Nettleden 2003 News Archive

date	title	source
05/12/2003	Daredevils whose quest is an abandoned asylum	The Times
05/12/2003	'It's like playing on building sites'	The Times
12/08/2003	Nuclear bunker on sale	BBC News
05/07/2003	Rescued caver plans return	BBC News
02/06/2003	Bunker auction nets £170,000	BBC News
28/03/2003	Factfile: Bunker buster bombs	BBC News
16/03/2003	Churchill's 'secret' rooms unveiled	BBC News

Date	News
11/12/03 18:25	Title: Nettleden Calendar 2004
	Details: The calander has been taken off sales for the time being, any orders placed in the last few days will be refunded and canceled.
02/12/03 01:54	Title: Location Details Removed
	Details: Due to increasing vanadlism and the risk of injury resulting in legal action against land owners, all directions and locations of sites featured on Nettleden.com have been removed. Information on finding these sites will now only be shared with trusted members of the Dark Places forum. If you would like any details please visit the forum, register a nickname and make yourself known to the current members. http://www.darkplaces.co.uk/forum/
24/11/03 03:53	Title: Nettleden Calendar 2004
	Details: The official Nettleden 2004 Calendar is now available for just $15.99, the colourfull, glossy 2004 wall calandar has a great urban exploration themed photo for every month of the year including some rare and exclusive photos. Click here for details
23/11/03 10:47	Title: The Fate of Farleigh
	Details: In a recent survey carried out by Nettleden.com, 90% of people surveyed said that Monkton Farleigh Mine should be a historically listed site and that the public should have access to it. 6% believed that the site should be listed but public access should be restricted and 4% (just two people) said that Monkton Farleigh Mine shouldn't be listed as it represents no historical significance.
30/08/03 10:49	Title: Update
	Details: I've just added loads to the site, there are some new pictures of the square well in Browns Folly, these can be found here, there are also 33 new pictures of Swan Mine taken during a surveying session (the survey can be found at Dark Places, to view the photos click here.
15/08/03 18:19	Title: Easlays Quarry Visit
	Details: Thanks to Octavian for the tour of their underground wine warehouse today, it was an excellent trip and a really interesting day. Photos and details of the site have been added click here
08/08/03 12:29	Title: Update
	Details: Added three new photos of Main West building in the Monkton Farleigh section.
06/08/03 18:10	Title: Update
	Details: I have add some new photos to the Browns Folly and the Ridge Quarry pages, these can be found in the update pages of these sections. There are also some new photos of Jack's Workings at the bottom of the Box Quarry photo page.
20/07/03 22:34	Title: HMS Royal Arthur Update
	Details: I have updated my HMS Royal Arthur section, the page is now devided in to sections with a total of 58 photos of the disused naval training school, click here.
06/07/03 10:11	Title: Pipe Down in The Guardian
	Details: The Guardian printed an excellent article in their supliment 'The Guide' yesterday, a few UUEG members were interviewed and the journalist, Hugh Wilson wrote a really good piece about out hobby, why we do it and what we do. If you missed the article, click here to read it.
01/07/03 10:48	Title: Interuption in Service
	Details: Nettleden went off line at 22:29 on the 29th due to exceeding our bandwidth, everything should be back to normal as off this morning.
30/06/03 10:48	Title: Singleway Mine Corrections
	Details: I actually uploaded the Singleway Mine page before it was finished, I've added the direction etc to the page now.
26/06/03 14:52	Title: Singleway Mine
	Details: I've just added a Singleway Mine page with some photos from our visit a few weeks ago, click here.
11/06/03 15:00	Title: Access Update
	Details: Access Status Page Updated.
06/06/03 22:45	Title: Access Status Page
	Details: I have just added an access status page which will be regularly updated with the latest access conditions at the sites listed on the website, click here.
