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 2023-01-05T13:27:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-01-04_sludge_pit&rev=1672925238&do=diff log_book_2023 sludge_pit Sludge Pit - Wed 4 Jan 2023 Andy Sparrow, Lawrence Wilson, Paul James, Rich Nurse, Will Puddy, Yvette Jordan Parked and got changed at the Wessex then walked up the drove and across the field to the entrance. The pitch was already rigged (Rich Marlow et al) First off we had a look at our previous dig and did a bit of stabilisation and tidying up before looking at the old ChCC dig. text/html 2023-08-07T10:26:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-01-11_swildons_hole&rev=1691403997&do=diff log_book_2023 swildon_s_hole Swildon's Hole - Wed 11 Jan 2023 Ian Tiley, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Peter Hall, Rich Nurse, Will Puddy Keith Milward After a day of heavy rain I was expecting the roads to be flooded on the way into Priddy but turned out to be not too bad. text/html 2023-02-07T00:14:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-01-18_waterwheel_swallet&rev=1675728873&do=diff log_book_2023 waterwheel_swallet Waterwheel Swallet - Wed 18 Jan 2023 Andy Sparrow, David Cooke, Ian Tiley, Lawrence Wilson, Paul James, Peter Sanders, Rich Nurse, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy A freezing night on the Mendips with snow having fallen earlier in the day. What better cave than the legendarily chilly Whaterwheel Swallet. text/html 2023-08-07T10:24:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-01-25_read_s_cavern&rev=1691403899&do=diff log_book_2023 read_s_cavern Read’s Cavern - Wed 25 Jan 2023 Andy Sparrow, David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Rich Nurse, Will Puddy, Rachel Sparrow, Tim Gouge, James Howarth Drove through fog to the Burrington Inn where we parked and changed before climbing into Tim’s minibus for the drive up to the cave. After a 5 minute walk we arrived at the entrance. Here we split into two groups, Andy, Cookie, Rachel and I followed the rest at a more relaxed pace into the impressive Main Ch… text/html 2023-04-16T18:52:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-02-01_sludge_pit&rev=1681671170&do=diff log_book_2023 sludge_pit Sludge Pit - Wed 1 Feb 2023 Andy Sparrow, David Cooke, James Howarth, Jenna Mackay, Keith Milward, Kieran Hucknal, Lawrence Wilson, Paul James, Rachel Sparrow, Rich Nurse, Seán Tidey, Tim Gouge, Will Puddy The club is or has been engaged in three connection projects in Sludge Pit. These are: text/html 2023-04-16T18:42:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-02-05_sludge_pit&rev=1681670575&do=diff log_book_2023 sludge_pit Sludge Pit - Sun 5 Feb 2023 Andy Sparrow, Seán Tidey The Link dig. Two 50cm holes drilled and fired. Out in time for Happy Valley. --- Andy 06/02/2023 text/html 2023-04-16T18:45:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-02-06_sludge_pit&rev=1681670708&do=diff log_book_2023 sludge_pit Sludge Pit - Mon 6 Feb 2023 Andy Sparrow, Seán Tidey The corner has been considerably eased. Went to the other side and dug floor down for an hour. Narrow working space. Needs a long handled hoe to remove spoil. --- Andy 6/02/2023 text/html 2023-02-10T10:44:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-02-08_eastwater_cavern&rev=1676025840&do=diff log_book_2023 eastwater_cavern Eastwater Cavern - Wed 8 Feb 2023 Andy Sparrow, David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Rich Nurse, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy James Howarth Tim Gouge All parked and changed on the verge then slithered our way down frozen turf to the entrance which was nice and dry. text/html 2023-08-07T10:16:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-02-22_honeymead_hole&rev=1691403394&do=diff log_book_2023 honeymead_hole Honeymead Hole - Wed 22 Feb 2023 David Cooke, James Howarth, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Seán Tidey, Tim Gouge, Will Puddy Opened the lid straight onto an 8m deep shaft with fixed ladder, following small passages down and through a tight rift we arrived at the roomy Somerville Hall where after referring to the survey we descended a sporting climb to find ourselves at the top of Keen’s Pot which we avoided via a muddy tube. text/html 2023-02-23T20:23:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-02-22_little_crapnell_swallet&rev=1677183791&do=diff log_book_2023 little_crapnell_swallet Little Crapnell