Longwood Swallet, Charterhouse, Mendips

A round trip - in via August Hole and out via Great Chamber.  The stream must be the finest on Mendip.  Tight, awkward and wet, but highly recommended to any caver who is not claustrophobic or aquaphobic.

Chris Webb negotiating a squeeze in the main streamway.

Chris Webb in the main streamway.

Present: KEd, CJe, BMa & CWe

Brickworks Dig, Penwyllt, South Wales

A large dig team and probably a record for the amount of infill removed - 140 buckets on the Saturday and 120 buckets on the Sunday, but nevertheless a little disappointing.  The Club Dig Page for more details.

The team outside the cave at the end of Sunday.

The Dig Team: PAn, MBa, DBo (Sun only), KEd, BMa, MNo, JSm, ASt & CWe

Whitescar - Yorkshire Weekend

A trip to dip our toes in the sump, with some entertainment watching Chris negotiate the muddy climb up to the straw gallery.

Mike Clayton in the Whitescar streamway.

Present: MCl, BMa, EPo, GSm & CWe

Sell Gill - Yorkshire Weekend

In via the Dry Way due to the unsettled weather conditions. A nice introduction to SRT for Chris. Water levels were low considering the recent rain.

Chris Webb, Emma Porter and Mike Clayton at the First Pitch.

Graham Smith on the Second Pitch.

Present: MCl, BMa, EPo, GSm & CWe

Brickworks Dig, Penwyllt, South Wales

More progress has been made with about 10 feet of passage added to the system and the first "air space" discovered in the whole 19 year history of the dig.  See the Dig Page for more details.

The dig face showing airspace above.

The Dig Team: MCa (Sun only), KEd, BMa, MNo & ASt

Dan Yr Ogof, South Wales

Most of the round trip going in via the lower series, plus visits to A2 Chamber and Surprise Chamber.

Present: KEd, BMa & CWe

Brickworks Dig, Penwyllt, South Wales

Another very successful digging weekend. On Saturday morning we constructed a single-bucket railway over the pool and in the afternoon we removed 75 buckets of spoil. On the Sunday we removed another 112 buckets of infill. We appear to have discovered a cross-rift with the passage we have been following, continuing ahead. Another weekend should confirm this. During the weekend we added 6 feet to the length of the cave.

Keith Edwards in the newly discovered cross rift.

The Dig Team: MCa (Sun only), KEd, BMa, MNo, GSm, JSm & ASt