• Mendip Rocks, Earth Science Lecture Day

    Mendip Rocks are holding a number of presentations on Saturday 17th October as part of the Earth Science Week. Talks will include:-

    Anjana Khatwa, award winning presenter and writer: "The Whispers of Rock: Stories from the Earth". Vince Simmonds, archeologist and cave explorer: "Echoes of the Ice Age: A Pleistocene Record from Mendip Cave Deposits" Of particular interest will be the recent find, the Woolly Rhino Skull that is now in Wells Museum. Owen Dukes - Geologist (Tarmac) "Mendip Mineral Resources"

    Click here for details

Meregill Hole wire removal

CNCC

Well-known member
Last month a team of keen volunteers got in touch with CNCC to ask about a load of abandoned wire at the bottom of Meregill Hole entrance.

After identifying that this was abandoned (possibly from a rescue long ago), the team descended on 28th April and were able to remove it. As you can see from the photos below, there was rather a lot... nearly two tacklesacks worth!

Many thanks to the volunteers who took the initiative, got in touch, and then took action to clean up this abandoned material. Great work!

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Very well done! If that stuff had vound its way into the downstream sump / downstream Roaring sump / Meregill skit it could have caused an accident to a cave diver in the future.

Clean ups are not just about aesthetics . . .
 
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