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    Redhouse Lane Swallet Update

    John Wilcock was a very nice man, who still came up to Ario on expeditions well into his seventies. However, the evidnce suggests his dowsing results were, indeeed, bunkum.
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    Peak district classics?

    Bitch Pitch in JH is fine if you're competent, but a little awkward if not. Rather narrow and wiggly. But I got the impression the party is fairly competent from the posts at the top. That said, Cartgate, the long mined passage between the entrance pitch and Bitch always makes me a bit uneasy. A...
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    Peak district classics?

    There are few finer trips in the UK than a visit to the White River Series going in and out of JH or Titan. Block Hall is rigged for upwards SRT. Make sure you'd don't descend the Moosetrap by mistake, then pull through at the downstream end of series. The way back to the Speedwell streamway...
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    Redhouse Lane Media Articles

    Oops missed that - so he did.
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    Redhouse Lane Media Articles

    https://unherd.com/2025/05/inside-britains-underworld/
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    Redhouse Lane Swallet Update

    The Sunday Times has an article today (paywalled) https://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/mans-30-year-obsession-unearths-caves-as-big-as-cathedrals-under-forest-of-dean-pc2p8srfn
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    UnHerd article on Redhouse Lane Swallet

    The Sunday Times has covered Redhouse too https://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/mans-30-year-obsession-unearths-caves-as-big-as-cathedrals-under-forest-of-dean-pc2p8srfn
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    UnHerd article on Redhouse Lane Swallet

    I hope so if I get the chance! Such a great cave.
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    UnHerd article on Redhouse Lane Swallet

    Thought you might have to on the UnHerd site, but it turns out you don’t
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    UnHerd article on Redhouse Lane Swallet

    Yes Inside Britain’s underworld https://unherd.com/2025/05/inside-britains-underworld/
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    UnHerd article on Redhouse Lane Swallet

    I’ve written an article with photos by Bartek Biela about the wonderful newly-discovered cave system that is Redhouse Lane Swallet in the Forest of Dean. It should be posted on UnHerd.com at about midnight tonight. You can get it free if you register on the site. Hope y’all enjoy it.
  12. David Rose

    Redhouse Lane Swallet Update

    My article on Redhouse will be posted on UnHerd.com at midnight tonight. Photos by Bartek Biela.
  13. David Rose

    Redhouse Lane Swallet Update

    If Aggie connects to Daren, that will eliminate one cave from the longest in UK list. So I guess if the Redhouse dream is fully realised, maybe to include Big Sink, ahead of it would likely be the 3 Counties, OFD, Aggie-Daren and Ogof Draenen. My article on the cave with some of Bartek's photos...
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    Redhouse Lane Swallet Update

    Jimi well described the sinking feeling of arriving at a cave with a gated entrance where one's been planning an exciting trip, only to discover unexpected access problems. I believe this happened to some during the (we can now surely say, insane) Ogof Draenen cold war. Wait a minute...
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    Redhouse Lane Swallet Update

    Does anyone else think of Jimi Hendrix when down there?
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