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[The Old Ruminator]

This a more refined " survey " of QWUH. The dig at X . I have extended the fault line as it looks to be an important controlling factor in the cave development.

 

[The Old Ruminator]

To poke or not to poke.

https://flic.kr/p/2qJZfM8

 

[The Old Ruminator]

P.G. in West Dig.

 

[The Old Ruminator]

East Tube. A big black spider seen in here.

 

[The Old Ruminator]

The next day --- ugh !

 

[The Old Ruminator]

Blast damage at QWUH. Here looking north towards the quarry face. A huge piece of bedding has become detached and fractured.

 

[The Old Ruminator]

Dig south and dig east seem to be on a collision course. There are four dig sites in the one chamber.

 

[The Old Ruminator]

Ruminating in dig south.

 

[The Old Ruminator]

Nigel prepping the big square boulder ( gone now ).

 

[The Old Ruminator]

The Lintel. Held up by a small chockstone. Holds the whole choke up.





Fear in the eyes.



Stal in the choke. Its old not blast damage.



Smoke connection now.



stal in the choke so old boulders not blast damage.

 

[The Old Ruminator]

When a gert big rock gets stuck on a little one .

 

[The Old Ruminator]

Darn " Lintel ". Shall I give it a tug ?

 

[The Old Ruminator]

The little tube is now a super highway.

 

[The Old Ruminator]

Guess who ?

 

[The Old Ruminator]

QWUH today.









Darn Lintel still in place despite heaving it with a turfer. Some progress up at The Tube.

 

[The Old Ruminator]

More fun in the monster choke today.







Phreatic half tube.

 

[The Old Ruminator]

Still going South. We are at J in Joint.



Mind yer head Nick --

 

[Goydenman]

great photos and useful survey...... keep pushing

 

[The Old Ruminator]

QWUH/HWUH is an anomaly at FCQ. We know several things. Part of it was open to the surface 40,000 years ago. At one time it drained to West Chamber along strike to Withyhill. Much of it is phreatic with development now 20m below the surface. Originally like Shatter and Withyhill it was much deeper then when the pericline was much higher. It sits close to the boundary of the current St Dunstans Well Catchment but its possible that catchment was double the size it was 40,000 plus years ago. Any relict conduit heading South or West could be very extensive. The further South we get the better the prospects. In the mean time it keeps old cavers happy.

 

[The Old Ruminator]

Written up in Befry Bulletin Winter 2025, No 588.