Through Trips - OFD1 to Cwm Dwr and Cwm Dwr to OFD1, Penwyllt, South Wales

Last minute and hastily arranged, this trip as one of those where from no one wanting to go caving to having almost too many bodies seemed to happen in a matter of minutes. With eight people the only logical thing to do was to split into two parties and do the same trip in reverse directions. We met up underground at the letterbox.

Wal watches Rachel as she posts herself into the Letterbox.

Wal viewing formations in Cwm Dwr Jama.

Wal viewing formations in OFD 1.

Rachel viewing a false calcite floor in OFD 1.

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See more Cwm Dwr photos here 

The Teams: 
OFD 1 to Cwm Dwr: KeEd, HeSi & ChWe + Evan from NWCC 
Cwm Dwr to OFD 1: BrMa & StWa + Rachael & Richard from WMCEG

OFD 2, Top Entrance - The Big Chamber Near The Entrance

A photo trip to the Big Chamber and passages around it.

Adrian viewing a shower inlet near Top Entrance.

Adrian and Graham near Top Entrance.

Graham viewing formations near Top Entrance.

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The Team: John Smith, Graham Smith, Adrian and Brendan

OFD 2, Top Entrance - Passages around Moonlight Chamber

A photo trip in the pretty passages that are around and above Moonlight Chamber in OFD II.

Adrian viewing formations in a passage near Moonlight Chamber.

Adrian viewing formations in a passage near Moonlight Chamber.

Graham viewing formations in a passage near Moonlight Chamber.

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The Team: John Smith, Graham Smith, Adrian and Brendan

Manor Farm Swallet

A trip into this cave for the fist time for us. Much more impressive than we had expected, still stuff to left to explore, we will return.

Heather viewing the Beehive formation.

Heather in the magnificent Curtain Chamber.

Jessica in the magnificent Curtain Chamber.

Jessica climbing out the entrance shaft.

The Team: Brendan Jessica and Heather

Ogof Llyn Parc, North Wales

First of all I have to congratulate Heather for arranging this trip and say a special thanks to the lads from NWCC for manning the winch as with out them this trip wouldn't of been possible. The cave is entered via a 300 foot shaft for which we were all attached to a winch line (one at a time) to make it easier and quicker to descend. The cave itself is actually accessed via a mined level which has broken into natural passage and this is where the best bits are. There are plenty of formations for which Brendan got has camera out, and photographed anything that stayed still long enough. There's a stream way, a small amount of crawling, a few short climbs, a bit of mud to crawl through and roll about in, but best of all lots of fun, and to be honest no matter what I say it wont do this cave justice. I think I can say without contradiction that all of us enjoyed Lynn Parc.

Del views the miner's inscriptions.

Mel in the main streamway.

Jessica viewing a calcite splash pool.

Del in the Main Streamway.

The Team: KeEd, AnGr, JeHa, BrMa, DeRo, HeSi & MeWa + lads from NWCC

Cwm Dwr, Penwyllt, South Wales

A trip to explore Upper Piccadilly. We still need to go back as we didn't explore all of the passages. Brendan couldn't resist taking some photos at the Piccadilly waterfall on the way out.

Del at the Piccadilly Waterfall.

Del at the Piccadilly Waterfall.

Del at the top of the pitch to Upper Piccadilly.

Del in Upper Piccadilly.

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The Team: KeEd, BrMa & DeRo

Tooth Cave, Gower

A trip with SWCC on a very wet day. Turned around before we hit the main streamway, as this is a very flood prone cave.

Heather in the crawls in Tooth Cave

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The Team: Brendan, Heather and Jessica