03/06/03 19:35	Title: UUEG BBQ - Sunday 20th July
	Details: UUEG are planning a summer BBQ one Sunday afternoon in July, anyone with an interest in underground and urban exploration is welcome. The location is not yet confirmed but will be in the Wiltshire area in a public spot (woods, park or footpath etc). It would be appriciated if everyone could bring along a disposable BBQ or a contribution to the food. You have over a month's notice so I hope to see you there.
20/05/03 01:00	Title: Brean Down Fort
	Details: I've just added some photos of Brean Down Fort, the fort has been restored by the National Trust who gated up the underground ammo stores but a few of these (the smaller ones) have been unlocked since my last visit. I took some photos underground on my regular camera so when I get those photos developed I will add them to the page. There are 38 surface photos however which I took using the digital camera. Click here to view the Brean Down Fort pages.
19/05/03 22:44	Title: Box Freestone Map
	Details: The small map of Box Quarry which was available on the downloads page has been taken down due to a dispute with the producers of a Box map as the passagways marked on my version of the map came from their publication. I will upload a new version shortly, possibly without a passages marked on as I don't think I will be able to get this information from another source. If anyone has another version of the Box map which they would like to share please contact us.
02/05/03 15:32	Title: Are You Local?
	Details: It seems that the locals of Monkton Farleigh are turning in to charactors from The League of Gentlemen and they don't like strangers in the village, please try and respect there feelings, park sensibly and stick to foot paths. Unfortunatly these locals are giving us problems on the forum at the moment, we are discussing whether to change the forums setup so that only registered users can make posts but I don't like the idea of restricting it, I think anyone should have access to the facility. Hopefully the nuisance postings will pass and the hype will die down. Any off topic posts will now be deleted and offencive or accusing posts will not be tolerated. To join in with the heated debates click here.
02/05/03 02:25	Title: Zip Files
	Details: Zipped photo albums have been removed from the site due to the bandwidth problems. Last month 32 people downloaded the Monkton Farleigh zipped photo file this totals about 74,000 KB which is double the sites average traffic in a day so by removing the file I hope I will stretch another to days out of the server this month.
30/04/03 10:21	Title: Service Annoucement
	Details: Nettleden.com went offline yesterday (29 April) due to restriction set by our host server, we exceeded our monthly bandwidth limit of 1000MB which resulted in the website being closed down until the 1st of next month (Friday). Sorry for the disruption in service. I have made some changes already to how much is hosted on the server which may help the situation a bit next month but I expect this problem to continue over the next few months until I can find a reasonably priced fix to the problem.
26/04/03 13:50	Title: Nick's New Website
	Details: Nick McCamley has created a great new website with some excellent photos of Monkton Farleigh as you've never seen it before. He used a long exposure and multi-flash technique to produce some superb photos. The site is currently incomplete, there are still more Monkton Farleigh photos to be added plus some of Ridge and Copenacre. URL: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~mccamley/farley21.htm
18/04/03 00:22	Title: Monkton Farleigh Overlay Plan
	Details: I've add an arial photo of Monkton Farleigh with the underground plan of the ammunitions depot, old mine workings, the old 20 drift and Stone's drift overlayed on top of the photo show their locations relative to surface features, click here to view the plan.
18/04/03 00:22	Title: Monkton Farleigh Pages Updated Again
	Details: I've some more over ground photos from Monkton Farleigh in the vents and main west section, click here.
08/04/03 22:11	Title: Monkton Farleigh Pages and Other Updates
	Details: I've just done a huge update to the Monkton Farleigh over ground photos pages including loads of new pictures of the surface buildings and surface features around Monkton Farleigh, click here. I've also updated the Farleigh Down Tunnel pages with loads of new over ground pictures plus some new underground pictures, click here.
07/04/03 22:11	Title: Update
	Details: I've updated the contact page to include a forum feature, "private messages" and removed the adverts from the bottom of each page and replaced it with a menu to aid navigation.
06/04/03 21:08	Title: UUEG Day Trip 05/04/2003
	Details: Photos of Saturday's day trip now online, click here.
