Foel Grochan Slate Mine - Aberllefenni

First time back to this amazing picturesque mid Wales slate mine in ages with Northern Monkeys. This place is so dramatic with steep bottomless chambers
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[@Seat1AJoe]

Yea Christopher! This place is really mind blowing. He’s back!

[@shonkytours2039]

Thanks Joseph 🙏😊

[@mikerogers5043]

Ashamed to admit only discovered your channel last week, thanks to the Northern Monkeys. Cracking video, what an amazing place.

[@shonkytours2039]

You got a lot of catching up to do then 👌😂

[@davedear929]

What a trip .. all i can say is you guys have big balls. Many thanks for taking us with you all. Look forward to more.

[@annbarns652]

Liked and shared

[@wideyxyz2271]

Nice one Chris, that walkway looked well "shonky" lol....Brawd Arhoswch yn Ddiogel!

[@shonkytours2039]

Trio gorau de 😂

[@SueGirling68]

Hi Chris, omg that walkway, you've got some kahuna's to walk that 😰 a nice tour though in the proper Shonky fashion 😊
Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💞

[@darreno9874]

Many years ago I saw miners working this mine and they told me of the very tall Chambers, but unfortunately would not take me in. You need to take a drone in there and explore some of the places you can't get. Great video again Chris. Thank you and God bless

[@shonkytours2039]

Yes I've taken drone there, but because only started flying it was a bit nervous about going inside the chambers incase I hit walls 🙆‍♂️
th-cam.com/video/zYtIJchF53o/w-d-xo.html

[@ff1d1l]

Superb video. Great footage.

[@zGJungle]

What an amazing place man !
Some of those spaces are breath taking.
I'm on holiday near here later in the year, don't suppose you do tours ?

[@tomtom4405]

Another great video....

[@barryclarke3010]

If you climb the mountain to were the shafts break surface ,there are shallow adits which connect to the shafts ,there are double acting compressed air winches in there , its extremely dangerous in there very slippery , the shafts go to the bottom of the pits ,some 800ft.

[@shonkytours2039]

Yes I saw those winches last time I was there, got to go past the pack wall and squeeze through end of one adit. Didn't have enough time to go higher today beca we went to Gaewern later

[@WHRBERT]

Another great video, another place I'd like to go and take a look in.
For the record, I think the loco that the divers found is 'Taffy' that ran away and fell into the flooded chamber.

[@WHRBERT]

th-cam.com/video/0rHLjlvxV4o/w-d-xo.html divers video, first time in about 50 that the loco has been seen

[@rickeerie]

My and a couple of friends were here yesterday but not knowing the place we didn’t venture far. Do you do paid tours at all?

[@owenj.2920]

Falch i weld chdi nol allan👍

[@shonkytours2039]

Diolch Owen 🙏

[@hhuodod2209]

Thanks. Now i know what mine this is. X any chance of a hit were the entrance is, comeing from cornwall would be gutted not to get in lol

[@cookiemacable]

Tha is mad wha u said about rock s with faces I have a few photos with some strange looking natural rocks in bk round that has freaked Me right out

[@gwynmwyn]

Da iawn, diolch 👍👍

[@barryclarke3010]

Its working now.

[@Dan-fm4nh]

Advertising the entrances 😂 not the brightest idea is it ?

[@shonkytours2039]

If people can't find the entrances of this mine they need glasses

[@Dan-fm4nh]

@@shonkytours2039 nevertheless, even if it's in plain sight doesn't mean you can just enter etc.
Footage inside the mine is not an issue . It's the advertising of entrances for mines that are sensitive in terms of access, potentially jeopardising for others or causing issues with land owners . Maybe a little bit more discretion on your videos with the entrances .

[@robbojohnson5759]

chris what school did you got wen you were younger

[@shonkytours2039]

Ysgol Maenofferen - Primary and Ysgol Y Moelwyn secondary

[@user-eg8pv2om7j]

Epic but 1001 ways to die ......

[@barryclarke3010]

No sound

[@shonkytours2039]

There's sound on mine, I'll check on different phone and account

[@shonkytours2039]

It works on mine, but I've uploaded it again just incase theres more problems. Should be ready in hour (if I'm still awake, need to get up at 4:30 to travel to Leeds 🤨)

[@wideyxyz2271]

its working now

[@limmoblack]

Sweat pants?!?! HTF can you take this vid serious?

[@shonkytours2039]

Judging people by their clothing without even knowing them is not good. Especially when we all wore clothing ready to get soaking on a dingy (part 2 of this video)

[@limmoblack]

@@shonkytours2039 Believe me pal, I think im a pretty good judge of people, spesh ones who wear sweatpants.

[@gazjones8781]

Same could be said about people with piss poor grammar.

[@limmoblack]

@@gazjones8781 Educate me GAZ

[@shonkytours2039]

Can't believe people can be judged for wearing sweat pants, I wear them around house because comfy, so does my girlfriend, and she's classy 😂