GarDouth
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We've been back at Manor Vale Cave for a few weeks now after a 10 year gap and the difficult removal of a troublesome badger that had taken up residence in the mean time. (Yes we did have a licence to evict it!) Unfortunately the badger had made it's self a rather cosy home and 10 years of leaves and twigs had filled up lots of the digging efforts over a decade ago so most of the last few weeks have been spent removing the badger's home comforts.
Finally we are now back to the point gained in 2007 and have started to progress in to new ground. The way on is small at the moment but looks promising with more work and it has some great potential. The cave must have been very active in the past but totally dry now.
The sizeable entrance passage has been used as a rubbish tip for many tens of years and as such makes for some interesting digging with many nice finds of old pottery, bottles and other household items. According to our bottle expert, some are worth a fair bit too!
Follow our club Facebook page for more snippets but I'll try to remember to post on UKC too! http://www.facebook.com/yorkcavingclub
Short video of work last night... https://youtu.be/nUGsOeZLjtI
Finally we are now back to the point gained in 2007 and have started to progress in to new ground. The way on is small at the moment but looks promising with more work and it has some great potential. The cave must have been very active in the past but totally dry now.
The sizeable entrance passage has been used as a rubbish tip for many tens of years and as such makes for some interesting digging with many nice finds of old pottery, bottles and other household items. According to our bottle expert, some are worth a fair bit too!
Follow our club Facebook page for more snippets but I'll try to remember to post on UKC too! http://www.facebook.com/yorkcavingclub
Short video of work last night... https://youtu.be/nUGsOeZLjtI