Ogof Ap Robert, South Wales
Sunday 29th June 2008

Another cave that none of us had done before in spite of it having just over a kilometre of passage.  The entrance consists of descending a number of vertical rift passages until a large chamber, Toad Hall, is reached.  From here the cave changes character and after crawling in the stream for a short distance the end of the cave consists of muddy phreatic passages.  We didn't descend the pitch near the end of the known cave.

The Team: KeEd, BrMa & DeRo
 

More photos of Ogof Ap Robert can be viewed here

Del re-surfacing

Keith and Del in Toad Hall

Cwm Dwr, Penwyllt, South Wales
Saturday 12th July 2008

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.

The Team: KeEd, BrMa & DeRo

Del at the Piccadilly waterfall
 

More photos of Cwm Dwr can be viewed here

Miners' inscriptions

Ogof Llyn Parc, North Wales
Saturday 19th July 2008

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.

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

The Quarry

Rachael negotiating the Letterbox

Through Trips - OFD1 to Cwm Dwr and Cwm Dwr to OFD1, Penwyllt, South Wales
Saturday 30th August 2008

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.

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

Steve looking at a array of curtains in the connection between Cwm Dwr and OFD 1

Northern Lights, OFD2, Penwyllt, South Wales
Saturday 13th September 2008

The Team: KeEd, JeHa, HeSi & StWa + Evan and Alan from NWCC