Into the old mines at Snailbeach

Readers of this blog will know of my fascination with the abandoned lead mines at Snailbeach in Shropshire. This afternoon, thanks to one of the volunteer guides from the Shropshire Mines Trust, I was enter into them a little way.

I once did the same thing with some of my more dashing fellow members of the Malcolm Saville Society a mile or two down the road, but don't try this at home, kids.

It is no reflection on the guide that, as a lover of the League of Gentlemen, I was reminded of this...