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Caving: Mangle Hole (30-Nov-2023)

MCR rescue practice rigging.  Entrance pitch was horribly wet/muddy/slimmy.  Hauled the stretcher from below the 2nd pitch.  All good practice. ...

Caving: Sidcot Swallet (27-Nov-2023)

Shipham scouts to the bottom of the Lobster Pot and back. ...

Caving: Reservoir Hole (25-Nov-2023)

MCR rescue practice from the Grand Galleries. ...

Caving: Sidcot Swallet (20-Nov-2023)

Shipham scouts to the bottom of the Lobster Pot and back. ...

Caving: Ogof Fynnon Ddu (18-Nov-2023)

Easy bimble around OFD top with the kids.  To Gnome passage.  The Ollie and I took Henry down to Salubrious Passage, before catching back up with the others. ...

Caving: Goatchurch Cavern (14-Nov-2023)

To the drain pipe with the Explorer Scouts. ...

Caving: Goatchurch Cavern (13-Nov-2023)

Easy bimble around Goatchurch with Shipham Scouts. ...

Caving: Craig a Ffynnon (15-Oct-2023)

Andy's first trip to Craig a Fynnon.  Very straightforward trip to the Hall of the Mountain King. ...

Caving: Cwm Dwr (14-Oct-2023)

The intention was to do another Cwm Dwr to OFD1 through trip.  There had been a lot of rain on Friday, so we weren't sure what the water levels would be like.  Navigation and the route through Cwm Dwr all went OK.  At the Divers Pitch, there was a lot of water coming down, we would have got soaked, and we weren't sure if this ...

Caving: Port-yr-ogof (24-Sept-2023)

Loads of heavy rain overnight, so our thoughts of doing Craig-a-Fyynnon were scuppered.  The alternative of doing OFD top, was dismissed due to the weather and the walk across the hill. So we thought we'd have a play around in the upper parts of Porth-yr-Ogof.  The main entrance was impressively in flood (as expected), with the river ...

Caving: Cwm Dwr (23-Sept-2023)

Really good trip.  Navigation went suprisingly well - printed copies of the survey and description really helped in the few areas we were unsure.  The kids were amazing.  They started to get a little bit cold after getting wet in Cwm Dwr and also there was quite a lot of water at the Divers Pitch climb, but a hat/buff kept them warm ...

Caving: Priddy Green Sink (10-Sept-2023)

Second PGS trip of the weekend, to collect the bag and finish the through trip.  The route down to Clitoris Crawl was very straightforward, especially without a bag.  We then picked up the bag and headed further in to PGS.  At the big 20m pitch, the rope got stuck, I had to prussik back up, in surprising wet conditions, to ...

Caving: Swildons Hole (10-Sept-2023)

To put the ladder back on the pitch for our PGS trip. ...

Caving: Swildons Hole (08-Sept-2023)

To collect the ladder. ...

Caving: Priddy Green Sink (08-Sept-2023)

Steady trip down to Clitoris Crawl.  We had one big bag between us with all our kit/ropes in, which was a bit of a pain to get through the crawl.  I managed it, but the air quality was not great.  We then decided to call the trip and head back out.  The chances of getting the bag back up through the crawl were not looking l ...