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  1. Beardy

    Aven du Basset - Herault

    Hi All, Bit of a long shot - does anybody have any information about the Aven du Basset in the Herault? Apparently its a > 2km long >150m deep cave with a great river I've found a reference in Speleo Magazine 59 (which i've not got so its unclear if this gives enough information to do the...
  2. Beardy

    Calder Valley Caving Club

    Hi All, Bit of a long shot - does anybody know anything of the Calder Valley Cving Club  (active in the 1970's) I've got an article in a 1974 copy of descent, about an explored cave and i'm trying to track down some more detail The article mentions two names A.E. Nightingale  & Terry...
  3. Beardy

    Another Littondale query

    This is a photo of the Snuffit Pot's shakehole Does anybody know which entrance is Snuffit Pot 1 and which one is Snuffit Pot 2 ? cheers Beardy DSCF6354 by p_swire_beardy, on Flickr
  4. Beardy

    Littondale query

    I came across this impressive looking entrance at the weekend Just by the road above Halton Gill (in the next filed up from Flamethrower Hole) Does anybody know whats down there? or what it is called ? DSCF6336 by p_swire_beardy, on Flickr It didn't seem to be there in 2011 per google...
  5. Beardy

    Glue for repairing stalactite

    Hi, Can anyone recommend what kind of glue would work best for repairing a broken 3m stalactite?  Cheers Beardy Sent from my GT-I8190N using Tapatalk
  6. Beardy

    Whitewell Pot

    Hi, Here's another conundrum..... The current edition of Northern Caves, states that Whitewell Pot (Bowland) was explored by the NPC, but it doesn't give a date. Having trawled through the archives i can't find any mention of this exploration.  Does anybody know when the NPC did their...
  7. Beardy

    Valentine Sink, Leck Fell

    Hi, Can anybody help? I'm trying to locate a dig/cave on Leck Fell - it is called Valentine Sink & was dug by the Airedale CC (per Descent 150  p. 14) Does anybody know where it is? - or have contact details for the AiredaleCC? Cheers Beardy 
  8. Beardy

    Ease Gill help needed, references or answers sought....

    Whilst doing some legwork recently for the revision of Northern Caves - we stumbled accross a small but apparently unrecorded cave (at least in all the obvious places that i've managed to look so far)  it's about 5 or 6 metres long and is located immediately opposite Witches Cave (so it is not...
  9. Beardy

    Krúbera-Voronya -2158 m

    Hi All, Found the following on the Spanish Caving Federations website (my spanish is a bit duff so its a bablefish translation - apologies for that but you'll get the gist ) Sounds like exciting stuff Regards Beardy  Hello to all: I have the great satisfaction of comunicaros the...
  10. Beardy

    Ladders - fantastic things

    a couple of shots from our trip in July 2005 http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c161/beardsman/CNV00025.jpg http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c161/beardsman/CNV00022.jpg the second one is one of Abi on her 1st ever electron ladder climb - Respect regards Beardy
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