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chriscastle46

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Thanks for that info Andrew. It seems that I didn't make it to the end but I have no intention of returning.
I'm a member of the UBSS and I'm surprised that they left a load of rubbish there. Well it's not that much and the dig is otherwise tidy, but there are buckets and stuff. It would be easy to clear it out provided one were equiped with breathing apparaus.

Did I really spell Rhumba Rhumber? Mea culpa.

Chris
 
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Andrew W

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I imagine it wasn't planned to be abandoned. I think the foot and mouth crisis got in the way and interest was probably lost after that. If Simon Flower and Jon Telling are still around the UBSS, I think they were still digging it when I left and might know more.
 
graham

graham

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Chris

As you say it's tidy, well it was last time I looked, and there have been a couple of pokes at it since Andrew was last involved, don't quite remember when the last one was, though.
 
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chriscastle46

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Wed 2nd Nov. 2011  St Cuthbert's Swallet​

Chris Castle, Andy Morgan, Brendan Hanley

A trip to Rabbit Warren Extension.

We progressed quickly to High Chamber and we all passed the squeeze down to Catgut Rift with no trouble. Ahem.

Beyond here is Cross Leg Squeeze, not a squeeze at all, just a wiggle, leading to T-Junction Chamber. This has an upper and a lower bit; I took the awkward way down to the lower bit and got jammed up most painfully with a protrusion sticking into my back and had to be helped out by the other two. The shame of it!

Once that was sorted out, and joined by the smell of oil, we caried on past the T-Junction, through a twiddly bit called the Vice and so to Rabbit Warren to make our way out via the usual way of Everest Passage and the Old Route.

The smell of oil and the mould really spoils the trip but once the source of the oil is found and fixed hopefully the cave will heal itself. The plague of mould we had in Gough's has nearly gone, but there was no oil leak there.

Chris
 
Burt

Burt

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graham

graham

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I can think of some "non-karst" sediments in Gough's that you definitely wouldn't eat on toast, Burt.

And not in the Cheese Room.

The old place is a lot cleaner than once it was but there are still a couple of "hot spots" that are a bit of a mess. I don't suppose even Chris visits them very often, but we've been mapping all the nooks and crannies & have been (almost) everywhere. Still the job is nearly finished now.
 
Brendan H

Brendan H

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Tricia Denning-Kendall and Brendan Hanley

Just the two of us but in a crowded cave, route-finding in the Upper Series, especially around the Twelve Foot Well and the Ripper.

Sorry, no time for a longer report.
 
Cookie

Cookie

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Thrupe Lane to Slither Pot 3rd Dec

Cookie, Bev Ford, Andy Pollard, Sarah Payne (WCC)

There was quite a bit of water about which we met at the bottom of the entrance pitch. Descending Perseverance was like being in a cold shower and Cowsh Crawl being in a cold bath. From then on life was generally more pleasant. Up into Butt Chamber across into Marble Chamber then down into the attractive Marble Streamway. There was plenty of water in the streamway but no danger of being washed over Atlas Pot. I rigged the traverse and we descended to the large ledge and on down to the head of Slither Pot. There didn't seem to be much rope left in the bag so I changed the stopper knot from a doubled fig 8 to a thumb knot and told my party I might be returning sooner than planned. However there was just enough rope and we were all soon at the bottom of this fine shaft. We were tight on our turn around time so only Andy who was de-rigger had time for a quick explore.  The return was uneventful as Perseverance was miserable. Then back to the Wessex for tea and medals. 
 
Brendan H

Brendan H

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Brendan Hanley (leading), Rachel Sparrow, Dan Govier; callout: Nicky Dennis

We met in the car park by the bogs in Burrington Coombe at 7-15, Rachel and Dan already dressed for underground action, but I was still in my normal attire, then once Rachel and Dan had got cold waiting for me to finish getting togged up, the Egyptian Tourist Board kindly arranged the callout.

Usual kind of stuff. I had forgotten how to tie a bowline -- shame! Easy free climb out of the Tradesman's Entrance. Congratulations to Dan on successfully negotiating the Drainpipe, and having the presence of mind to pause for a breather and not rush. Thanks to Rachel for her gentle expertise.

Smell of recent bonfire in the entrance, but no-one else in the cave. No spiders or bats anywhere to be seen.

Andy Sparrow was waiting for us in the car park, like a worldly version of Hazrat Izraeel, leading us to the Hunters for swift drinks afterwards.


Brendan
 
cap n chris

cap n chris

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FWIW the hearth/fire was noticed on Tuesday but plenty of spiders and bats were in the cave so hopefully they weren't upset by it when it was going.
 
Brendan H

Brendan H

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Brendan Hanley (leading), Lucy Murawski; call-out: probably Andy Sparrow

Lucy had not been caving for month and months, so when she was in Britain for a few days, she and I met up for a poke around in the upper series of Swildon's Hole. We did the Pretty Way, parts of the Wet Way, and went into Rolling Thunder as far as we dared.

I can't remember the exact date, but it was during the summer, probably before August.


Brendan
 
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