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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Crusty old quarry that has seen better days #cave #mine #quarry #speleology

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Just a few quick snaps from our trip to the dark side. No eclipse here, or moons either. Old lead and later fluorspar mine 😍 #cave #mine #speleology

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Today we visited a drainage level and found a snottite deposit. It was dripping in two places, with the slower drip causing the snot to bounce 😳 #cave #mine #snottite

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Miners Gala at Magpie Mine organised by PDMHS. Beautiful day and good fun #mine #peakdistrict

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Classic trip underground for the evening #mine #cave #speleo

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Caustic reflections in a pool deep in a fireset mine #mine #cave #tma #buried #speleo

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Another trip into this old lead and zinc mine, beautiful formations and scenery #mineexploring #oldmines #lead #zinc #ochre #caving #speleo

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Today I had a trip to the cool delights of an old Lead and Zinc mine. #mine #mineexploring #cave #caving #speleo #lead #zinc

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Sep 2021. Wicksteed at War military show

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

May 2025. SRT training in Derbyshire, nice and cool underground #cave #caving #srt #singleropetechnique #peakdistrict #derbyshire

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Oct 2020. Classic cave with formations and a playful stream #cave #caving #speleo #peakdistrict #derbyshire #swallet

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Sep 2020, SRT rigging practice in a small natural cave. Fossils, ropes and dangling! #cave #caving #speleo #fossils #crinoid #srt #singleropetechnique #derbyshire #peakdistrict

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

19 April 2025. Exploring an old lead mine on rope, lots of fun but fighting gravity is hard work #mine #mineexploring #cave #caving #speleo #srt #singleropetechnique #peakdistrict #derbyshire #lead

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Aug 2020. N. Wales slate caverns. This was known as the slaughter house due to its poor safety record. Huge, atmospheric, stark and beautiful. LOTR-esque! #mine #mineexplore #cave #caving #speleo #northwales #slate

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Jun 2020. Grotting about in a C17 lead mine, reworked upto C20 for fluorspar #mine #mineexplore #cave #caving #speleo #derbyshire #peakdistrict #pipevein

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

May 2020. Post lockdown limited trip to Deep Hayes country park. Lovely spring day, so good to get out and about again #staffordshire #deephayes #steppingstones #waterfalls #staffordshiremoorlands

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Mar 2020. Last trip before COVID lockdown to an old spar mine. Blast marks, fossils and cave pearls with some artefacts #mine #mineexplore #cave #caving #speleo #peakdistrict #derbyshire #spar #fossils #cavepearls #blastmark

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Mar 2020. Details from a crumbling fluorspar mine, with some galena in parts. #mine #mineexplore #cave #caving #speleo #galena #fluorspar #cavepearls #fungus #stickythreads #winze

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Mar 2020. Streamway cave in the Peak. Cold wet dangling, awesome 😎 #cave #caving #speleo #peakdistrict #derbyshire #srt #singleropetechnique

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Feb 2020. Decaying fluorspar mine. Shonky shafts, collapsing levels and rotting wood 😳 #mine #mineexploring #cave #caving #speleo #fluorspar

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Feb 2020. N Wales slate caverns. Very LOTR! Massive chambers, artefacts and miles of passage #mine #mineexploring #cave #caving #speleo #slate #northwales

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Today, Mar 2025. Quick trip to a part flooded Peak lead mine. Moist but great fun #cave #caving #speleo #mine #mineexploring #peakdistrict #derbyshire

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Jan 2020. Lost Johns, big SRT in an impressive maze of passages and shafts. #cave #caving #speleo #srt #singleropetechnique #threepeaks #yorkshiredales #northyorkshire

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Nov 2019. Lancaster Hole, amazing caverns passageways. Longest system in England. #cave #caving #speleo #threepeaks #leckfell #srt #singleropetechnique #lancashire #northyorkshire

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Nov 2019. Abandoned lead mine in the Via Gellia. Deads, stemples passages and Tissue Moths #mine #mineexploring #cave #caving #speleo #lead #peakdistrict #derbyshire

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Nov 2019. Permission visit to Clive copper mines in Shropshire. Hosted in the New Red Sandstone of the Permo-Triassic, famous for Liesegang rings #mine #minexploring #cave #caving #speleo #copper #shropshire #clive #liesegang #permotriassic #nrs #newredsandstone

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

My pair of beauty's. Sadly the Pinzgauer 716M had to go but it was awesome. The Ninety lives on 😍 #4x4 #landrover #ninety #pinzgauer #716m

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Jun 2019. Not all old mines are big and easy! Small wet and muddy, this C17/C18 lead working needs crawling in slop and scooping out of silted squeezes! #cave #caving #speleo #mine #minexploring #lead #peakdistrict #derbyshire

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Feb 2019. Bitterly cold day in the Long Churns. Lots of snow and ice. Pics by RR #cave #caving #speleo #yorkshiredales #3peaks #icicles #waterfall #longchurns #selside

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Brian @briedmonds.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Oct 2019. Nenthead, Cumbria. Vast abandoned lead and zinc mine with plenty of artifacts, false floors and shafts #cave #caving #speleo #mine #mineexploring #srt #singleropetechnique #nenthead #cumbria #lead #zinc #artifacts

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