Exploring the Fire Mine: Secret tunnels and dark arcades

  

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Really nice monastery at the intro to the video.  Pretty brave to explore that deep cave and all its tunnels.  Really nice job on the narration Niko.  

Lovely walk about in the caves - nicely filmed

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-26 12:20
Really nice monastery at the intro to the video.  Pretty brave to explore that deep cave and all its tunnels.  Really nice job on the narration Niko.

Good morning. Thank you very much, I am very glad that you enjoyed it. Have a lovely day!  

Codgerzh2 Posted at 4-26 12:40
Lovely walk about in the caves - nicely filmed

Good morning. Thank you very much, I am very glad that you enjoyed it. Have a lovely day!

What a maze down there. Good that they put arrows on the walls.

Very cool and I like how they painted arrows on the walls.  

Lovely monastery building adjacent to the mine. A fascinating insight into the cave system created by the mining.

wind-up Posted at 4-26 21:47
Good morning. Thank you very much, I am very glad that you enjoyed it. Have a lovely day!

It's my pleasure Niko.  Hope you also have a great weekend.  

DAFlys Posted at 4-27 00:00
Very cool and I like how they painted arrows on the walls.

I wonder how many spelunkers got lost in the various tunnels before they decided to paint the arrows on?

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-27 07:50
I wonder how many spelunkers got lost in the various tunnels before they decided to paint the arrows on?

You just made me google spelunkers,  that is a rare term.   

DAFlys Posted at 4-27 22:35
You just made me google spelunkers,  that is a rare term.

  Sorry about that.  That term was just stuck in my brain for some reason.

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-28 07:16
Sorry about that.  That term was just stuck in my brain for some reason.

It's quite valid and always nice to learn something new.   

Depp Posted at 4-26 22:58
What a maze down there. Good that they put arrows on the walls.

Thank you very much. Have a happy time

DAFlys Posted at 4-27 00:00
Very cool and I like how they painted arrows on the walls.

Thank you very much. I'm glad you liked the video. Have a happy time

wind-up Posted at 4-28 22:06
Thank you very much. I'm glad you liked the video. Have a happy time

You're very welcome.

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-27 07:50
I wonder how many spelunkers got lost in the various tunnels before they decided to paint the arrows on?

no one has been lost. recently someone painted them because he thought they would be lost. I went 5 years ago and made a video.

Blériot53 Posted at 4-27 03:23
Lovely monastery building adjacent to the mine. A fascinating insight into the cave system created by the mining.

Thank you very much. I'm glad you liked the video. Have a happy time

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-27 07:49
It's my pleasure Niko.  Hope you also have a great weekend.

to fall and as a channel, our video from the particular mine has turned out to be the best in image quality to date. in the search on you tube write expensive "Ορυχείο Φυρέ" and compare with other videos

wind-up Posted at 4-28 22:10
Thank you very much. I'm glad you liked the video. Have a happy time

You too

DAFlys Posted at 4-28 21:58
It's quite valid and always nice to learn something new.

They do say that you never grow too old to learn.   

wind-up Posted at 4-28 22:09
no one has been lost. recently someone painted them because he thought they would be lost. I went 5 years ago and made a video.

Good to know that nobody got lost.  Hope your week is off to a great start.  

wind-up Posted at 4-28 22:14
to fall and as a channel, our video from the particular mine has turned out to be the best in image quality to date. in the search on you tube write expensive "Ορυχείο Φυρέ" and compare with other videos

I'll check it out for sure.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-29 03:04
They do say that you never grow too old to learn.

Well today was bricking laying day,   And I have to say I had to relearn some of that,  but the MIL's wall is now repaired and I just need to clean it was some brick cleaner when its all gone off.  

Not sure who is braver, you for filming the mine or me for watching it. Excellent work and quite a challenge for sure.

DAFlys Posted at 4-29 06:14
Well today was bricking laying day,   And I have to say I had to relearn some of that,  but the MIL's wall is now repaired and I just need to clean it was some brick cleaner when its all gone off.

Brick mason, another one of your many talents.    Maybe now nobody will run into it again for at least a few more years or never.

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-29 13:48
Brick mason, another one of your many talents.    Maybe now nobody will run into it again for at least a few more years or never.

The initial planned failed,  I was hoping to clean the mortar off the corner that had been dislodged and reset it in one go,  sadly as I chipping the mortar off the bricks came apart so I cleaned them all up and stated again.   Not my most favourite of jobs but at least the weather cooperated.

DAFlys Posted at 4-30 00:23
The initial planned failed,  I was hoping to clean the mortar off the corner that had been dislodged and reset it in one go,  sadly as I chipping the mortar off the bricks came apart so I cleaned them all up and stated again.   Not my most favourite of jobs but at least the weather cooperated.

I don't know about in the UK but here brick masons make good money.  No doubt it is hard work but they seem to be well compensated.  Check out a few of the brick mail boxes here and one that got ran into.

Nice tour of the caves.

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-30 03:46
I don't know about in the UK but here brick masons make good money.  No doubt it is hard work but they seem to be well compensated.  Check out a few of the brick mail boxes here and one that got ran into.

they are cracking,    as good bricky here is hard to find and expensive when you do,   Mines a simply repair,  I wouldn't rebuild the wall if it came to that.  

DAFlys Posted at 4-30 07:05
they are cracking,    as good bricky here is hard to find and expensive when you do,   Mines a simply repair,  I wouldn't rebuild the wall if it came to that.

These guys charge around $500 average for these mail boxes.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-30 13:46
These guys charge around $500 average for these mail boxes.

Thats not bad at all.   

DAFlys Posted at 4-30 23:10
Thats not bad at all.

People here think that is a bit expensive.  However, if you consider the cost of the bricks and mortar and then add on labor I find it to be an acceptable price.  If they don't desire to have a brick mail box then they could always go for something like these....

DowntownRDB Posted at 5-1 03:13
People here think that is a bit expensive.  However, if you consider the cost of the bricks and mortar and then add on labor I find it to be an acceptable price.  If they don't desire to have a brick mail box then they could always go for something like these....

I bet the HOA in some areas go nuts when people install them.

DAFlys Posted at 5-1 04:25
I bet the HOA in some areas go nuts when people install them.

The nice brick ones are not usually an issue.  The oddity ones probably will get the homeowner a fine and told to take them down.  I've only see a scattering of the odd ones and they are usually at homes near the beach and not in a development that has a HOA.

DowntownRDB Posted at 5-1 08:25
The nice brick ones are not usually an issue.  The oddity ones probably will get the homeowner a fine and told to take them down.  I've only see a scattering of the odd ones and they are usually at homes near the beach and not in a development that has a HOA.

This could make a good topic like Mr B twigwam thread.  

DAFlys Posted at 5-1 21:04
This could make a good topic like Mr B twigwam thread.

Could make for an interesting thread.  Here's a couple of more to give you a chuckle.

DowntownRDB Posted at 5-2 03:01
Could make for an interesting thread.  Here's a couple of more to give you a chuckle.

I like that last one best but Im not sure id trust the postie to sort it properly.

DAFlys Posted at 5-2 03:06
I like that last one best but Im not sure id trust the postie to sort it properly.

You're absolutely right about that.  Doubt the postie would be carrying a ladder with him anyway to reach the upper mail boxes.  Does make for a good conversation piece.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 5-2 03:38
You're absolutely right about that.  Doubt the postie would be carrying a ladder with him anyway to reach the upper mail boxes.  Does make for a good conversation piece.

Half the time our postie cant even be bothered with carrying the post