Report - Merstham Stone Quarries 2014-2015

[Wevsky]

I have had these on my hard drive since the date above suggests,wasn't going to bother with a report but after seeing some recent activity on here of one of the locations im posting i thought why not!

I gave Tucker a shout some years back about a report he had posted and asked if it was the same location as another report i had seen titled very similar,turns out they where different locations and he was kind enough to point me in the direction of these two small workings

Tuckers report can be found here...

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/bedlams-bank-lower-chaldon-workings-surrey-april-2010.t49948

Seems they go by different names as they are classed as Chaldon/Bedlams bank and Merstham..So im going with the Merstham

There is much on the WCMS website in their archives of the Various workings in the area and a lot of very old documents of peoples personal accounts and digs and squabbles over access rights and land ownership which i wont bore you with by copy and pasting ,these are Firestone and they date back a very long time yet seem to have gone undocumented by the masses!

Anyhow here are some pictures from mine and Obscurity's two visits over the space of a year and a half.

Quarry No 4 up first

A few from Quarry No2

Thanks to Obscurity for driving and Good company while searching out other things in the area which where the main reason for coming down here and thanks to Tucker for these two which made for a nice backup plan

 

[R_yoda]

Awesome man! Love all the real old local stuff!! Photos

 

[silentwalker]

Great set of photos, especially the tube shot!

 

[Lenston]

Lovely mate

 

[Medwaydan]

Picture 6 is spot on mate. Still need to check this one out.

 

[R_yoda]

It Is badass down there! @Medwaydan

 

[wellingtonian]

Good stuff Wevs

 

[The Kwan]

Shit Wevs, you should be ashamed of yourself hiding these away mate.
I would love to be here right now, instead of being sat on my fat hairy arse drinking beer

 

[Wevsky]

Shit Wevs, you should be ashamed of yourself hiding these away mate.
I would love to be here right now, instead of being sat on my fat hairy arse drinking beer

To be honest mate id commit murder for a beer,and i also have a hairy arse o_O Up until today they just sat on the HDD not on flickr me blog nowhere..Then spotted a few reports and knew some others had been popping down themso thought id make the effort and shove some up

 

[The Kwan]

To be honest mate id commit murder for a beer,and i also have a hairy arse o_O Up until today they just sat on the HDD not on flickr me blog nowhere..Then spotted a few reports and knew some others had been popping down themso thought id make the effort and shove some up

Sorry Wevs, beer is overrated and just makes folk type shite and in my case also makes me run to the bog every 10 minutes but these are great photos and I am glad to see them...I got hairy ears and nose too..ears,nose and arse

 

[Wevsky]

Sorry Wevs, beer is overrated and just makes folk type shite and in my case also makes me run to the bog every 10 minutes but these are great photos and I am glad to see them...I got hairy ears and nose too..ears,nose and arse

Tell me about it mate ,who would of thought so much hair would sprout form places you least expect it as you get older,i love beer but im a major cnut when on it so sober wevs is the only wevs available

 

[obscurity]

nice shots mate. Good to see them posted at last. This was a good couple of afternoons looking around these.

 

[Wevsky]

nice shots mate. Good to see them posted at last. This was a good couple of afternoons looking around these.

We poked heads in many holes that first trip and these where rather pleasant as it goes

 

[The Lone Ranger]

Looks an excellent stroll, cracking pics

 

[Wevsky]

Looks an excellent stroll, cracking pics

A stroll and a short abseil..very short infact so hardly amazing access but yes was nice