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Out and about with Dudley
Caving Club
Some
trips and events which took place in April, May and June 2003
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Top Church, Dudley
Tuesday 2nd April 2003 A mission to
try and locate a missing bell.
John Smith removing the rubbish in the bell tower.
Present:
KE & JS
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Jug Holes and
Carlswalk Cavern,
Derbyshire
Saturday 12th April 2003
Arranged for provisional members, Paul Bradley and Mike
Noble.
Jug Holes was chosen because it has a short pitch for them to
practise SRT work on which they both enjoyed (we think) - after getting
over there initial fears.
Carlswalk was chosen for an insight of a natural water worn cave
which was not as wet as some of us hoped for!!!
The team at Jug Holes
Present:
PA, PB, AG & MN
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Ogof Cnwc,
Llangattock Escarpment, South Wales
Sunday 13th April 2003
An eventful 7 hour trip involving broken ladders, loose boulders, loads
of obstacles and a liberal coating of mud.
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Keith exiting after 7 hours underground |
Busman's Holiday |
Even this mud-pack can't improve Paul's
looks |
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Present:
BM, KE & PS. |
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Swildons Hole,
Priddy, Mendips
Monday 21st April 2003
The short round trip through the Mud
Sumps and the Troubles, down Blue Pencil Passage up to
Sump Four and finally out through Sump One. Lovely
and moist! Just the thing to clean the caving gear off after the
previous weekend's trip.
Keith in one of the "Troubles"
Paul in Birthday Squeeze
Present:
BM, KE & PS.
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Oxlow Caverns,
Derbyshire
Sunday 27th April 2003
Had a nice day out with Jim on Sunday, visiting cafes,
tea shops, garden centres, book shops and tackle shops, we even managed
to fit in a couple of hours underground.
We spent our time underground practicing rigging, hauling and generally
rearranging our SRT rigs.
Oxlow Third Pitch from East Chamber
Present:
JC, JD & BM |
Oxlow Caverns,
Derbyshire
Saturday 3rd May 2003
Had a nice day out with Jim and Jason on Saturday,
visiting cafes, tea shops, garden centres, book shops and tackle shops,
we even managed to fit in a couple of hours underground.
We spent our time underground practicing rigging, hauling and generally
rearranging our SRT rigs.
Present:
JC, JD & BM
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Cova De Sa Campana,
Mallorca
Saturday 10th/Sunday 11th May 2003
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Inside the entrance chamber |
Looking down into the
entrance chamber |
Present:
JC, JD & BM
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Box Mines,
Bath and Goat Church, Burrington Combe
Sunday 11th May 2003
"HELP WERE LOST AGAIN"
A quick trip was arranged to see if Box Mines was still open, and
thankfully it still is, but work has started to gate off the back door
entrance
A nice walk to the wind tunnel via the two shafts and finally out via
the Cathedral..... and yes we did get lost!
Present:
PA, PB, AG & MN |
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Ogof Draenen, Pwll Du, South Wales
Sunday 25th May
2003
An 8 hour route finding trip in preparation for a
later visit to the pretties in the Dollimore Series.
The Snowball
Keith at the Snowball
Present:
KE & BM
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Swildons Hole,
Priddy, Mendips
Saturday 31st May 2003
A trip to sump one.
There wasn't one drop of water going in the entrance.
Present:
PA, AG & MN + Sarah (AG's niece)
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Maskill Mine,
Derbyshire
Sunday 1st June 2003
A trip to the top of the final pitch. On
the way out Brendan learned the intricacies of de-rigging - the hard
way!
........Thump ........Thump
........Thump
........Thud!
Dave Barrie at the head of the Third Pitch
Present:
JD & BM + ex-member Dave Barrie
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OFD 2, Penwyllt, South Wales
Saturday 7th June 2003
All photos were taken in the Upper Oxbow
Adrian Stanley |
John Smith |
Adrian Stanley |
Keith Edwards |
A trip to the Upper Oxbow series
via the Midnight Passage traverses and out via the Skyhook.
Mr. M. particularly enjoyed the experience of caving at height.
Present:
KE, BM, JS & AS
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Brickworks Dig, Penwyllt, South Wales
Sunday 8th June 2003
The original route into the system has now be
re-opened. One more dig weekend should see us making progress at
the dig face.
Present: KE, BM, JS & AS |
Eldon Hole,
Derbyshire
Sunday 22nd June 2003
A 'tasty' SRT trip, arranged for Pete and
Andy. Two routes were rigged - South Gulley and West Wall.
Keith and Graham ascended the first pitch in the inner chamber.
Present:
PA, MB, JD, KE, AG, BM & GS
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OFD 2, Penwyllt, South Wales
Sunday 29th June 2003
We went looking for the Northern Lights again.
Spent a long time climbing up something marked on the survey as Very
Dangerous Loose Boulders (and nobody was killed).
Many times we thought we were on the right track but every passage
closed down, but we think we eventually found our way into
Lavender Way, the route into the Northern Lights.
Horrible, Tight, Wet and Muddy.Present:
SB, JC & BM |
Stuart in Selenite Tunnel |
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Photographic Credits: Top Church - Keith
Edwards, Jug Holes & Box Mines - Andy Grimes, Eldon Hole East Wall and South
Gully - Pete Anstey. all others - Brendan Marris
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