i think poor old douge should be first on the list ( i hate seeing grown men cry ) he's been gagging to go there for YONKS (think thats the right phrase)

From experience, I'd recommend that you take the keenest and go on a first come first served basis. Sorry but I'm not interested so you can count me out. What is 'potash' anyway. Sounds like a wacky-baccy mine to me?

. What is 'potash' anyway. Sounds like a wacky-baccy mine to me? [/quote]


no wonder douge (the old hippy or should that be"happy" ) wants to go so badly

happy times ahead "man"

I would like to go if possible but maybe all interested people should make their interest known and than if more than 8 reply then pull names out of a hat( or john`s pants)????????????????????????????????????????????????

I had an idea some time ago. (Apologies if this is a topic for a new thread!...)... ... I had the idea that for big trips it's worth taking say a £5 deposit from people to secure a place on the trip. That way you know for sure if they are serious about going or not. Then if they turn up on the day then they get their money back. If they cancel or don't turn up then the money goes into the club funds. Sounds fair to me and nobody really loses out in the end.

marks a fookin loan shark know , that spells trouble , hope the auditer does'nt see this

I understand that there is a need to commit but I dont feel we should hand over cash to secure a place? We are only a relatively small club and if we cant manage a trip for 8 people then we need shagging with a big stick. I still feel that if people are keen then come forwards, then if people drop out( circumstances always change and sh*t happens to the best of us) then so be it and have reserves in place?

I dont think we should over complicate things as this would increase work for the treasurer also - we are playing not working remember!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

are you taking £5 deposits for the trip to Eryrys on Thurs? - didnt think so?

i mean only for the bigger trips. i think it's a fair idea and only really intended as a fun fund-raiser, a bit like a raffle. People dropping out on trips is a bit of a problem,- they inevitably do, and then it can be hard to fill the places at the last minute. A £5 forfeit just means that something good comes of it for the club, so it's a win-win situation for everyone and purely charitable. i hope i'm making sense now.

sence rearly come out of you at the best of times marC and this is'nt one of them im afraid sorry young man had to be said

I just want to stake my claim to a place on the Boulby trip, just in case anyone thinks I am not intereststed.
By the way, the type of potash which is mined at Boulby is potasium chloride, similar in many ways to common salt (sodium chloride), the column of strata in which the deposites are found was formed by the drying out of a large area of sea, milions of years ago.
The column of strata extend down thousands of feet and consist mainly of salt in upper strata, changing to mainly potasium chloride in the lower strata.
potasium chloride is slightly radio active and it's main use is as the "K" in cheaper NPK fertiliser, though it has many other uses.
Boulby mine of course is also home a very important scientific experiment, searching for high energy cosmic patilcles.

I just want to stake my claim to a place on the Boulby trip, just in case anyone thinks I am not intereststed.
By the way, the type of potash which is mined at Boulby is potasium chloride, similar in many ways to common salt (sodium chloride), the column of strata in which the deposites are found was formed by the drying out of a large area of sea, milions of years ago.
The column of strata extend down thousands of feet and consist mainly of salt in upper strata, changing to mainly potasium chloride in the lower strata.
potasium chloride is slightly radio active and it's main use is as the "K" in cheaper NPK fertiliser, though it has many other uses.
Boulby mine of course is also home a very important scientific experiment, searching for high energy cosmic patilcles.

I just want to stake my claim to a place on the Boulby trip, just in case anyone thinks I am not intereststed.
By the way, the type of potash which is mined at Boulby is potasium chloride, similar in many ways to common salt (sodium chloride), the column of strata in which the deposites are found was formed by the drying out of a large area of sea, milions of years ago.
The column of strata extend down thousands of feet and consist mainly of salt in upper strata, changing to mainly potasium chloride in the lower strata.
potasium chloride is slightly radio active and it's main use is as the "K" in cheaper NPK fertiliser, though it has many other uses.
Boulby mine of course is also home a very important scientific experiment, searching for high energy cosmic patilcles.

I just want to stake my claim to a place on the Boulby trip, just in case anyone thinks I am not intereststed.
By the way, the type of potash which is mined at Boulby is potasium chloride, similar in many ways to common salt (sodium chloride), the column of strata in which the deposites are found was formed by the drying out of a large area of sea, milions of years ago.
The column of strata extend down thousands of feet and consist mainly of salt in upper strata, changing to mainly potasium chloride in the lower strata.
potasium chloride is slightly radio active and it's main use is as the "K" in cheaper NPK fertiliser, though it has many other uses.
Boulby mine of course is also home a very important scientific experiment, searching for high energy cosmic patilcles.

Doug appears to have staked a claim to four places on the trip. Since Mike L and Marty have announced their desire to go, that would seem to leave 2 places