https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/ 2026-04-08T06:22:39+00:00 https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/ https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/lib/tpl/wallpaper/images/favicon.ico text/html 2023-08-07T10:30:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-01-19_rod_s_pot&rev=1691404211&do=diff log_book_2022 rod_s_pot Rod’s Pot - Wed 19 Jan 2022 Andy Sparrow, Lawrence Wilson, Paul James, Peter Sanders, Richard Nurse, Will Puddy After meeting at Burrington Café we got into 2 cars and drove up to the UBSS hut to get changed. After a slightly muddy crawl in, we made our way to the first of the pots. Thinking we would do a bit of a tidy up of the ropes hanging down the pitch we got a bit carried away, much sweat and toil later all the old digging bags at the bottom where hidden or r… text/html 2022-10-22T01:48:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-02-02_gb_cavern&rev=1666403312&do=diff log_book_2022 gb_cavern GB Cavern - Wed 2 Feb 2022 Ken Passant, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Richard Nurse, Will Puddy All met up at the gateway to the Gruffy field at 19:30, for the record you can park 5 cars without blocking the gate or 8/9 blocking it, there is also a large lay-by 20 meters up the road. text/html 2022-10-22T01:35:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-02-16_eastwater_cavern&rev=1666402552&do=diff log_book_2022 eastwater_cavern Eastwater Cavern - Wed 16 Feb 2022 Andy Sparrow, Danny Burnett, Emma Gisbourne, Lawrence Wilson, Paul James, Peter Sanders, Richard Nurse, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy Parked on the verge in Eastwater lane at 19:30, wind, rain and brassic! Paid £1 each at the farmhouse (small Tupperware box outside back door. text/html 2022-10-22T01:51:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-02-23_sludge_pit&rev=1666403468&do=diff log_book_2022 sludge_pit Sludge Pit - Wed 23 Feb 2022 David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy Parked at the Wessex then made our way across the fields to the impressively ingenious cave gate. Once inside we put our £1s in the bucket before descending the ladder. From here we followed Fault Passage and Main Rift all the way to the sump (where Sean had a swim!). text/html 2022-10-22T02:01:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-03-02_bath_swallet_to_rod_s_pot_through_trip&rev=1666404112&do=diff log_book_2022 bath_swallet rods_pot Bath Swallet to Rod’s Pot Through Trip - Wed 2 Mar 2022 David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Paul James, Richard Nurse, Will Puddy After consulting the guide book we decided that an 18m rope was close enough to the recommended 20m one. The entrance was fairly unpleasant with the usual washed in decaying vegetation nearly filling the squeeze. However a pleasant surprise was how little water was going down Shower Pot. The rope turned out to be nearly long enough … text/html 2023-08-07T10:32:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-03-16_pierre_s_pot&rev=1691404365&do=diff log_book_2022 pierre_s_pot Pierre's Pot - Wed 16 Mar 2022 David Cooke, Ian Tiley, Lawrence Wilson, Richard Nurse Non-members: Tim Gouge, Jett Met 19:30 in a soggy Burrington Coombe and walked to the entrance. Various routes where taken to the top of the original squeeze and after a bit of hunting around the bypass was located. Well it’s not much bigger but at least it’s not vertical. Sadly after spirited efforts Ian and Jett couldn’t get through despite Cookie’s help. By all accounts the 2… text/html 2022-10-29T17:41:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-04-06_cuckoo_cleeves&rev=1667065293&do=diff log_book_2022 cuckoo_cleeves Cuckoo Cleeves - Wed 6 Apr 2022 Andy Sparrow, David Cooke, Ian Tiley, Lawrence Wilson, Richard Nurse, Will Puddy Potential new member: James Howarth Met on the side of the road in wind and rain, got changed and walked across to the entrance, after rigging a ladder we all went down the concrete tube into the warmth of the cave. text/html 2022-10-29T17:46:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-04-13_rose_cottage_cave&rev=1667065612&do=diff log_book_2022 rose_cottage_cave Rose Cottage Cave - Wed 13 Apr 2022 Andy Sparrow, David Cooke, Ian Tiley, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Will Puddy Non members: Ian “Burt” Burton, Jett, James Howarth, Rachel Sparrow, Tim Gouge All parked at the Belfry and made our way over to the twin entrances, a bit of water was going down the smaller shaft so we all went for the bigger, dry pipe entrance. text/html 