Well Mr Brook, you were right!

[Badlad]

Large Pot is now the top entrance to the system.  Which would be 'THE' classic through trip.  Large Pot to Top Sinks, or Large Pot to Bull Pot of the Witches, or another.  Someone's bound to try it in the next year or so, which should they do?

Sorry about the spelling mistakes in the earlier posts, I didn't realise you got marked!  You guys teachers or something?

 

[Alex]

No thier just    lol, well may be teachers too  :read:.

:spank:

 

[droid]

I WAS a teacher.

But now, the only time I correct spelling is to take the piss.

 

[barrabus]

This evenings PM program on BBC Radio 4 had an interview with Tim Allen on it.

You can listen to it on the iplayer (probably only for the next week).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b016x4th/PM_11_11_2011/

It's about 22 minutes in and last for 4 minutes.

 

[Goydenman]

An excellent 4mins it was interesting and the excitment grew even sat in my office chair but I am biased of course. It was great having the inclusion of the video recording of the voices on the day of breakthrough.

 

[barrabus]

I'm glad you liked it. I've thanked my boss for letting me know it was on.

 

[rhychydwr1]

Congratulations from the Finnish Caving Society to everybody involved as well!

We are looking forward to ... ermm, probably not doing the through trip right away, but at least coming back to what now seems to be among the 10 longest caves (?) in Europe next summer.

Finnish Caving Society?  Are there caves in Finland?

 

[stevejw]

Congratulations to all the diggers & others involved.

 

[Les W]

Finnish Caving Society?  Are there caves in Finland?

You mean, there isn't a book...  :tease:

 

[graham]

Finnish Caving Society?  Are there caves in Finland?

You mean, there isn't a book...  :tease:

Strange, I thought that as well. 

 

[Roger W]

This really ought to be another topic, but..

"In Finland, the bedrock is mostly granite, which means that there are almost no solutional caves."

See http://xy.utu.fi/luolatutkimus/en/caves.shtml

So it doesn't look as if the system can be pushed in that direction...

 

[Duncan Price]

The Three Counties System received the ultimate accolade by featuring on BBC Breakfast today.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15751695

 

[GT]

Great to see that bit of video! Little nicer than the Daily Mail report!!

 

[martinm]

good footage! great to them making the connection! 

 

[Pete Brookdale]

Ha Ha 'this team of amateurs!

They still get it wrong.

 

[David Rose]

I wonder what would have happened if it had been a team of professionals. Anyhow, I'm glad the link got at least some decent media coverage, even if my own editors at the Mail on Sunday were not as interested as I would have liked. But I am shocked about the earthquakes. I had no idea.

 

[Paul Dyson]

Very good effort to you guys, on your achievement, it is a prime example of true grit and tenacious and determination, very impressive, digging down those narrow rifts and boulder chokes,

Thanks guys for the thru trip yesterday, you know who you are !!!!! : beer2:

Once again good effort

 

[rhychydwr1]

This really ought to be another topic, but..

"In Finland, the bedrock is mostly granite, which means that there are almost no solutional caves."

See http://xy.utu.fi/luolatutkimus/en/caves.shtml

So it doesn't look as if the system can be pushed in that direction...

I have managed to find a few more caves:

There is an article on the Caves of Finland by Leander Tell, in Grottan Vol 4 No 3 April 1970.  He mentions Caves in the Troll Mountains, at V?r? north east of Vasa.  Also Kangal Cave, about 10 m deep, at Ohtola on the bank of the river Roine.  Omrmberget (Snake Mountain), so called becuse there are many snakes living in the caves there. Then there is a 50 m long rift cave at S?derstrand in Bromarv.  Quoting Corbel he mentions the 20 m long Torhola Cave at Lohja and many more.