06/04/03 00:40	Title: Waterstone's History Month - Nick McCamley
	Details: Local author and researcher Nick McCamley will give an illustrated talk in support of his new book "Saving Britain's Art Treasures" on the secret underground repository near Bath to house Britains Art heritage during WWII. Date: Thursday 10th April at 6:30pm Venue: Waterstones, Bath Tickets: £3 (redeemable against purchase of the promoted book on the night)
05/04/03 20:59	Title: UUEG Day Trip
	Details: Toadys day trip was a total success and a great day out, thanks for to everyone who turned up especially Trevor (AKA-T) for organising the BBQ which was excellent, Dom J and Barry, it was great to meet you guys and Pop and Jason for your fun exploration style ways. Sixteen of us all meet up in the Browns Folly car park at 11 this morning and first of all had a look around Browns Folly Mine. After that we took a look around Farleigh Down Tunnel before heading back to Monkton Farleigh and having a BBQ in the District 20 surface building. After eating we had another stroll around Monkton Farleigh and looker at some of the surface features. Excellent day, thanks to EVERYONE who showed up. Photos of the day will be online soon.
05/04/03 21:13	Title: Urban Ex - it's a growing past time
	Details: Subterrania Britanica's website, the daddy of all underground and urban exploration has shut down due to amazing record breaking hits over the last few days due to some reasent TV exposure. In the 4 days prior to the websites shut down the website recieved 108,831 visits!! A total of over one million pages were requested buring the four days. The server transfered 107 GIG of information in less than four days!! Amazing! Just shows there are a lot of people interested in this hobby of ours.
25/03/03 15:34	Title: Update
	Details: I've just done a small update to the homepage and changed the introduction text. I've also made a few more small changes over the site due to some comments I've recieved since the last update.
21/03/03 00:15	Title: Updates - Browns Folly, Graham's Grovel & Surveys
	Details: New to the visits page, Browns Folly and Graham's Grovel pages and photos. You can now buy your Box Quarry and Browns Folly surveys from Nettleden, these are the official A3 sized, laminated surveys produced by the Shepton Mallet Caving Club. Click here for more details on how to purchase online.
17/03/03 23:37	Title: Ammo Case Valley
	Details: I've added a few photos of the "Ammo Case Valley" at Monkton Farleigh.
17/03/03 10:36	Title: 05/04/2003
	Details: It's now only three weeks to go untill the UUEG/Nettleden day trip. As you know we will be having an underground BBQ so please pack any food you need, I'm sure there will be spare going around but it would be great if everyone could bring something plus whatever drink you need. I strongly suggested that you bring head gear and some over clothes or old clothes as you are going to get dirty. The day has been planned out and my self and Rich (Worzel) have all the relivant maps and routes planned out so don't worry about that. Brian has also suggested that you bring knee pads as there will be some crawling (if you don't fancy this there is an alternative route). We have music and equipment sorted for the BBQ unless anyone can get hold of a dissposable BBQ or two as they are a bit scarce this time of year - it would make it much easier than lugging charcole underground though. For meeting time and place please contact me via the forum, text or call me on 07816 285931.
17/03/03 10:24	Title: Spring Quarry Survey
	Details: I have just updated the Spring Quarry survey, the quality wasn't too good before so I have added a better copy of the map. It has still been vastly reduced too enable it to be put on internet so it is still hard to read the text and labels. The survey can be download from the downloads page.
27/02/03 23:12	Title: Back Online!
	Details: Nettleden is back online, I've done a few updates while I've been away. On the homepage you will find a new link to a new webmaster's page, I've updated the legal page and added some safety tips and suggested equipment list to it. I've also updated the Box Quarry pages.
22/02/03 12:34	Title: Nettleden Car Stickers Now Available
	Details: To order your FREE Nettleden car sticker please click here.
21/02/03 23:48	Title: EXCLUSIVE - Spring Quarry Survey
	Details: I have just added the only online copy of the Spring Quarry survey, the quality isn't too good and it's been reduced too much to read the text and labels as it is such a huge map. The survey can be download from the downloads page. I have also added a basic map of Box Quarry.
21/02/03 09:57	Title: Update
	Details: I have updated the search page to include the UUEG network search box. I have also updated the contact page with a new express contact form.
20/02/03 19:18	Title: Day Trip - 05/04/2003
	Details: The first UUEG day trip will be on Saturday 5th April 2003 as of yet a location and meeting time etc has not been decided but I am giving you two months notice so that the unlucky people who work weekends can book the time off of to join us. So there is no excuss! I was thinking of suggesting going some where out of Wiltshire so it's a bit different and of equal interest to everyone, may be up North or Kent perhaps. If you have any suggestions ona venue please share them on the forum more details will be posted on Nettleden, Dark Access and UUEG leading up to the event.
20/02/03 12:42	Title: Off Line until 27/02/2003
	Details: Due to a house move Nettleden.com will not be updated until the Thursday (27/02/2003) when internet is installed in the new house, I will try and get my emails and read the forum from time to time at a relatives house. Please remember you can also text or phone me on 07816 285931.
16/02/03 14:18	Title: More Price Cuts
	Details: Nettleden.com is permenantly slashing the prices of merchandice by up to 20% as well as continuing to the coupon offer untill February 28, 2003! Have a look at some of the great savings at Nettleden's online shop, click here.
14/02/03 12:22	Title: $5 Off Nettleden Merchandice
	Details: Great News! Nettleden.com is offering coupons for the very first time! Using a special coupon code, you can receive $5 off of an order for Nettleden merchandice when spending $40* or more in our online shop, click here. This offer starts February 17, 2003 and expires February 28, 2003. Coupon code is PREZDAY * Offer open to orders of $40 or more in products (that does not include shipping, tax and gift services) Simply enter coupon code, PREZDAY, at checkout to redeem coupon Coupon starts February 17, 2003 and expires February 28, 2003
12/02/03 13:01	Title: Box Quarry Photos Update
	Details: I've finnally added the Box Quarry photos, click here to view them. I think I labelled the doors correctly, if I didn't let me know.
08/02/03 00:03	Title: UUEG Link & Box Photos
	Details: I've added a logo and a link to uueg.org on Nettleden's homepage. My photos from the trip to Box have been put in for developing, they should be back tomorrow and on the website by Tuesday.
06/02/03 01:13	Title: Box Quarry Day Trip
	Details: Nettleden had a fantastic day today yesterday at Box Quarry, thanks a lot to Worzel for being our guide and showing us around. We entered Box through the back door entrance and head for the Cathederal, from there we went on to the wind tunnel and along the out skirts of Spring to the famous door in to MoD property. We then went along Brewer's Drift where you are meet by a wall stopping you getting in to Tunnel Quarry. Next stop was the stone stair case and then we finished the lap back to back door. Thanks again to Rich, great day.
04/02/03 00:30	Title: Monkton Farleigh Quiz
	Details: Play the new Monkton Farleigh Quiz, click here to play. Remember to let us know your score and point out any errors. Sorry about the error in the Corsham Quiz, did you spot it? Rich did!
01/02/03 01:02	Title: UUEG - Urban and Underground Exploration Group
	Details: A new website has been born at www.uueg.org. U.U.E.G. (The Urban and Undeground Exploration Group) has been formed from all the web masters who chat on the Darkplaces Forum and features group news and links. The site as moderate by myself and Chris who runs www.darkplaces.co.uk but the design, layout and content has been decided on as a group by all of the forum members. We hope this site will start a new era for underground interest, increase hits to all of our sites and form a bigger list of people available for day trips.
