Lloyd passed away unexpectedly on October 13th, aged 32.
Lloyd was born 30th January 1990 and from his early days he had associations with Matienzo as his parents, Bob and Julie, had bought a part share in a house in the village. The family moved from Plymouth to Lliber, north of Benidorm, nine years later and, at Spanish high school he achieved excellent results in the Catalan / Valenciano Spanish Baccaleureate (2005 - 2008).
At this time Lloyd and family would visit their second home in Matienzo during the caving expeditions and Lloyd received from Bob his basic caving training on ladder and line.
After Bob died in November 2010, Julie and Lloyd returned to England where Lloyd went to study Physics at Manchester University, again showing great talent, obtaining in 2012 a First Class Master's Degree with Honours in Physics with Theoretical Physics.
He stayed at the University to work at his doctorate (PhD) in nuclear theory, which he was awarded in 2016. He then worked in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at The University of Manchester. He worked as an ambassador in schools and as a lecturer - recently being course co-lead for an Introduction to Nuclear & Particle Physics and Introduction to Programming for Physicists.
During his time at Manchester he bought a house with his partner Lizzie, and became involved with Rugby Union teams - indeed being responsible for forming the Physics Dept rugby team. He also became heavily involved with the University caving club - MUSC - where he became proficient with SRT.
During most of his Manchester years, Lloyd would stay in his Matienzo apartment for a couple of weeks in the summer and welcome friends from the caving club. This was "his" group and Lloyd was often the one to gather the team together to dig or push a cave. Probably the longest running Matienzo caving project he was involved in was the MUSC extensions in Cueva Mostajo. Another project was "Socks", a draughting dig excavated over many years with hopes of being a link between Mostajo / site 0415 and the 4 Valleys System.
Other highlights included explorations in Torca de los Cañaos, pushing in Simas del Picón and prospecting and exploring new holes, even in the jungle of La Gatuna! Most recently, now with well over 50 visits to Matienzo, he was involved in the discovery, exploration and survey of small passages off the Tali Series in Risco.
He leaves behind his mother, partner Lizzie, other grieving family members and many friends and colleagues at the University.
Matienzo cavers will miss Lloyd's enthusiasm and perserverance.
RIP Lloyd.
Lloyd was born 30th January 1990 and from his early days he had associations with Matienzo as his parents, Bob and Julie, had bought a part share in a house in the village. The family moved from Plymouth to Lliber, north of Benidorm, nine years later and, at Spanish high school he achieved excellent results in the Catalan / Valenciano Spanish Baccaleureate (2005 - 2008).
At this time Lloyd and family would visit their second home in Matienzo during the caving expeditions and Lloyd received from Bob his basic caving training on ladder and line.
After Bob died in November 2010, Julie and Lloyd returned to England where Lloyd went to study Physics at Manchester University, again showing great talent, obtaining in 2012 a First Class Master's Degree with Honours in Physics with Theoretical Physics.
He stayed at the University to work at his doctorate (PhD) in nuclear theory, which he was awarded in 2016. He then worked in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at The University of Manchester. He worked as an ambassador in schools and as a lecturer - recently being course co-lead for an Introduction to Nuclear & Particle Physics and Introduction to Programming for Physicists.
During his time at Manchester he bought a house with his partner Lizzie, and became involved with Rugby Union teams - indeed being responsible for forming the Physics Dept rugby team. He also became heavily involved with the University caving club - MUSC - where he became proficient with SRT.
During most of his Manchester years, Lloyd would stay in his Matienzo apartment for a couple of weeks in the summer and welcome friends from the caving club. This was "his" group and Lloyd was often the one to gather the team together to dig or push a cave. Probably the longest running Matienzo caving project he was involved in was the MUSC extensions in Cueva Mostajo. Another project was "Socks", a draughting dig excavated over many years with hopes of being a link between Mostajo / site 0415 and the 4 Valleys System.
Other highlights included explorations in Torca de los Cañaos, pushing in Simas del Picón and prospecting and exploring new holes, even in the jungle of La Gatuna! Most recently, now with well over 50 visits to Matienzo, he was involved in the discovery, exploration and survey of small passages off the Tali Series in Risco.
He leaves behind his mother, partner Lizzie, other grieving family members and many friends and colleagues at the University.
Matienzo cavers will miss Lloyd's enthusiasm and perserverance.
RIP Lloyd.
