Swildons to Wookey
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cap n chris
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Hughie said:
Isn't it also called "spasmodic" in MU? - someone I know burst into hysterics when they first read of "spasmodic digging"; they thought it meant "spaz" - i.e. the schoolboy playground insult - and making rapid arm/hand movements while gurning "My name's Joey - I'm a spazzy cave digger"....
Elaine
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Les W said:Hughie said:
Hillgrove goes to Wookey and Biddlecombe. It has also been traced to Rodney Stoke so its drainage line must cross the major Priddy Swallets without mixing
Quite right - goodness knows why I had it in my head it went to Cheddar. Apologies.
(OOps - Hughie writing on Anne's account)
Les W
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I think the owners of the dig should inform us of their continued progress or rescind digging rights in favour of a keener team.graham said:Hughie said:
Outrageous - should have had the digging rights forcibly removed decades back!
Oh they have, but no keener team has come forward
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truescrumpy
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graham said:Hughie said:
Outrageous - should have had the digging rights forcibly removed decades back!
Les W said:I think the owners of the dig should inform us of their continued progress or rescind digging rights in favour of a keener team.graham said:Hughie said:
Outrageous - should have had the digging rights forcibly removed decades back!
Oh they have, but no keener team has come forward
:spank: the pair of you
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andymorgan
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Could an attempt on Swildon's Sump 12 be done like the attempts on Cuthbert's Sump 2 in the 80's. i.e in a dry period divert the stream at the entrance (or get the water co. to pump!), then put dams in the Swildon's stream way? I have never been to sump 12 (!), so would this be feasible?
Stu, what is the thinking that there is a parallel streamway? Is there less water further down the streamway, or some other pointers that there may be another route? Sounds like an interesting dig and good luck to you and the Wessex on the search for Swildon's 13, or would it be 7b
What happened to the Victoria Field Dig described in Mendip the Complete Caves? Did it not go anywhere or was it access issues?
Eighteen Acre Swallet looks like an interesting site to dig: above the end of St Cuthberts IIRC. From what I have heard though is a pretty dangerous place.
Stu, what is the thinking that there is a parallel streamway? Is there less water further down the streamway, or some other pointers that there may be another route? Sounds like an interesting dig and good luck to you and the Wessex on the search for Swildon's 13, or would it be 7b
What happened to the Victoria Field Dig described in Mendip the Complete Caves? Did it not go anywhere or was it access issues?
Eighteen Acre Swallet looks like an interesting site to dig: above the end of St Cuthberts IIRC. From what I have heard though is a pretty dangerous place.
whitelackington
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andymorgan said:Could an attempt on Swildon's Sump 12 be done like the attempts on Cuthbert's Sump 2 in the 80's. i.e in a dry period divert the stream at the entrance (or get the water co. to pump!), then put dams in the Swildon's stream way? I have never been to sump 12 (!), so would this be feasible?
Stu, what is the thinking that there is a parallel streamway? Is there less water further down the streamway, or some other pointers that there may be another route? Sounds like an interesting dig and good luck to you and the Wessex on the search for Swildon's 13, or would it be 7b
What happened to the Victoria Field Dig described in Mendip the Complete Caves? Did it not go anywhere or was it access issues?
Eighteen Acre Swallet looks like an interesting site to dig: above the end of St Cuthberts IIRC. From what I have heard though is a pretty dangerous place.
How near to the surface is it thought the top of Victoria Aven is?
whitelackington
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Actually, if one of the favoured connections is made into Swildons,
Hunter's Lodge Inn Sink,
Templeton Pot, Eastwater,
Saint Cuthberts,
White Pit,
Upper Flood Swallet,
Carcass cave,
etc, It will probably be in the week following the sale of the new SWILDONS BOOK
Hunter's Lodge Inn Sink,
Templeton Pot, Eastwater,
Saint Cuthberts,
White Pit,
Upper Flood Swallet,
Carcass cave,
etc, It will probably be in the week following the sale of the new SWILDONS BOOK
graham
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whitelackington said:Actually, if one of the favoured connections is made into Swildons,
Hunter's Lodge Inn Sink,
Templeton Pot, Eastwater,
Saint Cuthberts,
White Pit,
Upper Flood Swallet,
Carcass cave,
etc, It will probably be in the week following the sale of the new SWILDONS BOOK
Still got a long wait then.
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andymorgan
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whitelackington said:
Ahh so there will be one mega Mendip master cave!
Hughie
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graham said:whitelackington said:Actually, if one of the favoured connections is made into Swildons,
Hunter's Lodge Inn Sink,
Templeton Pot, Eastwater,
Saint Cuthberts,
White Pit,
Upper Flood Swallet,
Carcass cave,
etc, It will probably be in the week following the sale of the new SWILDONS BOOK
At least a decade or so!
Still got a long wait then.
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andymorgan
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Anne said:
Apart from the danger, does it have potential: or will it take a lot of work just to clear boulders etc?
tony from suffolk
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Since reading this thread I've been trying to remember the name of a cave who's entrance was a couple of fields East of the Hunters. For some reason things I struggle to recall sometimes pop into my head during the night. So last night I finally remembered it...TANKARD POT!!
When first I went caving the cave was at the bottom of a pretty substantial shakehole which was being gradually filled with tree-stumps and old farm machinery. Being teenagers at the time we were naturally desperate to go down it after reading a description in "The Complete Caves of Mendip" which described it as being "extremely Dangerous; passage in lose boulders to Horror Chamber; way on can be seen but not entered due to extreme danger!!"
Alas, by the time we got there it was completely blocked but the shakehole was pretty impressive, and the view on Mendip at the time was that it probably connected with the Swildon's/Cuthbert's /Wookey system.
It's probably completely unfeasible to try & break into it again...
When first I went caving the cave was at the bottom of a pretty substantial shakehole which was being gradually filled with tree-stumps and old farm machinery. Being teenagers at the time we were naturally desperate to go down it after reading a description in "The Complete Caves of Mendip" which described it as being "extremely Dangerous; passage in lose boulders to Horror Chamber; way on can be seen but not entered due to extreme danger!!"
Alas, by the time we got there it was completely blocked but the shakehole was pretty impressive, and the view on Mendip at the time was that it probably connected with the Swildon's/Cuthbert's /Wookey system.
It's probably completely unfeasible to try & break into it again...
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darkplaces
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huh "Break in" a job for c**tplaces maybe :tease: no were is my gas axe....
whitelackington
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Almost all types of digging are now possible
but picking the correct spot is the trick :-\
but picking the correct spot is the trick :-\