2022-10-30T14:26:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-04-27_read_s_cavern&rev=1667139989&do=diff log_book_2022 reads_cavern Read’s Cavern - Wed 27 Apr 2022 Lawrence Wilson, Richard Nurse, Will Puddy Met at the UBSS hut at 7:30 and walked to the cave in lovely evening sun. Walked across the impressive Main Chamber then down to work in Zed Alley with only a minor detour in the Boulder Maze, as remembered it is all small and quite tough. After fixing a rope on Splash Pot we descended, before tackling “Andy’s Nemesis”. This is an increasingly tight horizontal tube that develops into a vert… text/html 2022-10-30T14:33:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-05-04_east_twin_swallet&rev=1667140393&do=diff log_book_2022 east_twin_swallet East Twin Swallet - Wed 4 May 2022 Andy & Rachel Sparrow, Chris Castle, David Cooke, Ian Tiley, Lawrence Wilson, Neil Rigiani, Paul James, Peter Sanders, Richard Nurse, Will Puddy 11 of us met in Burrington Coombe on a warm Wednesday evening and walked up to the cave, after fixing a hand line we entered and followed a roomy passage into the large descending passage that is East Twin. Wow that’s a lot of digging rubbish in there, pretty much a tip from top to… text/html 2022-10-30T14:37:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-05-11_bos_swallet&rev=1667140633&do=diff log_book_2022 bos_swallet Bos Swallet - Wed 11 May 2022 Ian Tiley, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Hall, Richard Nurse Met at 7:45 outside the UBSS hut, this is one of the least visited caves of Burrington so the first 5 minutes where taken clearing sticks and other debris from the entrance. From here a wriggle gave way to a narrow, steep bedding plane, covered in compost that seemed to be an ideal habitat for cave spiders. Thankfully the aptly named Disappointment Chamber was soon reached before an… text/html 2022-10-30T14:46:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-05-18_waterwheel_swallet&rev=1667141203&do=diff log_book_2022 waterwheel_swallet Waterwheel Swallet - Wed 18 May 2022 Paul James, Peter Sanders Peter and PJ met at the Roman Fort car park in very threatening weather, but got changed before the heavens opened (not that we expected to stay dry for long). Short walk, avoiding rabbit holes, to entrance, bringing 13m rope, ladder, spreader and spare rope. Opened very heavy, shiny new gate with CSCC key and descended 4m pipe entrance via stirrup rungs. text/html 2022-10-30T14:54:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-06-01_gb_cavern&rev=1667141697&do=diff log_book_2022 gb_cavern GB Cavern - Wed 1 Jun 2022 Andrew Chamberlain, Neil Rigiani, Paul James, Peter Sanders. Non-members: Carol Rees (Ladder Dig team) Andy Sparrow, Lawrence Wilson, Yvette Jordan. Non-members: Adam, Harvey Parked all 8 cars in the gateway in beautiful evening sunshine and sorted ourselves into two groups. Rachel walked over to the entrance with us and conducted some useful stick and flick maintenance. text/html 2022-10-30T14:58:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-06-08_waterwheel_swallet&rev=1667141905&do=diff log_book_2022 waterwheel_swallet Waterwheel Swallet - Wed 8 Jun 2022 Andy Sparrow, David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Richard Nurse, Yvette Jordan Non-member: Adam A brilliant, fun trip to the bottom of the cave including a swim in the lake, not much to add to Peters excellent trip report from a few weeks ago other than spotting some unusual stalactites that seemed to have formed very quickly in a mortared up area. Presumably in the same way they form in railway tunnels or in the buttresses of… text/html 2022-10-31T16:48:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-06-15_razoi_swallet&rev=1667234908&do=diff log_book_2022 Razoi Swallet - Wed 15 Jun 2022 Andy & Rachel Sparrow, Chris Castle, Danny Burnett, David Cooke, Ken Passant, Lawrence Wilson, Neil Rigiani, Peter Sanders, Richard Nurse, Seán Tidey Ian Burton, Nicky Dennis, Faye Litherland, Carol Rees, other partners and former members. text/html 2023-08-07T10:22:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-06-22_swildons_to_sump_2&rev=1691403744&do=diff log_book_2022 swildon_s_hole Swildon's Hole, Sump 2 - Wed 22 Jun 2022 Andy Sparrow, David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy, Yvette Jordan Met 19:30 on the green in heat and sunshine, congratulations to Will on the birth of his Daughter. All glad to get into the cool of the cave and out of the horse flies. text/html 2022-10-31T17:10:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-06-29_eastwater_cavern_upper_series&rev=1667236200&do=diff