Thanks, I appreciate the follow up. I actually quite enjoyed the crawl last time I did it (over 10 years ago). I was with a caving instructor friend then and they made the decisions about the weather. As it's me making the decisions this time I've just been trying to swat up on potential...

Thanks for your message. Yes, the crawl towards the end of Great Douk was my main concern. However, I'd still consider the trip worthwhile even if we only did the first section of Great Duke and then returned back out of the Waterfall entrance. If i managed to catch I relatively dry spell at...

Yes, agreed, looks more like a pig's trotter. Thanks for the link to the leaflet, I've just read it - very interesting and provides a great overview.

This blog refers to that formation as the "Giant's hand" https://oldfieldslimestone.blogspot.com/2015/01/great-douk-cave-everyones-favourite.html?m=1

This blog gives a detail description of the route with photos, which I was using for reference. The "beehive" is mentioned and photographed about halfway through the blog. Although, I have no idea if the names used in the blog are "official"...

I'm thinking about doing a trip through Great Douk (with a friend/novice), possibly this weekend (17th-18th Feb), but maybe later in the year. I've been looking through this forum trying to work out under what conditions it would not be safe to enter/attempt the through trip. I've seen...