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A great trip doing the Grand Circle and taking in Priory road to Iles inlet, failed to find Corckscrew chamber due to looking in the wrong place!

Alex Entered virgin passage in a hole in a cross rift/inlet in Night of the Living Diggers by pushing round a sharp left bend and entering a small chamber but i will let him describe it when he reads this.
 
Not much to describe, after the corner there was almost immediately a flat out sandy bit. The passage opened out a bit into a small chamber just as I thought I was about to break into the pretties of the courtesan, but instead I was faced with a blank wall with no way on. There seemed to be an inch gap under the wall but I did not dig it.

Thankfully the chamber was big enough to turn around in so I did not have to back out of the passage, but it was still harder in reverse. Suffice to say after that and the many hours of caving I was quite tired after the trip hehe.
 
I also stumpled upon an interesting passage high up along the south eastern stream passage. It looked like it had not been travelled much though probbably had been entered before. As I was looking for the way on I did not follow it. It was a sizeable dusty walking passage, it was quite well hidden round a corner. This can only be accessed after crossing a dogey false floor of boulders (They all seemed to move a bit). Anyone know if that has been entered?
 
The entrance to the Iles Extensions where it meets Priory Road is met shortly after the ropes hanging down from Cathedral chamber. The beginning of the sandy digs into the Iles is marked by a fairly orderly stack of spoil on left side of priory Road. It's a shame as the formations there are pretty amazing. Grand Circle and Iles trip in one is pretty hefty, you must have been knackered!
 
Aye we found the coral formations, or whatever they are called. They certainly looked like they belonged under the sea.
 
Corkscrew is just before you reach the pretties in Trafalgar, there is a narrow crack that doglegs up and right just on a bend before them. It is marked by a drum on the floor from memory. More of the same in there besides the obvious star attraction.
 
Coming back out of Corkscrew chamber.

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That drum is just out of shot close to my lower hand.
 
A good friend (DYO warden) would most likely be more then happy to lead us all (max party 5), I love it in there and more trips sounds more than reasonable to me.
 
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