Congratulations. Total Respect

It is a great journey you are taking us on. Lovely stals... Well done .....

Dave maximized every moment of his life... Doing the things he loved most and at the same time doing monumental work to preserve the natural environment..... Thank You Dave

Wow Kristian this is a welcomed surprise for the new Year.... A new era ahead Excellent news.....

Really enjoying reading your exploration description....

Fantastic book with accompanying great photographs.. really enjoying reading it.... Nice to see my friend Dave Milner appear several times

Thank you for this in-depth and interesting account of Quantock Speleogenesis

It looks like a reasonable sized cave passage, how come it just ends with apparently no way on ?

These Leads sound good T pot 2

A few useful pointers for when meeting the landowner. Dress in a way that gives a good first impression. not in scruffy digging clothes. Do an internet search to find mutual interesting conversation between the landowner and yourself. Take a map that can illustrate access routes to the dig...

That is a long cave!!!!

Interesting prospects... Well done Tim and your team trying to forge such a connection...

The River Greta up near Bowes in the Northern Dales and the River Aygill near Brough The famous once or twice in a lifetime Malham, Down Watlows Valley and over the Cove.....

Another photograph taken several weeks earlier, this owl seems to enjoy observing our activities.

For these last few months this very pretty owl has kept us company at our digging project. A loyal member of the team.... Does anyone else on here have their own unusual encounters to share.....

Thank you Langcliffe, You and Alan and John are doing a much appreciated work of preserving these unique caving archives

Somewhere I have one of the songs Leslie wrote, a real tale of adventure, it will take some finding as I've moved house several times since, but when I do I will post it here

I hope this is useful . I have fond memories of Leslie. These are recollections from about 40 years ago. At the time I was working at an outdoor activities center in Castleton and a team of builders were doing some work there, a couple of the guys were keen to come and join me on a cave...

lancliffe... Just seen this, Leslie was a good friend, do you want me to write a bit about him on here or as a personal communication ?

These pictures provide a good illustration, of knowing where to dig without any surface sign of a cave entrance and being proven right..