Huglith Mine, Shropshire

A rare trip into a mine for Keith and Brendan using Silly Rope Technique. Thanks go to members of SCMC who arranged and led the trip.

Mineral deposits in Huglith Mine.

The Team: MiCl, KeEd, BrMa, MiNo, EmPo, GrSm & JeSm + SCMC Members

Mazeways - Dan Yr Ogof

A trip to Mazeways. The place is super fantastic - totally out of this world, a maze of phreatic tubes in beautiful limestone that meander, criss-cross and go up and down. We took a picture or two, fortunately for Chris I filled the memory card before hypothermia took over.

Chris Webb in a phreatic tunnel in Mazeways.

Chris Webb in a phreatic tunnel in Mazeways.

Chris Webb in a phreatic tunnel in Mazeways.

Chris Webb in a phreatic tunnel in Mazeways.

See more Dan Yr Ogof photos here

The Team: BrMa & ChWe

Little Neath River Cave, Upper Nedd Valley, South Wales

This was not going to be a good day for me. First I got lost on the way to the cave, then got the car stuck turning it around, then to be helped by about 6 walkers. Finally on arriving at the farm to pay the trespass fee was attacked by a small snappy ankle biting dog.
Water levels were low so we went in via the Canal and covered the main passage to sump two. We had a look at the Genesis Gallery on the way out, will have to do more of this on a later trip. The exit was via the Canal Bypass.

Mel and Andy at the start of Canal Bypass.

The Team: AnGr, BrMa & MeWa

Giants Hole, Castleton, Derbyshire

Arranged as a taster trip for new member Russell Allison. This was the standard round trip with deviations to the top of Geology Pot, St. Valentines Sump and Poached Egg Passage. The whole enterprise took around 3 hours 40 minutes and in spite of not liking the look of the climb down into Crab Walk, Russell is talking about coming caving with us again!

Chris in the top of the Crab Walk.

Wal climbing Garlands Pot

The Team: RuAl, KeEd, BrMa, StWa & ChWe

OFD 2, Penwyllt, South Wales

A trip into the Nyth Bran series including Boulder Chamber. 

The Team: KeEd & BrMa + John Jones

OFD 2, Penwyllt, South Wales

This was to have been a dig weekend, but lots of rain during the week before with a wet weekend forecast meant that the dig was flooded up to the bottom of the main railway track. The only trips possible in OFD were into top entrance. We covered quite a lot of passage including: Salubrious and Lugubrious streamways and the Maze.

Carol viewing formations in Lugubrious Passage.

Carol in Lugubrious Passage.

See more OFD II photos here 

The Team: KeEd, BrMa & CaNo

Wet Sink

A trip down the main stream and into the rifts beyond. We completed the trip by going up Coal Seam passage and coming back down stream.

Rachel in the Showerbath in Wet Sink.

Richard in the lower end of the Main Stream - Wet Sink.

The Team: KeEd, BrMa + Bill, Rachael & Richard (WMCEG)