Late news 2010
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Welsh grants available
The application date for Welsh Sports Association grants for expeditions taking place between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2012 has been extended to 31 January 2011. Thus far applications have been few and, although this is a grant available only to expedition members living in Wales for the past two years, or who are Welsh or who have Welsh parents or grandparents (which opens up quite a spread of eligibility), the expedition itself does not have to be Welsh. Click HERE to go to the grants section of the WSA website. (
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Draenen gated
Descent (217) reported that the gate to Ogof Draenen was due to be replaced on the weekend of 27 November. The work was completed that Saturday so the original key is now required to gain entry; the gate may be opened from the inside without the use of a key. (
Photographer Tony Fisher encountered both aspects as he gathered material for his latest exhibition Only The Lonely?
His collection of 30 photographs, which are now on show at the Peak District Mining Museum in Matlock Bath, were taken before and during the pandemic and will continue to evolve until April next year under his Arts Council funded project.
Tony, 66, who lives in Riddings said: “The circumstances are pretty grim with Covid but for me it’s been a more positive time than I would have imagined.
A romance developed between Tony Fisher and Fi Marks during lockdown afterthey bonded bonding through their love of art.