Hey everyone was hoping someone could help identify this mineral ore that I have found,it's from a natural cave which looks as though miners may have been there before,it's a dull metallic grey which has some weight to it,looks like it could be lead but can't find any pictures that match it

After a trip down to the top of the pitch the air was quite thick with increased heavy breathing did not get a headache but called it the end of the trip there the air was better as soon as we started heading out

was just wondering if anyone had been to thrupe lane with all this bad weather planning a trip on sat if it is all ok

hi there i have been using the fenix hp10 now for about a year, it has mostly been digging about 2 3 times a week. i am very impressed with how bright the high level setting is, you can also change between low meduim high and turbo setting. the turbo does only run for 3 minutes, but you can...

hey everyone i am looking to see if anyone on the mendip scene, would be interested in digging with me tonight, on the east side of mendip. You may have seen the pictures of it at hidden earth. if anyone can help that would be great help, i want to push this dig on, as a one man team can't take...

Read about this in the belfry bulletin does it exist or is it made up can't find anything about it Starlight Cave by Annie Wilton-Jones. I must admit that, when Ian suggested trip to Starlight cave, I wasn't too keen.  The weather had been bad for quite a while and road conditions were...

Can anyone help me with this list of dig sites, and tell me whether they are still active in any way.  and did anything get found while digging them. Barrow Rake Swallet Beacon Slocker West Beryl Swallet Black Rock Rift Brimble Pit Swallet Bucket Hole Chancellor's Farm Dig Clay Holes Crook's...

before anyone get to excited nothing substantial has been found. its about 4-5 meter long, and ends in what look like a flowstone blockage. some questions its not on the mendip cave registry, so can i name the cave. and what are the prospect of either banging or capping the flowstone or is it...

hi i have recently been trying to get some research on the area around winsor hill quarry. according to the mendip cave registry Windsor Hill Flood Sink 1 is a Short drop and bedding plane enlarged by blasting. went down there today, and the dig at the end of the cave looked interesting. is...

a question is it always best to follow a draft though a choke, as i am trying to find the safest way though. the draft is really strong and cold  when it is hot outside, but not so much when it cools down. if anyone is more capable of dealing with this sort of thing, or needs a dig in the...

could anyone tell me if this is the entrance to nancy camels cave. and is there another cave dig in the nearby vacinaty, as there is abandoned buckets and sand bags. i was wondering if anyone was still digging there.

is there a special prize or celebration for being the 2000 member of UK caving.

what would be the potential of a rift that i found on the north east side of shepton mallet. the stone i think is downside stone, but is interbeded with limestone. the rift opening is about 1.5 foot wide and widens as it goes in for about 2 meters. the walls are layered with thick calcite...

hi there quick question for anyone that can help, is it possible for caves to form in inferior oolite, as i have a digging project that is following a almost vertical bedrock, and air flow coming from somewhere below.

hi there everyone, was recently talking to the land owner in stoke st micheal to get a entrance picture for my mendip cave map. i had an interesting conversation with him, when he told me that a hole had appeared along the the edge of his field and that we could go have a look. when we got there...

hi i was wondering if anyone could help me out to see if any of these leads had been pushed before. Had a recent trip down hiller's cave,and just past the first boulder ruckle and sliding along on your front until you come to the squeeze into cambridge grotto. underneath you there is a small...

hi i have recently been working on compiling a more comprehensive guide to caves on the mendips. data has come from both mendip cave registry and council of southurn caving access guides. if there is a problem with copyright would someone please let me know. i have split the map into 4 groups...

me and couple of friends have recently been digging in a secret location and have broken out into a rift to the right there is another rift that is to small to get though but you can hear a stream running beyond the rift straight ahead is a tight squeeze and into a very small body sized chamber...

i have been caving independently for about 7 to 8 months and it has come to the point where i need to decide wheather or not to join a caving club i know it has its advantages like having access to the locked caves on the mendips and a great knowledge base but from my first trips down fairy's...