987056 said:
firstly could you post the traranscription here i whould like verry much to add it to the wiki page. secondly the cave i visited was the rift with the horibal slope at the top of the quarry wich was dry at the time.I was unaware of the other cave existed is it worth a visit? And wich one should i name what on the wiki.
ty for all replies
any other significant caves which should be added?
Hi,
I think I've confused things by refering to two nasty slopes.
1) The cave on the LHS after entering the quarry has, INSIDE, a horrible (to my mind) slope filled will lots of smelly
debris from the quarry. There is a climb dow of a couple of meters after which it cleans up a bit. My gear was filthy after this cave
with crud which dried out very white.
2) The other cave is in the valley with the Bishopston river. After entering the quarry and walking until the main quarry appears on the LHS, if you cross the boundary fence on the RHS there is a steep muddy vegatated slope leading down to the river. This is where
the stream sinks in dry weather. Cave is a couple on metres above the sink. The sink isn't so obvious when stream is in flood
(it floods very easily-such as now). You can get to this sink by a couple of other routes eg. walking up the dry stream bed
The two caves are quite close, Oldham gives the grid references as [I haven't checked these]
1) SS 5768 8953
2) SS 5763 8960
It would make sense, to me, to refer to the cave within the confines of the quarry as "Barlands Quarry Cave" and the one
in the stream valley as "Ogof Bishopston" however its not really my call [whose is it...???]