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lutonlagerlout
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Post: # 95215Post lutonlagerlout

sink hole in high wycombe

I know builders that work in the area and they have to wear harness's when digging due to the amount of these things that can open up
on the bright side it was a lupo
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Post: # 95216Post dig dug dan

Got some relatives who livein walters ash. Luckily they drive a hyundai
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Post: # 95223Post Tony McC

What's the ground likem round there. LLL. It's not an area I know all that well.

I'm guessing chalk???
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Post: # 95224Post lutonlagerlout

found this
looks like ripon is the worst place to live in the uk regarding sinkholes

definitely heard that high wycombe is a dangerous place to dig,maybe its clay over chalk
cheers LLL
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Post: # 95225Post lutonlagerlout

bit more info here regarding High Wycombe and sink holes
chalk mining
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Post: # 95227Post Bob_A

This caused major traffic jams for what seemed an eternity as it's a busy part of the A2 Dover-London
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth....mage=19
I gave up trying to drive into Central London and went by train.
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Post: # 95235Post Tony McC

There was a documentary on BBC2 last night about sink holes in Florida. Felt like a 20 min story s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d out to an hour but I did actually learn summat: it's what lies atop the chalk/limestone that determines the prevalence of sink holes.

When it's a sand or sandy overburden, few or no sinkholes, but when there's a later of clay involved, sinkholes aplenty!

Wasn't there a big 'un appeared in the Peak District over the Christmas break? Giles?
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Post: # 95238Post Bob_A

I started watching that but gave up.
Call me callous but I was only interested in what causes it rather than the personal stories of the people that had suffered.
I hope karma isn't watching over me :p
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Post: # 95249Post Tony McC

Yeah, they did seem to be obsessed with 'humanising' the yarn instead of just sticking with the science, but that seems to be the way with much of the telly I see nowadays.

It's a shame the big lad lost his brother, but I think we could have guessed he would be a bit upset about it without needing to train a camera lens on him while he sobbed. I don't enjoy the discomfort of others and grief should be a personal thing.

The lass that got swallowed up by a vanishing pavement, though, now that was good fun! :D


(PS - she survived with barely a scratch)
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