Razzerip1
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With the lighter evenings upon us, we decided to take a stroll up to Goatchurch Cavern in the Mendip Hills, Goatchurch has a reputation as a beginners cave but holds a few secrets in its further reaches.
Our first port of call was a quick look at the entrance to West twin brook adit a failed project which began back in 1941; the Adit is not far from the entrance to Goatchurch.
Onwards and upwards, we took a typical route into the cave heading to the water chamber and down towards the Drainpipe. This part of the cave has had recent stabilizing work to make the route safe.
We crawled through the 12m drainpipe to the start of the short climb up into a tight crawl with a few nasty bends towards the Dexion shoring, a simple but effective frame work holding back the boulders, climbing up through the dexion can be a little tricky and almost impossible on the return.
Once through an awkward climb leads up into a chamber with a few taped of formations and two parallel digs. This section of the cave is definitely not for beginners and makes an interesting evening trip.
A few more pics on - http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve-sharp/
Our first port of call was a quick look at the entrance to West twin brook adit a failed project which began back in 1941; the Adit is not far from the entrance to Goatchurch.
Onwards and upwards, we took a typical route into the cave heading to the water chamber and down towards the Drainpipe. This part of the cave has had recent stabilizing work to make the route safe.
We crawled through the 12m drainpipe to the start of the short climb up into a tight crawl with a few nasty bends towards the Dexion shoring, a simple but effective frame work holding back the boulders, climbing up through the dexion can be a little tricky and almost impossible on the return.
Once through an awkward climb leads up into a chamber with a few taped of formations and two parallel digs. This section of the cave is definitely not for beginners and makes an interesting evening trip.
A few more pics on - http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve-sharp/