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Having taken into account the current COVID restrictions that currently apply in the different parts of the UK, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2021 reunion.
The Chairman Nick Butler will be heading up the Fan at 0930 hrs on Saturday the 15th May and he will lay a BAFC wreath on behalf of the Club at the summit.
He will also toast The Fallen.
If other members wish to make their own pilgrimage up the Fan at their own risk please follow the relevant COVID restrictions that will be in place.
As a Club we are not able to accept liability for members safety and well being over the weekend of 14/15 May. Our Clubs insurance that normally covers Fandance will not operate this year.
Update to follow reference Aldershot 10 Miler on the 20th November 2021.
...........................................................................................................................................................The 10 Miler will be held on w/e Saturday 23rd November 2024..................................................................................................................................
John,
Sorry to hear about the COPD. Was that Bestobell Steam where you worked in Bankstown? I still live in Oz mate, married with three kids now. I left the pit in 2010 and picked up a good job in the Highlands of PNG. After 4+ years in that jungle, I decided to move to Indonesia to work on a Gold Mine surrounded by jungle...happy days.
Hi Jay, not sure if it was B/Steam but at the time it was Bestobell. Was a Storekeeper for them, and had to learn all the tech stuff with Rulon and Teflon P Rulon and Teflon PTFE. Got fed up with that and then went up to Bougainville Island, until enough money was made to get back here, just before all the troubles started over there. Now the nearest to any jungles for me is holidays'. Was thinking of Indo but not sure what the Religious climate is, as there has been some nightmare stories from that area of late?
I'll probably end up in some coconut Island off Malaya.
Non nobis Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam
A Great Civilization is not Conquered from without
Until it has destroyed itself from within W.Durant
Billy, I found the first of my employment cards, and was there for 2 weeks before they knew.
Then I was given a job in security, after they realised my background.
With the tan I had, I could have passed as a local lol.
took sig off.
Non nobis Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam
A Great Civilization is not Conquered from without
Until it has destroyed itself from within W.Durant
Billy, I found the first of my employment cards, and was there for 2 weeks before they knew.
Then I was given a job in security, after they realised my background.
With the tan I had, I could have passed as a local lol.
took sig off.
hi john i worked in borneo kalimantan with a few ex bougainville guys one guy in particular was a good mate jim chaplin he was a logistics guy in borneo JKA mine site.
kambali pak, got any photos of the site? i was the general building superintendent for JKA at the kaltim prima coal project at sangatta baru east kalimantan. loved it aye
Another Gold Mine, another jungle, this time in Cote d'Ivoire IMG_3268.jpg
Illegal miners in an open pit IMG_3279.jpg
Another Gold Mine, another jungle, this time in Cote d'Ivoire
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Illegal miners in an open pit
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They must have a death wish mate to go in there. They ever get cave ins ?
We had one individual trapped for 8 days in 2016 in one of our UG mines. With regards to the Penambang Liar (Illegal miner), they probably do, but its not something we get to hear about too often.
“I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.”
Goodbye Indonesia, hello PNG....again. Now in the jungles of the Gulf Province. No roads in/out, its the river or helo......happy days. Bring on the Huli Helo_to_Wabo.jpg
Morning mate. Its a village Chief who assisted us in moving through many disputed clan boundaries during the PNG LNG Project, we got good bang for our buck with this guy.
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