• Latest Descent, issue 304 out on 7th June!

    In the photo: Daniel Jackson with conservation tape in the White Forest, Redhouse Lane Swallet, by Bartek Biela

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What caving related thing did you do today?

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Excellent pictures!

Are those horizontal slickensides (fault slip scratches) on the left wall, showing that this rift is formed alongs a strike slip fault (sideways movement)?
 
Excellent pictures!

Are those horizontal slickensides (fault slip scratches) on the left wall, showing that this rift is formed alongs a strike slip fault (sideways movement)?
Yes indeed - very prominent at that spot. Although much of the vein dissolution around that point is natural, this rift was clearly mined out, and I was quite hopeful it went somewhere. Maskhill had 19 meers (of 29 yards here) allocated to it in the mine title, which would take the workings almost down to the track to Giants Hole if they were all worked - and yet the only explored section is all just within the one meer the pitches sit within.
 
Sorting out 3x kit from yesterdays cave easter egg hunt/caving trip, only downside of daughter being home from uni is an extra person's set of kit to clean, dry and sort..
 
I had the pleasure of presenting the up-to-date exploration details of Redhouse Lane as after-dinner speaker at CDG Welsh Section AGM on Saturday evening.
To be in the company of such esteemed and accomplished explorers was a true honour.
Thanks to Pete Hall for the organisation and invite and to all who attended.
 
I had the pleasure of presenting the up-to-date exploration details of Redhouse Lane as after-dinner speaker at CDG Welsh Section AGM on Saturday evening.
Minor correction. It was the AGM for the whole CDG, hosted this year by the Welsh Section (it rotates around the regions each year).

The presentation was excellent and enjoyed very much by everyone who attended! Thanks again for joining us!
 
Only partially caving related, and I confess taken a few days ago (I've been working away), but nevertheless, I got a good shot of Middleton Dale and Hucklow Edge in the Peak District, and the lovely villages that sit between them. Quite a bit of zoom on the Flickr version ;)

 
Attended a programming meeting for this years Underground Session at the Kendal Mountain Festival. Looks like there will be two talks, a film and an armchair discussion. Frank Pearson is the evenings new presenter, taking over from Steph Dwyer who is stepping down after ten years. The Underground Session will be on the Friday night, 7.30 21st November. Full details nearer the time of course.

From the KMF website -

20 – 23 NOVEMBER 2025 Join us for the 2025 Kendal Mountain Festival, where over 200 live sessions including 300+ speakers, 150+ films, and 60+ activities will be programmed engaging over 25,000 adventure-seekers and outdoor enthusiasts. Tickets will be launched this July.
 
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