Swallet - Wed 22 Feb 2023 Andy Sparrow, David Cooke, James Howarth, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Seán Tidey, Tim Gouge, Will Puddy Parking was a little more limited than hoped, thankfully we all squeezed in before the farmer came to see what we where up to, seemed a little surprised that we where caving but more than happy for us to do so. I suspect the party size limit is more to do with parking rather than the caving. text/html 2023-03-09T07:36:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-03-01_sludge_pit&rev=1678347362&do=diff log_book_2023 sludge_pit Sludge Pit - Wed 1 Mar 2023 Andy Sparrow, David Cooke, James Howarth, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Rich Nurse, Seán Tidey, Tim Gouge Arrived at the Wessex and split into two teams. Sean, Rich, James and Tim went down the streamway then climbed up the Aven to the dig site whilst Andy, Cookie, Peter and Lawrence went through triple arch chamber to the other side of the dig. text/html 2023-03-09T08:13:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-03-08_drunkard_s_hole&rev=1678349604&do=diff log_book_2023 drunkard_s_hole Drunkard’s Hole - Wed 8 Mar 2023 David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Yvette Mayo Arrived at the Burrington Inn at 19:30 then drove up Link Lane to park at the UBBS hut. Lots of snow on the ground with a bitting wind, got changed and trudged to the entrance with numb fingers and cold ears. Lovely to get into the warmth of the cave and warm up a bit. text/html 2023-08-07T10:28:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-03-15_bath_swallet_to_rods_pot&rev=1691404130&do=diff log_book_2023 bath_swallet rod_s_pot Bath Swallet to Rod's Pot - Wed 15 Mar 2023 Lawrence Wilson, Paul James, Peter Sanders, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy, Yvette Mayo What a difference a week makes, after last week’s freeze and snow the weather had reverted to form with rain and wind, walking to the Bath Swallet depression my heart dropped a little as I could hear the stream running, Yvette volunteered to rig the first pitch of Shower Pot which involved standing in the shower. text/html 2023-03-28T16:44:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-03-22_pen_park_hole&rev=1680021888&do=diff log_book_2023 pen_park_hole Pen Park Hole - Wed 22 Mar 2023 Adam Fletcher, Andy Sparrow, David Cooke, Judi Durber, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Rachel Sparrow (surface support) At 7:15, the appointed hour, caving royalty from Cheddar swept into Bristol, well, “Saafmeed” anyway and more importantly, Pen Park Rd. text/html 2023-04-16T18:35:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-03-29_sludge_pit&rev=1681670157&do=diff log_book_2023 sludge_pit Sludge Pit - Wed 29 Mar 2023 Andy Sparrow, David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy, Yvette Mayo In the midst of a biblical deluge we gathered at WCC. The rain took a break as we walked over but it’s legacy was still showering down the entrance pitch. Eventually 6 damp cavers made their way to the two ends of the dig (or what we hope are the two ends of the same dig). Cookie’s arrival allowed lowering and emptying of bags from the aven and… text/html 2023-08-07T10:31:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-04-01_sludge_pit&rev=1691404262&do=diff log_book_2023 sludge_pit Sludge Pit - Sat 1 Apr 2023 Andy Sparrow, Rich Nurse A good trip with an unexpected twist.. Andy and I set off to the recent banged area at the top of the new pitch, at the end of the new link down into the stream course. The plan was to clear the area and install anchors for a traverse line and rigging points for the pitch. text/html 2023-04-06T12:37:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-04-05_pen_park_hole&rev=1680784649&do=diff log_book_2023 pen_park_hole Pen Park Hole - Wed 5 Apr 2023 David Cooke, James Howarth, Seán Tidey, Tim Gouge, Will Puddy Tonight 5 brave adventurers with Cookie at the helm, headed into Pen Park Hole. Dodging the needles Cookie had a roll around and passionately opened the gate (a rather impressive manoeuvre). We created “the leaning tower of kit buckets” and then awkwardly crawled past the suspicious urine smell and needle caps to the wonky in-situ ladders. We continued over the wine crat… text/html 2023-08-07T10:31:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-04-05_sludge_pit&rev=1691404289&do=diff log_book_2023 sludge_pit Sludge Pit - Wed 5 Apr 2023 Andy Sparrow, Lawrence Wilson, Paul James, Rich Nurse The four of us set of with high excitement to see what the evenings exploration would bring. We split to do different tasks, Andy and Lawrence continuing to clear the link, PJ and I to work on the unknown passage. text/html 2023-06-18T14:06:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-04-11_balch_hole&rev=1687097172&do=diff log_book_2023 balch_cave Balch Cave - Tue 11 Apr 2023 Chris Castle, Rachel Sparrow It was a wild and stormy night. Once in Fairy Quarry car park it eased off and we splashed our way to the cave. After the traditional flailing about to undo the lock we got in. Oh dear. My ancient body had trouble doing anything. Moves I would have done easily a few years ago have become difficult. text/html 2023-04-13T09:24:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-04-12_pierre_s_pot&rev=1681377840&do=diff log_book_2023 pierre_s_pot Pierre’s Pot - Wed 12 Apr 2023 Lawrence Wilson, Will Puddy, Yvette Mayo In the midst of storm Noa we met in Burrington Coombe got changed quickly and disappeared underground and 19:45. Neither Will or Yvette had been down before and decided to explore the lower series. With a bit of searching we found the bypass squeeze and struggled through it, picking up a “Christmas Capers” answer card from the far side. The next two squeezes where swiftly dispatched and we ar… text/html 2023-04-20T17:52:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-04-19_cuckoo_cleeves&rev=1682013160&do=diff log_book_2023 cuckoo_cleeves Cuckoo Cleeves - Wed 19 Apr 2023 Andy Sparrow, Lawrence Wilson, Paul James, Peter Sanders, Rachel Sparrow, Rich Nurse, Will Puddy, Yvette Mayo Met on the side of the road in lovely evening sunshine, got changed and walked to the entrance alongside two fields of just sprouting beans. Yvette swiftly rigged the entrance tube and we all descended without incident. text/html 2023-08-07T10:27:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-04-26_swildons_hole&rev=1691404021&do=diff log_book_2023 swildon_s_hole Swildon's Hole - Wed 26 Apr 2023 Ian Tiley, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Will Puddy, Yvette Mayo Arrived on the green at 19:30 and walked to the entrance in the dry, Yvette is about to do her core skills assessment day so wanted to get to know upper Swildons. text/html 2023-05-20T21:45:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-05-10_shute_shelve_cavern&rev=1684619118&do=diff log_book_2023 shute_shelve_cavern Shute Shelve Cavern - Wed 10 May 2023 Adam Fletcher, David Cooke, Judi Durber, Ken Passant, Paul James, Yvette Mayo “Lofty” Hearn (leader) Arrived at the view point car park on Axbridge bypass at 19:30 Beers afterwards at the Lamb, Axbridge text/html 2023-05-26T21:09:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-05-17_north_hill_swallet&rev=1685135387&do=diff log_book_2023 north_hill_swallet North Hill Swallet - Wed 17 May 2023 Andy Sparrow, David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Will Puddy, Yvette Mayo Assembled at the Wessex and got kitted up, having paid at the farm we walked to the entrance where Andy et al rigged the entrance with considerable stile(sic) Cookie, Andy and Lawrence used SRT with the rest using ladder and lifeline, the first 20 feet is in concrete pipe, the next 20 free hanging and the last 20 free climbable. text/html 2023-08-07T10:34:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-05-24_fairy_cave_to_hillier_s_cave_through_trip&rev=1691404445&do=diff log_book_2023 fairy_cave hillier_s_cave Fairy Cave to Hillier's Cave through trip - Wed 24 May 2023 David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Paul James, Peter Sanders, Seán Tidey A gorgeous evening to visit a beautiful cave, got going at 19:45 following the route through the blast damaged upper section of the cave before getting to an unpleasant and quite full duck followed by a tight squeeze, after some meandering around we arrived in Hillier’s at the top of a short climb down. text/html 2023-06-02T10:39:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-05-31_srt_training&rev=1685702382&do=diff log_book_2023 training SRT Training - Wed 31 May 2023 Andy Sparrow, David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy, Yvette Mayo A big thank you to Andy for rigging the Wessex Tower and running an excellent training evening, assisted by Cookie. All manner of SRT was covered, up, down, changing direction and