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Caving: Swinsto Hole (05-May-2025)

Lovely low water levels.  It makes the trip quite a bit easier as you don't really need to rig the deviations etc, you can just abseil straight down and not get that wet. ...

Caving: Rowten (04-May-2025)

We arrived in Kingsdale at 10am and quickly found ourselves at the entrance to Rowten.  Greg volunteered to rig the Eyehole Route and Bean volunteered to rig the Big Gully Route.  Bean then went on to rig the bottom part of the cave, down to the sump.  Bean, Aidan, Matt and Andy M visited the bottom while Danielle, Rich, Gr ...

Caving: Notts Pot (03-May-2025)

After a 9am briefing meeting, we all made our way to Leck Fell.  The entrance to Notts was found without any fuss, following the directions on the trip description.  Bean and Aidan rigged the entrance series, Left Hand Route and the Lower Streamway. Wayne and Andy M rigged the Centre Route.  Andy M tested the effectiveness of modern ...

Caving: Simpsons Pot (10-Apr-2025)

Through trip with Helen and Andy. Water levels were really low, the duck was almost non-existent. ...

Caving: Eastwater Cavern (01-Apr-2025)

Another evening explore of Eastwater.  Went through the Woggle Press (that we missed last week), then to the Crossroads, turned left and down Dolphin Chimney and Dolphin Pot.  We then headed down towards 13 pots, but we were unsure of the route and the bold step so started to head back.  At the crossroads, we turned left and went thr ...

Caving: Eastwater Cavern (26-Mar-2025)

We were planning to go to Dolphin Pot, but we missed the Woggle Press at the end of the boulder choke, and ended up going along the Upper Traverse, then Lower Traverse. We then got a bit confused with route finding, although it later turned out that we were pretty close to the Crossroads.  As we weren't sure we headed back the way we came. ...

Caving: Goatchurch Cavern (20-Mar-2025)

Caving with the Scouts/Cubs. ...

Caving: Swildons Hole (03-Feb-2025)

Scout caving, to the bottom of the 8' slide. ...

Caving: Goatchurch Cavern (27-Jan-2025)

Scout caving in Goatchurch. ...

Caving: Daren Cilau (05-Jan-2025)

First time doing the Ogof Cnwc through-trip.  It took us a few attempts to find the Ogof Cnwc entrance, but it was obvious when we got to the right location.  The journey through Ogof Cnwc was all very straightforward, thanks to the excellent description on the CSS website.  Our first (and only real) mistake was when we got to Busman ...

Caving: Agen Allwedd (04-Jan-2025)

After an adventurous time getting to Whitewalls, and needing to find someone with a 4x4 to tow the van off the edge of a steep icy drop (all ended well fortunately), we got changed and headed to Aggy.  A very straightforward trip through the entrance series to Barons Chamber (and the start of the big stuff).  The nice walking passages all ...

Caving: Sludge Pit (14-Dec-2024)

An explore around Sludge Pit and the new SRT round trip. ...

Caving: Charterhouse Cave (01-Dec-2024)

Excellent trip into Charterhouse Cave, Andy was amazing and had no problems through all the constricted sections.  Water levels were fairly high.  Steady trip down to Portal Pool, which was very much sumped.  Had a look at the Citadel on the way back. ...

Caving: Wookey Hole (25-Nov-2024)

A trip around the Adventure Caving route in Wookey Hole, which was awesome, a great facility to have, really well setup.  We practiced different rescue options with their instructors, looked at different kit, and reviewed how they managed the facility for their groups. ...

Caving: Craig a Ffynnon (28-Oct-2024)

A trip down North West Inlet in wetsuits.  A great trip wading through the deep water.  The Dragon was an impressive formation.  We then had a look at the old railway line dig at the end, which was interesting and impressive. ...