I’m loving the creativity of the guesses here. For my part, I don’t suppose there’s a “Udale Cairn” tucked away in a little-visited corner of the Yorkshire Dales? On a more ridiculous note, the most nonsensical random permutation of the letters I can come up with is “Daren Cilau”. On the...

Boxhead?

It is indeed. Told you it was easy. It's a great little trip and well worth a look. Don't just hurry past on your way to Scanty Lardos! Over to you Babyhagrid...

Sorry for the delay. Here’s an easy clue to a little visited location: “Young King Cole and the pop goddess in a spot” (8, 3)

As this has been dormant for a while, I’ll offer The Cigalere.

It's not the 3rd pitch in Quaking, is it? I'm not hopeful here as, to be honest, it's so long since I've been that I can't remember much about what it looks like, other than it being the size of GG Main Chamber... relatively speaking. I suspect I've also subconsciously removed the whole cave...

I guess it’s worth remembering that rigging from topos isn’t a recent thing. Many of us will recall the Dave Elliot red bolt guide. A Great Leap Forward... in my opinion. Was that the beginning of us all losing the ability to rig?

On the subject of the sump, there appeared to be airspace as far as the eye could see from both ends last night. I wouldn’t have wanted to do it as a duck, but maybe it’s a sign that it does open up more than people think. Is someone actively digging in Inlet 17 at the moment?

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Still worth doing at least a few trips with (experienced) others first though?

I guess a link may be useful: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=394416154685&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2562&_ssn=scr-4236

It's an anagram of "just copy unit" inserted into "view from above" = pla......n

It could... and it is. Well done Roger. It's on our meets list for next Wed evening. I think we'll be relocating somewhere a bit less moist! Over to you.

Cheers Andy. Here’s one for drier weather: “Difficult! The stock in this saucepan is under-cooked.” (10, 3)

Platypus Junction?

This is sad news indeed. Pollaraftara is a great Fermanagh trip. In fact, it was the site of my first ever real caving experience, back in 1984, with Queens University Belfast Caving Club. I really hope the landowner can be persuaded to change his mind over this.

I did it myself just last night on the Lancaster entrance pitch. Easy enough to rectify with experience, but an entirely different matter for a novice.

For anyone interested, the full research paper is here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/an-upper-palaeolithic-protowriting-system-and-phenological-calendar/6F2AD8A705888F2226FE857840B4FE19 Double clash!

Am I the only one who is a bit uneasy with this thread? Stoney - if you are unsure where (or how) to place anchors, you need assistance from someone on the ground, not via a forum. I'm sure there are lots of (local) cavers on here who would be willing to help. There may well be all sorts of...

I guess the Indigenous Soldier in question was a Sepoy then.