log_book_2022 eastwater_cavern Eastwater Cavern, Upper Series - Wed 29 Jun 2022 David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson After some very heavy rain, negotiated flooded roads to meet up at the Wessex, after changing dropped our pounds in at the farm and had a brief chat with the owners who wished us a good trip. On the walk to the cave noted that all of the fence posts had half a dozen or so snails on top, my theory was that they where moving to higher ground to avoid the flood, Cookie thought they wher… text/html 2022-10-31T16:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-07-13_longwood_swallet&rev=1667235527&do=diff log_book_2022 longwood_swallet Longwood Swallet - Wed 13 Jul 2022 David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Paul James, Peter Sanders, Richard Nurse, Yvette Jordan, (Danny Burnett) Parked at the triangle at 19:30, got changed and walked the 5 minutes to the cave. A lot of trees have been felled a number of which are in the stream way and swallet, might need clearing to ease the winter water flow? text/html 2022-10-31T17:03:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-07-27_coral_cave&rev=1667235796&do=diff log_book_2022 coral_cave Coral Cave - Wed 27 Jul 2022 Andy Sparrow, Lawrence Wilson, Richard Nurse, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy, Yvette Jordan Parked in lay-by on the outskirts of Cross and got kitted up quickly. Walked up Bourton Lane then turned left at the top through a couple of fields with lovely views across the levels. Thankfully Andy remembered where the entrance was as it was very well camouflaged by a couple of years leaf litter (popular cave this one!) somewhat worryingly the gate was… text/html 2023-08-07T10:26:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-08-03_swildons_shatter_pot&rev=1691403969&do=diff log_book_2022 swildon_s_hole Swildon's Hole, Shatter Pot - Wed 3 Aug 2022 Andrew Chamberlain, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Richard Nurse, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy, Yvette Jordan Just about managed to park on a very crowded green, thought there must be lots of people down the cave, at the entrance found that somebody has “scattered” ashes down the entrance, around the tree and in the pond. Impossible to avoid it all. Note to self don’t scatter ashes when the stream is dry! text/html 2024-04-12T12:58:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-08-24_longwood_swallet&rev=1712926732&do=diff log_book_2022 longwood_swallet Longwood Swallet - Wed 24 Aug 2022 Peter Sanders, David Cooke, Richard Nurse, Lawrence Wilson Having met at the top car park at 19:30 we walked to the entrance and after battling with the padlock descended the tight entrance series and squeeze to finally stand up at the base of the ladder, turning right into August Hole we negotiated the awkward Wet Chimney and flat out Drainpipe before arriving at the top of Swing Pitch. text/html 2022-10-22T03:18:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-10-06_hunter_s_hole&rev=1666408713&do=diff log_book_2022 hunters_hole Hunter's Hole - Thu 6 Oct 2022 Andy Sparrow, Lawrence Wilson, Rachel Sparrow, Richard Nurse, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy, Yvette Jordan We met at 7:30 in the dark corner of the Hunters carpark. After getting changed there was the normal phaffing and struggling as we all tried to get into our srt kits. text/html 2022-10-28T23:23:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-10-12_ogof_ffynnon_ddu_top_to_bottom_exchange&rev=1666999438&do=diff log_book_2022 ogof_ffynnon_ddu Ogof Ffynnon Ddu Top to Bottom Exchange - Wed 12 Oct 2022 [Team Shot by David Cooke] Uppies: David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Richard Nurse, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy Downies: Andy Sparrow, Danny Burnett, Judi Durber, Ken Passant, Yvette Jordan The day started with a typically drizzly and misty 9am meet at Asda, Merthyr Tydfil to fuel up with cooked breakfasts and for last minute planning. text/html 2022-10-25T19:22:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-10-19_st_cuthbert_s_swallet&rev=1666725726&do=diff log_book_2022 st_cuthberts_swallet St Cuthbert’s Swallet - Wed 19 Oct 2022 Laura Benn (BEC Leader), Lawrence Wilson, Richard Nurse, Will Puddy, Tim Gouge Wow! What a brilliant cave. Not really sure where we went so apologies for lack of details. All met and changed by 19:30 and walked the short distance from the Belfry to the entrance in a Gruffy field. Unusually a large valve handle is kept