mrodoc
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Takes me back to early March 46 years ago when I had the privilege of joining a group of RFDCC cavers who were still exploring the extension they had found. I commented in my log that it must be the best decorated piece of passage in Great Britain. Rollo Gillespie forced a squeeze at the entrance to the new section and found what I think is Crystal Ball or Pom Pom passage - I couldn't get in and have never visited it. I am surprised in the intervening years that the link to the streamway beyond the sumps hasn't been made as I clearly recall one could hear the stream below somewhere near the Camp. A lot of small formations got damaged in the early years. I remember going in to photograph 'The Saw' somewhere near Long Straw Chamber - a straw had fallen at the side of the passage and a curtain had formed along it. Somebody had carelessly clocked it with their boot and it was in fragments. I think the Volcanoes have disappeared too. However it is still a marvellous cave and there is considerable potential in the streamway.