Online Log Book 2007
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anfieldman
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Sounds like you all had fun. Sorry we could not make it. Maybe next time.
Good report & nice piccies!
Good report & nice piccies!
Andy Sparrow
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Saturday 22nd December
OFD
Andy S, Rachel, Chris L, Dave H, Dani, Tim, Tricia and Sam (Tricia's son)
We split into two groups at the cave entrance - myself with Dave, Chris and Sam, leaving Tim with the three girls to make thier own way. Rach and Dani have a somewhat incomplete knowledge of the system so we contrived a number of rendez-vous points. First RV point was Gnome Passage, so, having made sure the girls were on the right path through the Brickyard, I joined my chaps in the Big Chamber Near The Entrance. We went over the mini traverse and then took a right turn towards Gnome Passage. We heard the distant giggle of female voices en-route indicating the girls were in more or less the right area before arriving unexpectedly in Arete Chamber (woops - missed a turn there somewhere).
We got back on track and arrived in a quiet and deserted Gnome Passage. After musing on the possible fate of the girls we were just setting off into Edward's Shortcut when they appeared, having paid an unplanned visit to Shale Chamber. I pointed them towards Salubrious then caught up with the boys before the ESC traverse, which presented no particular terrors to our team. So it was we arrived at Shattered Pillar, Selenite Tunnel and finally the Crossroads just as the girls arrived from the other direction. While the girls were doing the Selenite/Cross Rift circuit I sent the lads down into Maypole Inlet before taking the crawl to intercept the girls.
I helped the girls down the Maypole Inlet climb and into the Main Stream. We finally caught up with the chaps at the Second Oxbow where it was decided to re-divide the groups. I would start back with Dani (pressing dinner engagement in Bath) and Tricia (only wearing a boilersuit and in danger of geeting cold in the deep water ahead). The other continued together to Top Waterfall.
Dani, Tricia and myself had an uneventful exit from the cave and emerged to admire 'sunset over Swansea'. Meanwhile the others reached their objective and then Rach successfully navigated her team back to daylight to emerge about half an hour after us, making a trip time of 4.5 hours.
A grand day out.
PHOTOS......
Oh no! Not that old bloke from Cheddar Caving Club again!
Sam admires Selenite Tunnel
Dave takes an optional traverse
During a quiet moment Tim reflects on the route finding abilities of his female companions
It's that OFD black limestone and red mud
Bugger! I slipped on my bum!
Having successfully hypnotised Tricia into a Jesus delusion, Sparrow turns his mysterious powers on Dani....
That's a girt big'un!
OFD
Andy S, Rachel, Chris L, Dave H, Dani, Tim, Tricia and Sam (Tricia's son)
We split into two groups at the cave entrance - myself with Dave, Chris and Sam, leaving Tim with the three girls to make thier own way. Rach and Dani have a somewhat incomplete knowledge of the system so we contrived a number of rendez-vous points. First RV point was Gnome Passage, so, having made sure the girls were on the right path through the Brickyard, I joined my chaps in the Big Chamber Near The Entrance. We went over the mini traverse and then took a right turn towards Gnome Passage. We heard the distant giggle of female voices en-route indicating the girls were in more or less the right area before arriving unexpectedly in Arete Chamber (woops - missed a turn there somewhere).
We got back on track and arrived in a quiet and deserted Gnome Passage. After musing on the possible fate of the girls we were just setting off into Edward's Shortcut when they appeared, having paid an unplanned visit to Shale Chamber. I pointed them towards Salubrious then caught up with the boys before the ESC traverse, which presented no particular terrors to our team. So it was we arrived at Shattered Pillar, Selenite Tunnel and finally the Crossroads just as the girls arrived from the other direction. While the girls were doing the Selenite/Cross Rift circuit I sent the lads down into Maypole Inlet before taking the crawl to intercept the girls.
I helped the girls down the Maypole Inlet climb and into the Main Stream. We finally caught up with the chaps at the Second Oxbow where it was decided to re-divide the groups. I would start back with Dani (pressing dinner engagement in Bath) and Tricia (only wearing a boilersuit and in danger of geeting cold in the deep water ahead). The other continued together to Top Waterfall.
Dani, Tricia and myself had an uneventful exit from the cave and emerged to admire 'sunset over Swansea'. Meanwhile the others reached their objective and then Rach successfully navigated her team back to daylight to emerge about half an hour after us, making a trip time of 4.5 hours.
A grand day out.
PHOTOS......
Oh no! Not that old bloke from Cheddar Caving Club again!
Sam admires Selenite Tunnel
Dave takes an optional traverse
During a quiet moment Tim reflects on the route finding abilities of his female companions
It's that OFD black limestone and red mud
Bugger! I slipped on my bum!
Having successfully hypnotised Tricia into a Jesus delusion, Sparrow turns his mysterious powers on Dani....
That's a girt big'un!
Chris Lank
New member
... and I have some girt big shin bruises to go with the girt big Stal. It was a grand day out though.
Judi Durber
Member
Has the point been glued back on the bottom :-\
see previous post with Andy in the picture
18th March OFD
see previous post with Andy in the picture
18th March OFD
A
andymorgan
Guest
Loxton Cavern (AKA The Lost cave of Loxton), Friday 28th December
Andy H and Andy M.
We fancied a bit of light Christmas caving. As we couldn't get hold of a ladder for the Rod's-Bath through trip, and Andy H is a leader for Loxton Cavern, and this has been the first opportunity I have had to go there, we decide to head to Loxton Cavern.
We headed on down the entrance shaft into Catcott's Chamber. This was a rather impressively sized chamber with a lot of formations - including some rather green and shiny looking calcite blobs on the floor that looked like snot.
Formations between the entrance and Catcott's Chamber.
Andy H posing sexily at the entrance to Catcott's Chamber.
We squeezed into the chamber below Catcott's Chamber and headed to the Hall (I think that is what it was called) which was also impressive. After filling in the logbook, we were the first visitors since July, we climbed up to the chamber about 3 to 4 metres above it, and slid down the rope -see pic below.
Andy H on the climb down in the Hall.
We headed up a side passage and went to a chamber beneath the Hall.
Me in the side passage!
There was a tight squeeze in the floor to a further small chamber that apparently Andy H, being a tad skinny, did on the leader's day. We left it as Andy said it wasn't worth it. We climbed out of the chamber, back into the Hall thus completing a small 'round trip'.
We headed out after spending about one and a half hours underground. An excellent trip, and there was much more cave than I expected. Highly recommended! After we brewed up a cup of tea in the quarry using Andy's Christmas present - a kelly kettle for a nice tepid cup of tea mmm.
Andy H and Andy M.
We fancied a bit of light Christmas caving. As we couldn't get hold of a ladder for the Rod's-Bath through trip, and Andy H is a leader for Loxton Cavern, and this has been the first opportunity I have had to go there, we decide to head to Loxton Cavern.
We headed on down the entrance shaft into Catcott's Chamber. This was a rather impressively sized chamber with a lot of formations - including some rather green and shiny looking calcite blobs on the floor that looked like snot.
Formations between the entrance and Catcott's Chamber.
Andy H posing sexily at the entrance to Catcott's Chamber.
We squeezed into the chamber below Catcott's Chamber and headed to the Hall (I think that is what it was called) which was also impressive. After filling in the logbook, we were the first visitors since July, we climbed up to the chamber about 3 to 4 metres above it, and slid down the rope -see pic below.
Andy H on the climb down in the Hall.
We headed up a side passage and went to a chamber beneath the Hall.
Me in the side passage!
There was a tight squeeze in the floor to a further small chamber that apparently Andy H, being a tad skinny, did on the leader's day. We left it as Andy said it wasn't worth it. We climbed out of the chamber, back into the Hall thus completing a small 'round trip'.
We headed out after spending about one and a half hours underground. An excellent trip, and there was much more cave than I expected. Highly recommended! After we brewed up a cup of tea in the quarry using Andy's Christmas present - a kelly kettle for a nice tepid cup of tea mmm.
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