It had been a modest size group to begin with, now with Pete gone we were only just able to field 3 teams heading out, but even that was about to change. Frank was suffering some form of heatstroke and was unable to perspire no matter what the temperature. He had battled forward in the search...

As per usual this is a photo heavy account of my involvement in this year’s expedition. Fuller accounts of the discoveries, trials and tribulations are being published on other threads and, of course will be written up in the journal at a later date. Huge thanks to Tim, Mark, Loz, Becka, Stu...

In 1974 Geoff Yeadon first surfaced and viewed in awe what would later become known as Aquamole Aven. Later in 2001, after some epic bolt climbing, it would be opened to the surface, creating a divers through trip which today is something of a right of passage for the new generation. Geoff...

As a few of you may know, my caving partner in crime, George, took a bit of a tumble a couple of years ago, and so we have been doing regular trips getting him back up to full strength. Whilst discussing what to do this weekend he mentioned that he wouldn’t mind going in to Stoke Lane as he...

Hi All, We are planning a trip in Aggy tomorrow and was hoping to do the inner circle. Does anyone know what water levels in the cave are like as I believe the 2nd choke can become impassable? Also can you gauge levels at any points to make a decision en route? Thanks in advance.

My usual photography heavy report of my personal experience with the project to put a diver in the bottom of Pozu Cabeza Muxa. Rather than dump a huge amount of word things and photos in one go, I will endeavour to update this thread each day with another section of the story. Last year I was...

This project has been supported by dozens of cavers/divers over several months, not to mention the connections made over the decades by the diggers to make this historic traverse possible. This account is only a summary of my small involvement, and a chance to post some photos of the event. I...

Congratulations to Jason and Chris. This trip has been decades in the making, with hundreds of cavers involved. Culminating  in  an epic 17 1/2hr traverse from Large Pot in Yorkshire, through flooded and dry passage beneath Lancashire and exiting Top Sink in Cumbria. A huge logistical effort...

Just under a year ago George Linnane and I headed down Swildon's hole to sump 9 scouting for photo locations. After seeing Swildon's 7 I knew I wanted to drag the camera through and so a plan was hatched. The following week we dropped 4 cylinders down to sump 2 with a view to diving and...

Honoured to have been asked to take one of the CNCC's workshops this year I suddenly realised a week before the event that I would have to actually give some thought to what would be expected of me. I had been underground with other photographers and exchanged tips and ideas on a one to one...

This summer between lockdowns I was privileged to be invited by the digging team to photograph 'Land of Hope and Glory'. The culmination of 4 years of digging effort by the Wookey Hole digging team. The latest breakthrough revealed over 300m of new passage with further leads ongoing. This month...

So today was something a little different. After a quick dive through the Resurgence Sump, Peak Cavern. Myself, Martin Wright and Geoff Ward headed in to 'The School Room' This is a circular air bell near the entrance of the sump. Apparently some years ago, after filming in peak cavern, a flood...

One of my early trips with Dudley Caving Club was to a terrific little cave in South Wales called Little Neath River Cave. It was a fantastic cave and very different to anything I had previously done with it's active stream way and sporting entrance series. As with many of my early trips the...

Saturday 11th Having re-cut the route it was time to recruit a team to help carry the drills, rope, camera and camping kit we would need over the following few days, and so Dave, Frank, Tim, Toby, Rachel and myself headed off with heavy packs to again do the long walk to Blue Moonlight Bay. At...

Saturday 4th January Si and Di had already cut the path to Sakai cave and rigged the narrow, soil topped, ledges to the small draughting entrance, as well as rigging their way to the head of the final split pitches. Once we reached them Tim rigged down past razor-sharp limestone before leading...

When asked if I would like to join the 2019/2020 New year expedition to Benerat in Mulu I of course jumped at the chance. What follows is an excuse to show off photos rather than an actual blog as there are more qualified members of the expedition for that type of report. I would like to start...

Came across these in Sakai cave in Mulu, was wondering if anyone could identify what they are?

Wild Boar Aven Copyright Nat-Geo/Mark Burkey Pegasus asked me to put something up on UKCaving and it stumped me a little as I'm not really qualified to write anything about anything. My skill set extent is pushing a button on a camera and it made me realise that ten years ago I'd never even...

Really just an excuse to show off a few photographs from our recent trip back to Slovenia. My thanks to Andy, Loz, Matej, John, Roo, Anja, Franjo and Jess for their help with the photography. Last year the team began the project of scanning ?kocjanske jame with the ultimate aim of reaching...

Photographing The Largest Cave Chamber In The World... Bigging it up in China Pt 5, the final adventure. The final leg of our journey would take us to the Gebihe cave system in Ziyun Getu He National Park in the province of Guizhou. Here we would spend a number of days re-scanning the worlds...