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ocifant Jun 18, 2007 20:45:14
Replying to Littlestone

Another 2 page article - A half page of text with the same diagram *again*, and the other with a couple of poor photos.

These have firstly collapsed into the Merewether tunnel and the
‘man-hole’ and then spilled down into the Atkinson tunnel after the removal of the roadstone.
So, am I reading this right? They're taking out the old infill (roadstone), and the hill is collapsing in on top of them as they're pulling it out?

Sounds very dangerous to me! How do they intend filling the obvious voids that will be left over their heads when the time comes to fill?

Are there any obvious external signs of further collapse on the surface since they've started tunnellling? Or is it all covered up by the monorail and associated works?

2 pages a week really isn't sufficient at this stage for those of us that can't get down there to the visitor centre to see for ourselves what's going on!

I know you shouldn't anthropomorphise inanimate objects (they don't like it when you do that), but I wouldn't mind betting that the Hill is suffering at the moment...

L Littlestone
Littlestone Jun 18, 2007 21:14:21
Replying to ocifant

These have firstly collapsed into the Merewether tunnel and the ‘man-hole’ and then spilled down into the Atkinson tunnel after the removal of the roadstone.
Looks like it oc.

Getting bad vibes about this (lack of info, 'technical diffculties', nothing from the 'experts' etc). Time to get the media involved methinks. If we can't get accurate and up-to-date information via the EH website (even though we've been demanding it for weeks) looks like it's time to notify the press, radio, TV and any other relevant bodies that something's not right in the State of Silbury.

"I know you shouldn't anthropomorphise inanimate objects (they don't like it when you do that), but I wouldn't mind betting that the Hill is suffering at the moment..."

Yes, suffering indeed. It's a tragedy wrapped in a disaster and served on a plate of incompetence.

S slumpystones
slumpystones Jun 19, 2007 20:06:16
Replying to ocifant

I think it's old subsidence that they're recording.