30/01/03 11:06	Title: Fun and Games
	Details: I have added a new Fun and Games section to Nettleden, test your knowledge by taking part in one of our underground quizzes! Choose from The Corsham Quarries Quiz and The Underground Kent Quiz. Let me know your scores!! Thanks a lot to Barry from www.undergroundkent.co.uk for providing the questions for the underground Kent quiz, if you struggle with the answers you can find them all on his site.
26/01/03 12:01	Title: New Site
	Details: Our group of chatters and explorers on the forum is growing and we now have six members with websites all fighting for attention so we have joined forces to form The Urban and Underground Exploration Group (UUEG), the website is in development with everyone putting in their ideas to logos, lay-out, content etc. I will give you more details of our progress as we go and let you know when the new site is up and running.
22/01/03 00:20	Title: Update
	Details: Just a small update, I've juggled the homepage around a bit and put the legal disclaimer on a seperate page.
12/01/03 12:10	Title: Update
	Details: I've added search facility to the ROC Page which will search the Subterranea Britannica's ROC Database and give details of any/all ROCs in the country.
07/01/03 15:35	Title: Update
	Details: I've added loads to the website today, if you take a look at the Visits Page you will see the new locations Brewers Yard Quarry, Sands Quarry and an ROC Page listing the ROC posts we have visited (so far just Hallen) but there is a short description of ROC posts and a diagram of the standard layout which I have spent hours drawing. I have also added a photo of the door which we went to investigate next to Box Tunnel.
05/01/03 23:32	Title: Update
	Details: I have added a few new locations to the Visits Page including the excellent pub The Quarrymans Arms, you will also notice Brewers Yars and Sands Quarry are listed as coming soon, obviously Sands is a no go quarry but I will post some details about it on the site along with some photos of the slope shaft. We haven't made it in to Brewers Yard yet either but again I will add some details and surface photos. I have also added some new products to The Gear including details on how to get your hands on a copy of the highly recomended video Deep, Dark and Dusty.
04/01/03 18:17	Title: Day Trip
	Details: Today's day trip didn't really happen, Scott couldn't make it and the lads from Kent couldn't make it down to Wiltshire due to the snow. Jimbo came along for a couple of hours, I meet up with him in The Quarrymans Arms where I bought a copy of the excellent video Deep, Dark and Dusty. We then went to check the doorway which was spotted along the track from the Eastern portal of the Box Tunnel, it turned out to be just a small recess room. I had a quick drive around Monkton Farleigh where I stopped for a sandwhich near the main East entrance and then returned home.
02/01/03 15:33	Title: Day Trip
	Details: The day started today at 9:30 when we all meet up and drove first to Ridge Quarry. I showed Mike and Andy around there as they didn't have a full explore last time. I tried out my new torch which was fantastic, it lit the whole place up and I look forward to seeing how the photos come out with the additional light. After Ridge Quarry and a bite to eat we head towards RAF Rudloe to try and find Sands Quarry. We found the entrance easily enough in some woods near by. The slope shaft was well secured with a locked entrance and high perimeter fencing. As Sands Quarry is owned (although disused) by the MOD we didn't hang around there for too long. We then went in search of the entrance to Brewers Yard Quarry, we found the very steep slope shaft and decided that it wasn't the weather to try and venture down that, it's very steeped and looked VERY slippery. We head back towards home and found the ROC post in Hallen, just minutes from Mike's house. The access hatch was locked but it looked as if it was in pretty good condition although every where is so water logged at the moment that I would be very surprised if it wasn't flooded.
02/01/03 03:09	Title: About Nettleden.com
	Details: A lot of people have asked me latley when I first became interested in underground things, when Nettleden started, why the website is called Nettleden and so on and I though rather than keep telling people I'd put all the details here on the site. So now accessible from the bottom of the home page is Nettleden's About Page with a detailed account of how Nettleden started, by who and why, click here to view the page.
01/01/03 12:21	Title: Welcome to 2003
	Details: Welcome to 2003 and a new news page, if you would like to go back and read last year's news please click on the link below. 2003 will be the year of the underground!