passing rebelays, everyone had plenty of practice and gained in confidence. text/html 2023-06-18T14:03:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-06-13_balch_cave&rev=1687097015&do=diff log_book_2023 balch_cave Balch Cave - Tue 13 Jun 2023 Chris Castle, Rachel Sparrow Another attempt. We entered by the left-hand, or northerly, entrance and a bit of easy going brought us the large Erratic Passage. This only goes for 30 metres to a dodgy boulder choke; bang debris from the blasting. text/html 2023-06-20T22:53:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-06-14_thrupe_lane_swallet_to_hobnail_hole&rev=1687301614&do=diff log_book_2023 thrupe_lane_swallet hobnail_hole Thrupe Lane Swallet to Hobnail Hole - Wed 14 Jun 2023 Adam Fletcher, Judi Durber, Lawrence Wilson, Paul James, Peter Sanders, Seán Tidey, Yvette Mayo Arrived at the Hunters at 19:00 then all got into Sean’s van for the short drive to Thrupe where we got changed. This is when the issue of keys reared it’s head, unbeknownst to us the gate had recently been fitted with a CSCC lock, thankfully Andy and Rachel where in the area and picked up Chris C… text/html 2023-06-25T20:23:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-06-21_charterhouse_cave&rev=1687724594&do=diff log_book_2023 charterhouse_cave Charterhouse Cave - Wed 21 Jun 2023 David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Will Puddy All met up at the Gruffy field gateway at 19:30 in glorious, longest day sunshine, Andy, Rachel, Yvette and Chris Castle were all parked there ready to go down GB. After a relatively short descent the cave starts getting tight in a series of rifts, squeezes and wallows although well decorated in parts, particularly the aptly named Curly Wurly Stal. text/html 2023-08-07T10:45:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-07-12_swildons_hole_-_upper_series&rev=1691405132&do=diff log_book_2023 swildon_s_hole Swildon's Hole, Upper Series - Wed 12 Jul 2023 Andrew Chamberlain, Peter Sanders, Will Puddy, Yvette Mayo We met in the usual spot to find there were just the four of us so decided to stick to the upper series and not carry any kit. The car park was busy so we let what looked like a group of scouts get ahead of us. text/html 2023-10-25T13:35:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-07-19_brownes_hole_stoke_lane_slocker&rev=1698240921&do=diff log_book_2023 Brownes' Hole & Stoke Lane Slocker - Wed 19 Jul 2023 Andy Sparrow, David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Paul James, Peter Sanders, Rich Nurse, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy FYI This report is being written thee months late so some of the details may be a little out. text/html 2023-08-12T17:06:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-08-09_sludge_pit_aven_dig&rev=1691859974&do=diff log_book_2023 sludge_pit Sludge Pit, Aven Dig - Wed 9 Aug 2023 David Cooke, Rich Nurse, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy The team congregated at the Wessex and set off for the Aven dig on a warm humid evening. Seán did most of the digging. Cookie stacked spoil and collected rocks for the dry stone walling around the spoil heap. How high can we make it before it collapses again? Rich and Will manoeuvred the bags in between. Half way through the evening Will and Cookie swapped. We removed approximate… text/html 2023-10-26T15:12:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-10-11_gb&rev=1698333178&do=diff log_book_2023 GB - Wed 11 Oct 2023 Andy Sparrow, David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Paul James, Peter Sanders, Rich Nurse, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy, Yvette Mayo Claire Miller Trips to GB always draw a big crowd and this Wednesday was no exception with ten club members turning out! (How come digging in Sludge doesn’t get teams of ten). We met at 7pm and were kitted up and ready to go by 7.20. Andy and Claire decided to take a more leisurely trip staying above the Ladder Dig and the rest of the te… text/html 2023-10-25T12:46:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-10-18_sludge_pit_hole&rev=1698237987&do=diff log_book_2023 digging Sludge Pit Hole - Wed 18 Oct 2023 Andy Sparrow, David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Paul James, Peter Sanders, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy With a large team and a breakthrough IMINANT enthusiasm was high for digging this week. Seán and Will set of first taking