New passage in Gautries!
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danthecavingman
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Interesting to note that the new extensions are heading North East towards where they might be expected to pick up the water from P4 and P5 - any pasage would then presumably increase in size downstream....
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Rob
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Indeed.
Currently the only other swallet which has proven input from any other is P8, and the cave certainly doesn't get any smaller downstream of it. In fact if you believe the EPC development map of 1972 there has been long standing aggressive cave development when/where the swallet waters combine.
However this map also suggests that the unknown cave between Gautries and P8 is bound to be quite complicated, which is in fact proving to be the case so far.....!
Currently the only other swallet which has proven input from any other is P8, and the cave certainly doesn't get any smaller downstream of it. In fact if you believe the EPC development map of 1972 there has been long standing aggressive cave development when/where the swallet waters combine.
However this map also suggests that the unknown cave between Gautries and P8 is bound to be quite complicated, which is in fact proving to be the case so far.....!
Rhinolophus
New member
Hi this may be a little off topic so apologies but with all the rain we had had can anyone advise as to what the water levels will be like in Gautries on Saturday please?
Rob
Well-known member
Gautries is a high level swallet, meaning that the water level is very dependant upon very recent rainfall (within the last hour even). With the ground as wet as it is, i wouldn't be suprised that after 2 hours of heavy rainfall it would begin to back up and soon become pretty unpleasant in parts. It seems to fill from the bottom, as well as sump in the entrance, under very heavy rainfall.
That said, with a quick check on a radar based weather site (such as http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/) that morning you should be able to gauge pretty well if any heavy rain is coming. Unless i saw something very scary on there i'd almost certainly go ahead with a trip. Most of the sections are close to sections of cave that don't sump (AFAIK), so just be aware as you're making your way through....
That said, with a quick check on a radar based weather site (such as http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/) that morning you should be able to gauge pretty well if any heavy rain is coming. Unless i saw something very scary on there i'd almost certainly go ahead with a trip. Most of the sections are close to sections of cave that don't sump (AFAIK), so just be aware as you're making your way through....
Rhinolophus
New member
Nice one - cheers Rob!
Rob
Well-known member
The most uptodate is not online quite yet, should be soon, so the best available is still.....
http://www.peakdistrictcaving.info/caveguides/gautries_hole.pdf
http://www.peakdistrictcaving.info/caveguides/gautries_hole.pdf
