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20th Oct 2017  11:13  by asbown

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

uncovered and easy to spot, nice when somebody else does the work for you.

20th Oct 2017  11:13  by The reluctant trigger

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

22nd May 2017  12:30  by Richofsebast

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Reading through the recent logs I saw that Ramblingpaul had logged this surface block at Sluice House Farm. This is very near where I work at St Mellons so as I haven't bagged a block before I thought it a good lunchtime jolly to go and have a look. Easy when you know where it is. Right, where is my next surface block?

Corner of Wall ©Richofsebast
Surface Block ©Richofsebast

21st May 2017  17:25  by Ramblingpaul

Gridref: ST 25283 79301   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Easily found in the undergrowth.

29th Oct 2016  08:06  by peregrinus

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

1" bolt in block 0.74m back from back edge of NE end of parapet as per sketch. Under brambles but easily spotted after measuring the exact spot. Drizzly start to the day.

17th Jul 2016  06:54  by BRISTOLIAN

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easy one to spot but no the best area to visit lots of smelly stagnant water.

Mr K at block. ©BRISTOLIAN

22nd May 2016  18:14  by SlainteJimmy

Gridref: ST 25282 79303   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Sadly dug too far over.. thro' nettles and more thorns before finally finding at bridge end.

Sluice House Farm ..stung n scratched again. :-(

19th Mar 2016  10:00  by Mickandkim

Gridref: ST 25281 79297   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

Easy find by stone bridge

13th Mar 2016  11:45  by jonglew

Gridref: ST 25282 79299   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

Easy spot as uncovered. Rough concrete block with 1" bolt affixed. Very scrubby, brambley, dirty, muddy spot at NE end of SE parapet. Didn't spend any time cleaning this up.

Surface Block - Location TP0280©jonglew
Surface Block TP0280©jonglew

7th Mar 2016  10:16  by thejackrustles

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Last YOSM of the trip - YSM539 Sluice House Farm Once at the location we didn't hold out much hope of finding it as lots of debris had been washed up. But I cleared away some mud with my boot and Mr U2 shouted 'what's that' and there it was, left uncovered, so bag it now!

Sluice House Farm ©thejackrustles

7th Mar 2016  10:15  by gerryu2

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

#334 P#244 P2016#44. Did t have much hope finding this due to the sludge that has been washed up from the flooding. Very muddy. Previous pics showed it beside the brambles. I wasn't getting my clean boots muddy but MRS TJR just jumped right in there and started kicking about. She then hit what might be the block and then I spotted the bolt and gave it a wee clean with a hankie. Well done that wummin.

24th Jan 2016  15:28  by orlando rat

Gridref: ST 25281 79297   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Finally, a chance to use my new shovel to both find and excavate the surface block. I'm a happy man.

Sluice House Farm

15th Jan 2016  12:15  by _HT_

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

In the area today and thought I'd try for this one. Previous visitors have cleared the area a bit so I managed to locate using past logs and descriptions. The area was full of litter and general debris, not a place to make a pilgrimage to!

5th Sep 2015  11:43  by Funk to Funky

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easier than expected! I came armed with shears and a spade but when I turned up I looked round the end of the bridge into a cleared patch and there it was. So I cleared a bit more bramble and earth so that the next seeker should have an easy time too. East end of the bridge almost inline with the end stones (south side) about 50 cm from the wall itself.

There you are!

24th Apr 2015  11:27  by Redroaming

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 5/10

Searched for a while having a pretty good idea where it was having looked at previous logs.... Brambles waist high, roadworks road sign nearby and a watching workman all meant we decided to give up. Darn it!

30th Mar 2015  11:55  by sniffadogz

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

Finally got to it.

1st Feb 2015  17:10  by glasfory

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Luckily we had the trusty snow shovel in the car as bolt was buried under debris and soil. Cut back old brambles to access it.

©glasfory

28th Dec 2011  13:30  by cmb1953

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Needed some excavation but is now clear and marked by a handy krook-lock handle found near by !!!

21st Oct 2011  13:20  by wood owl

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

10th May 2011  17:00  by tigger4242

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 5/10

Could not find the block

17th Apr 2011  16:06  by captain gore-tex

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Well concealed, will be difficult to find soon as the undergrowth expands

TP 0282 ©captain gore-tex

12th Nov 2009  13:00  by Dusty

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Trigpoint

17th Oct 2009  15:30  by tom

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

The trig consists of a bolt in a surface block next to a bridge over a reen in the Gwent Levels to the northeast of Cardiff. It was soon found although a few brambles had to be brushed aside and the ground prodded a few times with my trusty tent peg. The surrounding landscape is of flat farmland. Some Welsh hills provide a back drop to the north.

12th Sep 2008  08:15  by Glaslyn

Gridref: ST 25281 79297   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easy find,recently cleared ,grotty area.

©Glaslyn
©Glaslyn

7th May 2008  16:00  by seanmac

Gridref: ST 25281 79305   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Nice easy find thanks to the efforts of others (Thanks TED) despite the undergrowth

19th Oct 2007  11:30  by bluebeard

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 1/10

findable because set in square foot of concrete in poor soil

15th May 2007  17:05  by rhayader_wanderer

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

its there

21st Sep 2005  13:30  by [email protected]

Gridref: ST 25282 79296   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

Used Etrex Legend (s/w 3.7 & 5m reported accuracy) to record waypoint in DMS (WGS84) then converted using OSTN02. Input N 51’30’27.5’’, W 3’4’40.8’’, 6m. Output E 325282, N 179296, -45m hence ST2528279296. Curiously, altitude is way off the reported height by the OS. The OS give ellipsoid height as 56.159m and orthometric height as 5.325.

©[email protected]

27th Mar 2004  18:30  by Father Ted

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

Easy to find using the OS diagram even in the twilight.

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