just inside the locked lid that enables you to turn the stream off. text/html 2022-10-28T23:25:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-10-25_upper_flood_swallet&rev=1666999528&do=diff log_book_2022 upper_flood Upper Flood Swallet - Tue 25 Oct 2022 Andrew Atkinson (Leader), Andy Sparrow, Lawrence Wilson, Seán Tidey (Access limited to three + leader) [Lawrence by Seán Tidey] The three of us met Andrew at 10am at the MCG hut to get kitted up. Nine months of trips getting changed outside then two trips in two weeks where we could get changed inside, luxury! text/html 2022-10-31T22:48:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-10-26_swildons_hole_round_trip&rev=1667256484&do=diff log_book_2022 Swildon's Hole, Round Trip - Wed 26 Oct 2022 Will Puddy, Rich Nurse Will and I met at the Priddy green carpark at around 1900, after a short discussion on thermal requirements the two of us off across the fields. Arriving the hut at around 1930, we were surprised to see how low the stream was, we had been expecting a small torrent after hearing about a recent trip Lawrence had led. My decision on thermal and fluffy may be on the warm side! text/html 2022-11-08T20:35:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-11-02_mangle_hole&rev=1667939739&do=diff log_book_2022 mangle_hole srt Mangle Hole - Wed 2 Nov 2022 Paul James, Rich Nurse, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy After a late flurry of e-mails from members pulling out due to various reason the trip ended up with just the four of us, which was probably the not a bad thing as anymore would have meant a lot of waiting around for ropes to be rigged etc. We met as normal at 7:30pm in the Mendip Outdoor Pursuits car park on a wet and disgusting night. text/html 2022-11-19T18:24:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-11-09_manor_farm_swallet&rev=1668882240&do=diff log_book_2022 manor_farm_swallet Manor Farm Swallet - Wed 9 Nov 2022 Andy Sparrow, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Rich Nurse, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy, Yvette Jordan, Rachel Sparrow We all met in the Charterhouse centre car park at 19:30 thankfully the heavy rain had passed so managed to get changed and fettle tackle in the dry before walking 300m down the road to Manor Farm then followed the footpath to the newly refurbished and gated entrance. text/html 2022-11-29T21:38:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-11-16_swildon_s_hole_black_hole_trip&rev=1669757929&do=diff log_book_2022 Swildon's Hole, Black Hole Trip - Wed 16 Nov 2022 Peter Hall, Peter Sanders, Will Puddy, Rich Nurse We met at Priddy Green, changing in the barn due to minor leakage from the sky. Lawrence, Andy and Rachel dropped of a ladder and rope, before deserting us for drier, warmer climes at the Hunters. text/html 2022-11-24T09:16:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-11-23_gb&rev=1669281413&do=diff log_book_2022 GB - Wed 23 Nov 2022 Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Yvette Jordan Jenna and Kieran Met at 19:30 in a cold gateway with impressive lightning going off in the distance, after changing we walked across the wet field to the entrance. As soon as we were inside we started to warm up and descended steeply down past a few Lesser Horseshoe bats then through the squeeze into Mud Passage before entering the Gorge which had a good size stream flowing, which we followed all the way to … text/html 2022-12-10T17:09:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-12-07_white_pit&rev=1670692153&do=diff log_book_2022 white_pit White Pit - Wed 7 Dec 2022 Andy Sparrow, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Rich Nurse, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy, Yvette Jordan Met at 19:30 and parked in a couple of lay-bys just past the entrance to the field, it was one of the coldest nights of the year so once Andy, Yvette and myself where changed we walked through thick frost to the cave entrance, rigged ladder and lifeline and descended into the warmth of the cave where we where met by the others, turning right dow… text/html 2023-01-01T12:47:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2022:2022-12-21_christmas_capers_goatchurch_cavern&rev=1672577268&do=diff log_book_2022 goatchurch_cavern christmas_capers Christmas Capers, Goatchurch Cavern - Wed 21 Dec 2022 Andrew Chamberlain, Andy Sparrow, Chris Castle, Ian Tiley, Judi Durber, Lawrence Wilson, Paul James, Peter Sanders, Rich Nurse, Will Puddy, Yvette Jordan Adam, Tim Gouge, Jake Tebet, Simon Jordan, Zoe Hebden, Andy Hebden, Rachel Sparrow