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    Photography Showcase 3 per week limit

    Photobox but wait for a discount code as you can save %40 or pay with discount to make later. The book here is number ten in The Mineshaft Project archive hopefully to go to County records when I am gone. They are A3 size. I dont add text though. I did an A3 book for myself and non cavers I...
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    The Mine Shafts Project. Hydrology.

    2022 and 2023 shaft water levels. Seems like I will be adding 2024 as well.
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    The Mine Shafts Project. Hydrology.

    Another load of gear dragged in. The drill is getting warm. Drill section on Triassic dead. Waiting to drop at " Brian In Heaven " aven. Got the sod there at last. " The Other Place " Lode marked. Big boulder X-X. Lump in floor Y. Note the probe rod. Man digging the road up said...
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    The Mine Shafts Project. Hydrology.

    You may note a hint of irritation in my latest group ( team ? ) email. I may well have a finger prod on the old pc and knock up a piece about team digging. Ins and outs as it were. Met Mike at 4.30 . We had loads of kit to carry so the plan was simplified. To be honest I was a bit piqued that...
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    Photography Showcase 3 per week limit

    " I cant say that I am particularly impressed with you new caving photobook. "
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    Photography Showcase 3 per week limit

    The lonliness of the long distance digger.
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    Digs Featured In Chelsea Journal 1-3 Vol 66

    Thanks Pete. Seems that I forgot White Rabbit in the list.
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    Caverns and Caves In Patagonia ( Ahem )

    https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attractions-g294276-Activities-c57-t54-Patagonia.html The Marble Caves. https://www.southamerica.travel/chile/news/marble-caves-patagonia-chile https://destinationlesstravel.com/how-to-get-to-marble-caves-patagonia/...
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    Digs Featured In Chelsea Journal 1-3 Vol 66

    A bit of a one off with so many sites featured so this list might be a helpful reference. Presumably the journal features in most club exchanges. Spider Chamber, Midnight Passage, Agen Allwedd. Sandstone Passage, Agen Allwedd. BNS Dig , Agen Allwedd. Angels Roost, Agen Allwedd. Priory Road...
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    Too Much " Foreign Stuff " In Caving Mags. and Journals ?

    Wowser what a browser. 30 pages. Three abroad. Too many dig sites written up for me to count on both hands. Yes it can be done but obviously not every time. Credit to all concerned.
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    Too Much " Foreign Stuff " In Caving Mags. and Journals ?

    We have been promised a stonking Chelsea S S Newsletter this month full of UK related digging sites. Then we have a very proactive couple engaged in producing it who regularly dig themselves. Add to that the quality of the production which is far better than some. When I get one I will let you...
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    Too Much " Foreign Stuff " In Caving Mags. and Journals ?

    Some of the Mendip stuff has resorted to online blogs and closed Facebook Groups. I guess its easier to prod away on the home pc rather than get it up to scratch for Descent. That particularly with the photo content. As far as I can see there have been two small but interesting discoveries on...
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    Too Much " Foreign Stuff " In Caving Mags. and Journals ?

    Note the question mark so its not a critiscism. I have been reading caving literature fo 60 years and in that time there has been a definite shift to include more foreign trip reports. I noted the same with diving mags to such an extent that I no longer bought them . The end for me came when I...
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    The Mine Shafts Project. Hydrology.

    Brian doing all of the work as usual.
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    The Mine Shafts Project. Hydrology.

    Current water base level showing the huge variation between 2023 and 2024. Each vertical box represents a metre.
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