Del and Chris in the well-decorated entrance passage of Ogof Pasg

Ogof Pasg and Ogof Foel Fawr, Herbert's Quarry, South Wales
Saturday 4th October 2008

These two small caves are connected and the plan was to do the through trip.  We thoroughly explored Pasg first and stopped for Brendan to take numerous photos.  The connection involves descending a pitch and in spite of taking the recommended ladder length and a long tether the bottom of the ladder was about four metres from the bottom of the pitch.
The only alternative was to walk around the side of the hill in bitterly cold driving rain and enter Foel Fawr.  We did all manage to get through the very tight squeeze and find our way to the canal at the bottom of the ladder pitch, stopping this time for photos and video.

The Team: KeEd, BrMa, DeRo & ChWe

Keith in the squeeze that enables the connection between the caves

Undisclosed Location
Saturday 25th October 2008

A "by invitation only" trip for Brendan to take photos.  More details after the location has been published in Descent.

The Team: KeEd & BrMa

Ogof Yr Ardd
Saturday 15th November 2008

A return to this "collectors' item" to see if this time we could get to the sump at the end of the cave which is not suitable for cavers of the larger variety.  We didn't get to the sump.

The Team: KeEd, BrMa & ChWe

Giants Hole Round Trip
Saturday 22nd November 2008

This trip was originally arranged for a friend of mine, but unfortunately he couldn’t come. So that left me all alone with three women, luckily I had been caving with them in the past so I knew what to expect and we all had a good laugh. Now for some reason Heather and Jess decided to duck down into the water going threw the vice, which seemed a bit strange to me as they aren’t exactly on the large side, and we all got a good soaking as Jess came down the steel ladder and the water sprayed off her back which set us all off laughing again. Now the rope climbs were fairly amusing, especially as Heather's “dangly bits” (her tackle bag) got tangled up in the hand line making it a bit awkward for her to stand up at the top, and the water level in the wind pipe was fairly low so there was no danger of drowning in there either.  The calcite boss on the traverse was a bit off fun, watching them all come through head first, staring straight down to the water below, with an anxious look on there faces. That was it then, just the ladder to go and we where out, now have a guess whose “dangly bits” got in the way again at the top of the pitch, while I was there getting soaked making sure she was safe on the life line.  Not to worry it was all good fun…….

The Team: AnGr, JeHa, HeSi & MeWa

Ogof Pont Gam
Saturday 6th December 2008

A return to this "collectors' item" to see if this time we could complete the through trip from Ogof Pont Gam to Ogof Nant Rhin.  We got as far as Aven D'Oznog.

The Team: KeEd, BrMa & DeRo

Manor Farm Swallett
Sunday 28th December 2008

The DCC Christmas caving trip.

The Team: KeEd, AnGr, JeHa, DeRo, BrMa, MeWa & ChWe