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Hi Andy Sparrow

stealth

stealth

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nice to meet you on Saturday Andy,
the talk you were giving down in GC about how GC was formed was interesting and got me thinking, thanks i always like input like that.Maybe there is a lot more cave to discover in GC , and over the other side of the west twin brook valley, above Sidcot,who knows?
Its a pity i wasnt really in the mood for caving after having a car accident on the way there,  :eek: but as i didnt want to let the kids down i stuck it out.  :clap:  they enjoyed it i think, i was too shook up me thinks.
 
stealth

stealth

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Andy was talking about how GC must have been formed with rising water under pressure expand cracks in the limestone etc, and how he thinks cos of the way the cave draughts there may be a lot more cave to be found. I was asking if he thought that at one point GC and Sidcot were the same cave.And Andy was saying in his opinion maybe yep, as they are on exactly the same bedding plane, one theory is that where the valley is now it may have been a chamber, and maybe the stream broke through and caused all the roof/debris to collapse in on itself thereby cutting the cave in half . But the interesting thing is that there may be a lot more biggish stuff to find over the top of Sidcot, as there is occasional a huge draught in one of the chambers. If someone tried to find out that would be great. Me and my kids are interested in finding out but the only problem is i cant get through the tie press ( i think) ( carrying too much meat  or fat) so i cant cant get to the chamber with the chimney is to find the draught. And i wont let the kids do it alone. So for now we are concentrating our efforts looking for higher levels in GC that may go somewhere. I have found one interesting bit that may possibly connect to Orange Peel passage, we will have to wait and see.
 
Razzerip1

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Thanks for that .

It would be interesting to see what other members think about this possibility.

Has every inch of the caves in the Burrington area been fully explored to the limit?

Maybe there are untold secrets hiding in the depths.
 
Hughie

Hughie

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Razzerip1 said:
Has every inch of the caves in the Burrington area been fully explored to the limit?
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Has any area been explored to the limit?

What is the limit?
 
stealth

stealth

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Has every inch of the caves in the Burrington area been fully explored to the limit?
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i dont think so  by a long way, it will take patience and dedication but if weve got the time im sure something will give eventually.


Maybe there are untold secrets hiding in the depths.
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I hope so me and my lot are looking. although we dont really know what we are looking for

 
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Cave Monkey

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A great quote used in the book 'Beyond the deep' sums it up for me.
When one of the carvers is asked why he does it, as in caving he answers, "before a mountain is climbed, the final destination is already known, in a cave, when you push as far as you can, who knows where you are going to end".

It was something like that, but thats how i remember it.
 
graham

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It's probably the most interesting bit of passage on top of the Combe, though. reminder, must kick the Wexses to produce the bloody survey!*







(*& expect a kicking from Cap'n Chris in return  :-[ I'm on it, mate.)
 
cap n chris

cap n chris

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graham said:
(*& expect a kicking from Cap'n Chris in return  :-[ I'm on it, mate.
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Ooh! Good timing - I was going to send you a nudging email this morning but now I don't need to!....  (y)
 
stealth

stealth

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Recently huge passage was entered in Bath Swallet, that is in Burrington, have you been in yet Stealth?
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no never been in there, none of us have really got the experience or kit to do that especially if you need ladders, sounds interesting. would love to have a gander at that tho. Burrington is an interesting place to look around. It may not be the place for major digging but i bet there is still a lot to find with time.

Tony
 
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Andy Sparrow

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Hello Stealth,

Thanks for the message.  Good to meet you and and the youngsters the other day.  I think you did a pretty good job of summerising my Goatchurch/Sidcot theories.  I've always thought it odd that some Mendip diggers dedicate huge efforts to digging improbable sites while Goatchurch, one of the best prospects, is overlooked.    Another unusual thing about the cave is the relative lack of sediment compared to other phreatic Burrington systems.  This is no doubt due to some extent to the tens of thousands of visitors removing a considerable amount of mud on their clothing - but even taking this into account it is a curiously unchoked system - and that's very good news for prospective diggers.  The draft certainly promises a considerable length of open passages beyond the current terminal boulder choke.
 
graham

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Andy IIRC fairly large amounts of sediment were removed by antiquarians in the 19th century searching for bones & stuff.
 
stealth

stealth

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I think you did a pretty good job of summerising my Goatchurch/Sidcot theories
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thanks Andy if its something im interested in then i tend to soak info up like a sponge, and finding something new in GC interests me big time.
 
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