• The Derbyshire Caver, No. 158

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Welsh Wezzit

Stuart France

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Here it is.  Not the biggest of nearby passages.
 

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Stuart France

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Another clue.  It's a fairly big country mile into quite a big cave.  Just around a corner or two is more of the same sort of pretty stuff which might jog someone's memory.
 

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Huge

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Know exactly where it is, just giving others a chance. Should be obvious from your clues Stuart!

Got a b&w print of me standing there looking at those formations, taken 20 odd years ago!
 

Stuart France

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Yes, I'll accept that as near enough.  Over to you, sn...

Big Country lacks formations and has slippery muddy sediment banks at its bottom end, though still interesting as it is a huge fossil passage coming from apparently nowhere and ending up at a massive choke where its stream sinks, I do believe never to be seen again inside the cave (unless you know better).

These formations are in extensive side passages called Blorenge Oxbows which begin on the left about 60m down from the point where you first met the huge passages of Big Country, assuming you didn't get in there via Slaughter Crawl in which case it is 130m on the left.  Giant size cave survey on the stairs wall at Whitewalls if you've not seen one.
 

sn

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Fortunately you gave some clues Stuart ! - I've been to Big Country, but don't remember going to the Blorenge Oxbows. I'm sure Huge knew exactly where the photo was!

Anyway, here's mine :

 

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Huge

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sn said:
I'm sure Huge knew exactly where the photo was!

If I remember right, those formations are in Blorens Inlet, near Poetic Justice.  :)

Stuart France said:
These formations are in extensive side passages called Blorenge Oxbows

There's only one Blorenge Oxbow, which is a long oxbow off Blorenge Inlet, sorry to be pedantic.  :)
 

sn

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Correct - well technically I think I took the photo in part of Mudlust Hall, but it adjoins Moonmilk Revelry - over to you John !
 

Minion

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John.sheehy said:
That?s Moonmilk Revelry!


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Is that just before the drop down on the left into the top end of Northern Lights?

I think I recognise it now...
 

sn

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The photo is actually more in the vicinity of Mudlust Hall, but heading towards Moonmilk Revelry passage (from where you drop down into the top end of Northern Lights.
 

Huge

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Yeah, Mudlust Hall, it's pretty distinctive! The first big chamber/continuing passage at the top of that nasty rope climb at the end of the lovely(!) Lavender Way. The passage leads down, via some crawls, to that wet crawl at the start of Moonmilk Revelry.
 
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