how many caves in the mendips?

[Elaine]

No it hasn't drained away. Though we did pump it out last night and get some digging done.

 

[Elaine]

No it hasn't drained away, though we did manage to pump it out and dig last night.

 

[whitelackington]

:tease:

Did you by chance go digging twice last night.
They are SO KEEN

 

[Hughie]

:tease:

Did you by chance go digging twice last night.
They are SO KEEN

We're not keen - there's been 4 evenings in the last 9 that we haven't been there. 

 

[martinr]

I'm not sure there are any undiscovered caves left 

I think the last "undiscovered" cave just got discovered (UFS) but I am happy to be proved wrong (again) 

That was just a small side passage, I am sure there are more systems to come 

Do you mean this small side passage:



In fact you could be right - I believe the main passages are up to 75 feet high.

 

[whitelackington]

Sometimes take new people up to "another cave nearby"
which is Quiddler's Arch

Is this Mendips smallest cave :doubt:

 

[racingsnake]

Well in answer to the original question

I don't know. However I have been recently had my misguided view that the answer could be " Not as many as the dales" corrected By Mr Burgess of 12 Mendip street Mendips and of cource his side-kick Graham.
They have kindly informed me that in fact the despite the dales having multiple Guide books and the mendips only having a small guide pamphlet, the mendips has more caves and more educated cavers

You learn something every day



Or to put it another way

My Arse

 

[Peter Burgess]

Well in answer to the original question

I don't know. However I have been recently had my misguided view that the answer could be " Not as many as the dales" corrected By Mr Burgess of 12 Mendip street Mendips and of cource his side-kick Graham.
They have kindly informed me that in fact the despite the dales having multiple Guide books and the mendips only having a small guide pamphlet, the mendips has more caves and more educated cavers

You learn something every day



Or to put it another way

My Arse

"You learn something every day". Indeed you do, like

They have kindly informed me that in fact the despite the Dales having multiple guide books and the Mendips only having a small guide pamphlet, the Mendips has have more caves and more educated cavers.

 

[Stu]

Well in answer to the original question

I don't know. However I have been recently had my misguided view that the answer could be " Not as many as the dales" corrected By Mr Burgess of 12 Mendip street Mendips and of cource his side-kick Graham.
They have kindly informed me that in fact the despite the dales having multiple Guide books and the mendips only having a small guide pamphlet, the mendips has more caves and more educated cavers

You learn something every day



Or to put it another way

My Arse

"You learn something every day". Indeed you do, like

They have kindly informed me that in fact the despite the Dales having multiple guide books and the Mendips only having a small guide pamphlet, the Mendips has have more caves and more educated cavers.

Should be Mendip not Mendips (or Mendip's even!!!) and "has" would probably be ok if we conclude that Mendip is a singular region!

 

[racingsnake]

Sorry Peter I had to type in a hurry. You win I am bored with this now.
Didn't realize you are a school teacher.

 

[Peter Burgess]

[pedant]"The Mendips", according to this pedant (me) who doesn't really care anyway, are "the Mendip Hills" plural. When referring to the Yorkshire Dales, we don't say that we are visiting "The Yorkshires", although we might say we are going to "Yorkshire".

So we should say "Mendip", not "The Mendips", or we could say "The Mendip Hills".[/pedant]

But in contradiction, The Pennine Hills are usually known as "The Pennines" (plural)

 

[Peter Burgess]

Teacher? My kids' teachers don't know one end of a pencil from the other!

 

[cap n chris]

You win I am bored with this now.

... but, but.... we've only just started!....

 

[racingsnake]

You win I am bored with this now.

... but, but.... we've only just started!....

Keep up

Peter and I have had this going for ages. And despite "The Dales" Having shit loads more caves than " Mendip" I am giving in on boredom grounds

 

[whitelackington]

I'm not sure there are any undiscovered caves left 

I think the last "undiscovered" cave just got discovered (UFS) but I am happy to be proved wrong (again) 

The Axbridge Caving Group are still (since 1950) hoping to find
The Lost Cave of Axbridge,
for some years, we thought that Shute Shelve Cavern was it.
Now we don't think that, we think it is still              "In hiding"

awaiting a highly skilled A.C.G. digging team to unearth it

 

[Tree Monkey]

We've working on it Mr Whitelackington!!   Its about time you visited Mendip and started up that old dig of yours!!

 

[whitelackington]

just out of interust how many caves are there in the mendips?

Seven potholes, ten caves five risings & two show caves

 

[Les W]

Seven potholes, ten caves five risings & two show caves

Gough's Cave
Cox's Cave
Wookey Hole

Looks more like 3 show caves to me 

 

[whitelackington]

Les, how often do you take a turn round Cox's Cave, it is rubbish!

 

[Les W]

Les, how often do you take a turn round Cox's Cave, it is rubbish!

It's still a show cave though  :read: