And speaking of chance; I went walking about in the Gin Pit Village in Astley this Wednesday after work (my hours got reduced for that day), I managed to find most of what I went looking for, albeit without finding my original focus, however on getting back to my car after my rambling through hawthorn bushes and brambles an inch thick and thorns to match, I decided on a whime to go on to another site I had some interest in, despite the threat of incoming rain.
Very glad I did, as I found a lot! It was the site of Kermishaw Nook Pit, found most of the capping for the shafts, deepest of which was about 2832ft in depth.... not sure which one this was, my phone ran out of power earlier on:
1st I'll have to identify which monument is for which shaft, which I'll do this Saturday, plus do a little clearing with the ol' limb-lopper, plus I'll bring along some hand tools to clear the dirt of some of the ground features, see exctly what they are and their relation to the pit works.
I'll bring my power bank so that my phone won't run out of power and I'll be able to do the whole site, also I want to go back to the site I went to first just around the corner:
