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Sumpy
Guest
Goatchurch Cavern
Wednesday 17th October 2007
Chris L, Dani G, Martin and Sumpy
The four of us parked in the car park next to the award winning toilets and kitted up not knowing what the plan was and waited for the rest of the group to arrive. After hanging around for a while we realised everyone else was parked in the car park next to the Burrington Cafe / Inn, wandered down to find they they were all going to drive up to Lionel's Hole. Not wanting to dirty our cars and not wanting to strip off again we plumped for Goatchurch as Chris hadn't done it before
In through the main entrance and followed route down Giants Staircase, Dani looked in through the small tube on the last step towards Orange Peel Passage.
Followed main passage skipping Bloody Tight down small rift towards The Terrace, Dani and Chris went down the squeezes to Boulder Chamber whilst Martin and myself followed the rift strait down. Under Coffin lid into Water Chamber, We took some time to look at most passages from the Water Chamber, going down into the small waterfall chamber, up to the stream and Dani did the small tube at the bottom far end of the chamber.
We then went down the small climb to the Drain Pipe, Chris, Dani and Martin crawled through and I stayed behind and had a sneaky munch on some Kendal mint cake. They explored the rift in the floor and the tube in the wall to the Final Rift Martin going furthest in but also getting a little stuck, finally managing to free himself with a little help from Chris.
On the way out met three other cavers looking down ladder just before the Drain Pipe, continued back up over Coffin lid and stopped to look over the Coal Chute before free climbing out the Tradesmen's Entrance.
It was a nice gentle trip which got us back at the Burrington Inn at about 9:45.
Thanks Guys for the great night!
Wednesday 17th October 2007
Chris L, Dani G, Martin and Sumpy
The four of us parked in the car park next to the award winning toilets and kitted up not knowing what the plan was and waited for the rest of the group to arrive. After hanging around for a while we realised everyone else was parked in the car park next to the Burrington Cafe / Inn, wandered down to find they they were all going to drive up to Lionel's Hole. Not wanting to dirty our cars and not wanting to strip off again we plumped for Goatchurch as Chris hadn't done it before
In through the main entrance and followed route down Giants Staircase, Dani looked in through the small tube on the last step towards Orange Peel Passage.
Followed main passage skipping Bloody Tight down small rift towards The Terrace, Dani and Chris went down the squeezes to Boulder Chamber whilst Martin and myself followed the rift strait down. Under Coffin lid into Water Chamber, We took some time to look at most passages from the Water Chamber, going down into the small waterfall chamber, up to the stream and Dani did the small tube at the bottom far end of the chamber.
We then went down the small climb to the Drain Pipe, Chris, Dani and Martin crawled through and I stayed behind and had a sneaky munch on some Kendal mint cake. They explored the rift in the floor and the tube in the wall to the Final Rift Martin going furthest in but also getting a little stuck, finally managing to free himself with a little help from Chris.
On the way out met three other cavers looking down ladder just before the Drain Pipe, continued back up over Coffin lid and stopped to look over the Coal Chute before free climbing out the Tradesmen's Entrance.
It was a nice gentle trip which got us back at the Burrington Inn at about 9:45.
Thanks Guys for the great night!