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Fifteen club members ventured into North Wales for this year’s conference organised by the NAMHO Committee at the Clwb Rygbi Nant Conwy (Nant Conwy Rugby Club) on the B5106 just south of Trefriw.
The conference was well-attended, enjoyable and smoothly run. The Nant Conwy Rugby Club venue was rather isolated like our own had been at Norbury Village Hall, but provided a large room for displays, socialising, lectures and meals, a large field for camping (without too many burly men running about and throwing things), excellent catering and a tasty real ale. Several members took advantage of the camping while others opted for B&Bs in Llanrwst and Trefriw.
All the talks were interesting and well-presented, starting with our own Rob Vernon linking North Wales to Southern India via John Taylor and Sons; and ending with our own Roger Gosling on toxic mine gases.
The weather was many degrees cooler than England until Monday and there was some rain (despite all the news reports of a ‘second heat wave’). All the trips succeeded and were appreciated, even when they were a long drive (2+ hours) through very thick mist from Llanrwst.
The 2026 Conference will be “Mining the Swaledale Orefield”, hosted by Moldywarps and the North York Moors Caving Club in Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales National Park. A two-day lecture programme on a venue adjacent to the campsite with surface and underground visits planned to local lead mines and smelt mills. More details will be available on the NAMHO website in early 2026.
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