rope for the entrance pitch and headed straight for the top of the aven and the dig. Seán went back to work on the dig face and Will got into position at the top of the aven ready to manoeuvre bags. PJ then also came up the… text/html 2023-10-26T11:00:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-10-25_swildon_s_hole&rev=1698318019&do=diff log_book_2023 Swildon's Hole - Wed 25 Oct 2023 David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy, Yvette Mayo The six of us, Seán, Lawrence, Will, Peter, Cookie & Yvette met on Priddy Green at around 7pm and after changing and discussing where to go got to the cave entrance around 7.20pm. Water levels looked to be just perfect, enough to have / make it fun. We decided to stick as one team and head down to the sump to check out the dig that is currently trying to connect S… text/html 2023-11-12T20:37:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-11-08_singing_river_mine&rev=1699821450&do=diff log_book_2023 singing_river_mine Singing River Mine - Wed 8 Nov 2023 Andy Sparrow, Brendan Hanley, David Cooke, Peter Sanders, Will Puddy, Yvette Mayo We met at the entrance fully kitted out, having discreetly (or not) got changed at disparate locations around Shipham. The shiny new gate with combination lock was opened using the code provided by Wayne Starsmore and although we’d considered abseil descent to speed up entry bearing in mind the 9:30 required exit, the ladders and lifeline we… text/html 2023-11-23T17:18:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-11-22_sludge_pit_hole&rev=1700759912&do=diff log_book_2023 sludge_pit_hole Sludge Pit Hole - Wed 22 Nov 2023 Andy Sparrow, David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy, Yvette Mayo Following the sad news that Jackie Dors had died earlier in the day we rapidly changed from the planned Hunters Hole trip to Sludge Pit. text/html 2023-11-30T19:53:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-11-29_east_twin_swallet&rev=1701373983&do=diff log_book_2023 east_twin_swallet spar_pot East Twin Swallet - Wed 29 Nov 2023 Andy Sparrow, Chris Castle, David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Rachel Sparrow, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy, Yvette Mayo Ewan (prospective member) A chilly night found us outside the Burrington Inn getting changed then car sharing up the coombe to park at the bottom of East Twin valley, a short walk and the entrance was seen to be taking a fair amount of water. The climb in was easy enough as was the climb do… text/html 2023-12-14T15:21:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-12-06_coral_cave&rev=1702567288&do=diff log_book_2023 srt flooding Coral Cave - Wed 6 Dec 2023 David Cooke, Lawrence Wilson, Seán Tidey, Will Puddy An unusually small group of just four of us met in a cold, wet and windy layby just outside Cross, below Wavering Down. After gearing up with our SRT kit we headed off up the hill and across a couple of fields to find the small manhole at the foot of some rocks which is the entrance to Coral Cave. Seán rigged the entrance and abbed down to the first ledge and straight away saw the ca… text/html 2024-01-12T19:47:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-12-13_goatchurch_cavern&rev=1705088849&do=diff log_book_2023 christmas capers Goatchurch Cavern - Wed 13 Dec 2023 Adam Fletcher, Andy Sparrow, David Cooke, James Howarth, Judi Durber, Ken Passant, Lawrence Wilson, Peter Sanders, Rachel Sparrow, Seán Tidey, Tim Gouge, Will Puddy, Yvette Mayo Among others Gary and Avril For the last trip of the year we had a quiz/scavenge hunt down Goatchurch Cavern, it was a timed event of 1 hour underground in teams of two. Everyone set of at different speeds finding answers and points throughout the c… text/html 2024-01-12T20:29:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cheddar-caving-club.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=log_books:log_book_2023:2023-12-29_wet_sink&rev=1705091364&do=diff log_book_2023 wet_sink forest_of_dean Wet Sink - Fri 29 Dec 2023 Adam Fletcher, David Cooke, Judi Durber, Lawrence Wilson, Paul James Tim and Andy (local F o D cavers) A Friday day trip to the Forest of Dean, despite the wet weather and flooding we all arrived safe and sound before getting changed in the rain and tramping across the fields to the entrance. Just up valley from our dry entrance the sinking stream was in full spate, as was the overflow from the local sewage works