Cales dale lower cave

[Rob]

I've made a short (actually probs too long) video from today...

 

[Pitlamp]

That was excellent! Bit off my patch but I remember Terry Jackson describing that place to me in graphic detail a very long time ago. It's great finally to see what it looks like. Out of interest, what was your overall trip time?

 

[Rob]

.. . Out of interest, what was your overall trip time?

I was in there for 3 hours and 10 mins. I was moving pretty fast but obviously stopping to make the vids and also poking about loads of places, including a 20 min diversion to the Fume Room. So it's not silly long, but it does feel pretty relentless.

 

[T pot 2]

Digging in there with 'Ben' was relentless !!

 

[bograt]

I seem to recall rootling up to the left just after the mud sump section in a short mined area, if its findable again, it might indicate an alternative entrance to extend the access season?.

 

[Rob]

I seem to recall rootling up to the left just after the mud sump section in a short mined area, if its findable again, it might indicate an alternative entrance to extend the access season?.

Is that towards the Fume Room? That's the only left that i know of....

 

[danthecavingman]

There is a small swallet to the right of the footpath as you head past One Ash Grange farm towards the steps descending into Cales Dale. Has this been tested? Be interesting to see the survey overlaid onto OS Maps or Google. I would have imagined the swallet is fairly close to the Fume Room in my mind. Potentially another way in anyhow?

 

[Rob]

Map of caves in the Lathkill Dale area

Locations: Peak District, Location: Derbyshire, Location: Staffordshire, Caves, Mines, Potholes, Caving, Potholing, Guides, Surveys, Speleology, Hydrology

peakdistrictcaving.info

 

[Rob]

Trip report from Friday's trip now online...

First visit this Millennium ? - 03/10/2025

www.eldonpotholeclub.org.uk

 

[Rob]

An Eldon team went in this evening. Unfortunately it's sumped again....

Fingers crossed it's not another 35 years!!!!

 

[Stoney Boy]

An Eldon team went in this evening. Unfortunately it's sumped again....

Fingers crossed it's not another 35 years!!!!

There is every chance it could drop as its looking dry again...There were a good few people waiting on a result today !

 

[Rob]

I doubt it will open again this year now unfortunately. Whilst the sump seems to fill very quickly (it was nearly full already last night) it's the emptying that takes months and months.

 

[danthecavingman]

Is there a survey anywhere that shows the section / elevation of the passages rather than the plan survey in my old copy of COPD?

 

[skippy]

Google search comes up with this.
Not and elevation plan but a detailed survey.

 

[benshannon]

There is every chance it could drop as its looking dry again...There were a good few people waiting on a result today !

The entrance was bone dry, it was bone dry past dog house, then between figure 8 and dog house pools were appearing on the left. about 20m past figure 8 chamber turning the water started proper. There's a steady flow coming in from the left and it sumped out shortly afterwards