Karen and I joined Mat and Nikki Adlam-Styles for an evening trip in Nickergrove Mine with John Beck and another John. This was supposed to be a trip to replace John Barnatt's intended trip to Gradbach Mill which didn't come off.
We entered via the adit entrance and had a look around and visited the old dig at the end of a muddy, low and narrow passage. Then the others either climbed down a ladder or abseiled down and exited via an alternative entrance which had been rigged with a ladder before we entered the mine. I speeded things up by offering to exit via the adit entrance after de-rigging the pitch. We had a quick look at the newly-opened sink further up Cucklet Delph and then retired to the Miners Arms in Eyam for a quick drink where we met John Barnatt who hadn't been able to arrive in time for the underground trip and headed straight to the pub!
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