isnt one of them. (they are very hard to find and along South/East section of the mines. easier ways to get to both however). I believe these doors lead to parts of the former ammunitions factory which was not converted into Burlington. Spent many a day in Box Mines and it always turns up suprises. Some of the best treasures lay nearby though. Did you go in via "Backdoor"?

[wevsky]

The one thats locked..with the grate..iwas my first time matey and by the third day of the trip as this was details had started to evade me?

[crippletron 3000]

You might have to give us a tour in summer ;)

Your gonna need a survey, the place is mahoosive, I wandered off and got lost LOL :D

[wevsky]

Your gonna need a survey, the place is mahoosive, I wandered off and got lost LOL :D

Your not wrong we had jesus and maps of the three sections managed not to get too lost

[blackbunkers]

The one thats locked..with the grate..iwas my first time matey and by the third day of the trip as this was details had started to evade me?

Yeah that sounds like "Backdoor" by far the easiest way in. The entrances nearer the Burlington doors need a bit of ropework. By the way, if anyone is down this way and wants a look round, especially at the more secretive parts then give me a shout.

[wevsky]

Yeah that sounds like "Backdoor" by far the easiest way in. The entrances nearer the Burlington doors need a bit of ropework. By the way, if anyone is down this way and wants a look round, especially at the more secretive parts then give me a shout.

i was glad mate after my nights sleep down there to have seen what i did and get meself topside for some refreshing ciderz

[blackbunkers]

i was glad mate after my nights sleep down there to have seen what i did and get meself topside for some refreshing ciderz

Haha, yeah, I cant imagine sleeping in there being too comfy!

[wevsky]

Haha, yeah, I cant imagine sleeping in there being too comfy!

Was a nightmare was a dryer area we where told but after 2 days previous i was glad to dump the kit make camp and go splore so we made makeshift lean too's and huddled :)