Lost John's Cave
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Location
Grid Reference: SD 670 786
Altitude: 354m
Parking is at the usual Leck Fell parking spot - as indicated on the CNCC permit.
From the parking space, walk back down the road 100m-150m. There is a gate in the wall to your left. Go through this and 15m in front of you is the entrance where a stream sinks.
Description
Lost John's provides numerous options of Descent:
The Old Roof Traverse / Monastery route ends in a sump, but can be undertaken as a short exchange trip with Cathedral / Dome via Shale Cavern.
The New Roof Traverse gives access to Cathedral / Dome and Mud / Centipede - both of these routes rejoin to descend Candle & Shistol, Valhalla and the final pitch where a short walk brings you to Groundsheet Junction and the Leck Fell Master Cave.
Heading upstream in the Master Cave gives two options for a connection to Boxhead Pot. Downstream can be followed easily for many hundreds of metres, passing the Rumbling Hole inlet along the way. Eventually the canal of the Long Pool is reached - the Master Cave continues before eventually reaching a sump.
Access
Access is through a Leck Fell Permit. A closed season operates in the months of April, May and June.
