danthecavingman
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The Old Ruminator said:
The Vurley Swallet dig looked interesting but the thread has now disappeared..... Shame....
Dan.
Reservoir Hole stuff, and boy there's a lot of it
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The Vurley Swallet dig looked interesting but the thread has now disappeared..... Shame....
Dan.
Duncan S
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Photo trip to the Frozen Deep.
I wanted to take some images that show the scale of the chamber; there are at least two people in all these images.
Seen at this size doesn't really do these images justice
The top chamber with Estelle Sarah and Steve
The entrance with Estelle and Sarah
The bottom chamber with Estelle and Sarah
It has a very different character to the top chamber.
We deliberately threw a lot of light into the top chamber so the columns would be silhouetted
I wanted to take some images that show the scale of the chamber; there are at least two people in all these images.
Seen at this size doesn't really do these images justice
The top chamber with Estelle Sarah and Steve
The entrance with Estelle and Sarah
The bottom chamber with Estelle and Sarah
It has a very different character to the top chamber.
We deliberately threw a lot of light into the top chamber so the columns would be silhouetted
danthecavingman said:
Vurley almost lines up with the Bone / Spider Hole rift, although I have no idea how far the rift actually extends. I'm sure we'll hear more about Vurley...
This map shows the dip of the beds:
& this doesn't show the actual routes taken by streams, but gives an indication of how they might relate to each other:
Mike
The Old Ruminator
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Thanks guys for the photos and maps. The Reservoir diggers are indeed taking a surface vacation and may return to Reservoir in the winter. A little bit of work has been done in the down stream sump and it seems a further trip has been planned. If the syncline or the overthrust does guide the master cave life could be interesting . I had not realised that we were at 97,000 views. It would be great to make the 100,000. I had pretty much decided to finish up with this thread in favour of some smaller ones centered around more recent digging. Well I suppose you should never say never so we shall see.
danthecavingman
Member
Just looked at Old Ruminator's Flickr stream... something is happening at Vurley, be nice to know more....
D.
D.
Cartwright26
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Please dont give up on this thread OR i really enjoy it as do many others! Also if you ever want an extra digger im happy to have a change of scenery to my devon digs
The Old Ruminator
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Some things have to be wound up decently and that what has happened here. The Tuesday diggers wanted a change of scene after abandoning the Topless Aven dig. A nice Summer surface dig seemed the answer so that's what we are doing. In fact last week a lot of the Reservoir digging stuff was removed. MSD is still a going concern as its well above the water table though for the moment we are focused elsewhere. There is nothing exciting to report and folks will be brought up to date at Hidden Earth by which time ---- who knows. Like most Mendip digs we view the current project as long term. Slow progress and certainly not worth regular updates. When the full team agrees I will catch up with a few photos. Possibly soon after Hidden Earth.
This thread was a long labour of love which caused me a fair bit of grief along the way. Also along the way came two nasty injuries which put me out of caving for nearly a year in total. in fact the last time I was in Reservoir was when my arm got bashed up almost a year ago. Possibly with the length of the thread and the number of views we have established a world record but in all honesty you cant go on forever.
This thread was a long labour of love which caused me a fair bit of grief along the way. Also along the way came two nasty injuries which put me out of caving for nearly a year in total. in fact the last time I was in Reservoir was when my arm got bashed up almost a year ago. Possibly with the length of the thread and the number of views we have established a world record but in all honesty you cant go on forever.
The Old Ruminator
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Just noticed 101,000 views. 54 pages.
Might take some beating !
Might take some beating !
tony from suffolk
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We need this topic to continue Mr OR. Can't you just - make stuff up?
The Old Ruminator
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I have 700 photos in the new file so just watch out.
The Old Ruminator
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Today. Car park opposite Reservoir Hole entrance. There is a lot of rock above The Frozen Deep.
rhychydwr1
Active member
The Old Ruminator said:Today. Car park opposite Reservoir Hole entrance. There is a lot of rock above The Frozen Deep.
Did you use a drone? Fantastic view!
