Danger at Buffavento

koroglu83


Joined: 02/03/2010
Posts: 46

Message Posted:
15/03/2010 19:03

Back in the Uk now but just wondering if anyone else has noticed the missing floor grille at Buffavento Castle? It leaves a hole about 600mm square(thats 2 feet to all you old timers!) with a nice drop into an enclosed stone cellar below. My friend strolled straight across the hole while taking a phone call narrowly avoiding a nice stretcher ride back down the mountain....Although the UN were there at the time so he would have had a nice comfy ride back down.....

nikki


Joined: 12/07/2009
Posts: 28

Message Posted:
16/03/2010 07:20

What were the UN doing there?

Chegwin


Joined: 24/03/2009
Posts: 775

Message Posted:
16/03/2010 07:40

Guarding the hole?

Corbo



Joined: 13/09/2009
Posts: 627

Message Posted:
16/03/2010 11:13

Must see this danger at Buffevento. Will try for a 3rd trip this week. Never got there the first two times.

koroglu83


Joined: 02/03/2010
Posts: 46

Message Posted:
16/03/2010 11:53

Taking a break from the line and having a stroll is my guess.......

koroglu83


Joined: 02/03/2010
Posts: 46

Message Posted:
16/03/2010 11:53

I must say the bottle of Dewars from the previous evening nearly put paid to our climb....

Corbo



Joined: 13/09/2009
Posts: 627

Message Posted:
17/03/2010 09:37

Right..nice day here in TRNC. My third and last attempt to get to this elusive Buffavento happens this morning. Probably get a flat on the rock slides but need to try out the jack before the return drive to

Corbo



Joined: 13/09/2009
Posts: 627

Message Posted:
17/03/2010 09:38

the UK this April!

Corbo



Joined: 13/09/2009
Posts: 627

Message Posted:
17/03/2010 15:02

Well worth the trek up to the top of Buffavento for the views and exercise. Would kill you in the summer heat. The restaurant at the bottom of the road up to the castle is useful for a beer and the pleasant setting. Too much food offered for lunch. The salads and bread were good but no comment about the rest.

nikki


Joined: 12/07/2009
Posts: 28

Message Posted:
17/03/2010 15:24

Did you see the hole?

Corbo



Joined: 13/09/2009
Posts: 627

Message Posted:
17/03/2010 16:00

Yes..and it could well catch someone out badly after that hike up there. Needs covering up with a grill.

koroglu83


Joined: 02/03/2010
Posts: 46

Message Posted:
17/03/2010 16:29

11 posts later and we confirm what i said in post 1! However i am heartened to see we have steered the conversation back around to the islands favourite subject of food.....

Corbo



Joined: 13/09/2009
Posts: 627

Message Posted:
17/03/2010 19:23

Or the Freudian last word in message 10.

kevnmax


Joined: 05/08/2008
Posts: 105

Message Posted:
17/03/2010 20:45

I beleive the local council are going up there to look into it

Corbo



Joined: 13/09/2009
Posts: 627

Message Posted:
17/03/2010 21:02

I see..they're dropping in?

ToShakeYrLa2


Joined: 04/03/2009
Posts: 26

Message Posted:
18/03/2010 02:27

I expect they will report back that ... it needs a grille.

Sometime after the peak tourist season has ended 6 blokes will appear to measure it and come to the conclusion that something about 600mm square is needed.

Some weeks later 8 blokes will appear with a 300mm square grille and make up for the mistake in size difference by slapping a 300mm concrete border round it, nicely in keeping with the original castle stonework.

A few months later, with the metal badly rusting embedded in it, the concrete and the clay beneath their feet begins to crumble,

But love will never die.