Exploration of Browns Folly near Bath, amazing place @JonnyC: Time for a spot of underground Geocaching which performed the great service of bringing us to Brown's Folly. After parking and kitting up we headed off in a meandering route through the woods, eventually zeroing in on the 'muddy hole' entrance. We diligently followed our instructions and clambered in near the steps and headed quickly to clapham junction. Without too much delay we found our first item. We then went on the longer ra ...

Digging @RichM: Finding Link Lane blocked by a digger, we kitted up by the Burrington Inn and walked up to the cave. Once at the dig site I wallowed in the liquid mud whilst the select team hauled away my mess. After an hour we swapped positions and cleared out most of the remaining spoil gaining about 30cm. Much debate about what to do next [still ongoing a week latter] we then exited taking the drill and blacking kit [unused] back out. Who's theory will we follow?

@RichM: Following very heavy rain storms the cloud cleared and we started out from the bottom of Burrington Coombe on a days GCW assessment walk. Link lane, quick look at Bath [stream running will it be latter?] past Rods and Reeds then up into Rowberrow woods. Lunch stop then on up to South edge of Blackdown - very wet under foot but stunning views as far as Dunkery Beacon and the snow capped Breacons. Up to trig point [quick photo]very cold wind then dropped down to Ellick House. Cross road and up ...

@JonnyC: Short circular around the shipham quarries consolidating knowledge from a days training.

Easy trip into Swildons to wash the suits for following week @JonnyC: In desperate need of a caving suit wash before heading to a show cave on Saturday we decide a shower on the twenty should do the trick. Heading out from Wessex we head into Swildon's, wet way, water chamber, the twenty, inclined rift, up into Tratman's temple, the dry mud sump, greasy chimney, deciding against doing a short round trip we the retreated through Tratman's and headed out the short dry way. A very pleasant trip whi ...

Leading a group of freshers into Swildons @RichM: At the Belfry and bumped into Mad Phil, next thing I was leading a group of novice cavers from Nottingham Uni down Swildon's. A pleasant walk across the snow covered fields in the sun saw us waiting for groups to enter the cave [very popular today] Once in decided to stay dry miss the traffic so headed for the zig zags, caught the rush again at Jacobs ladder, so off down long dry way and down to the twenty with various stops, chats & photos. Had a loo ...

JC lead into Sidcot, manufactured footloop tested in lobster pot, good explore @RichM: A wet night in the coombe, passing a large group who had visited Goatchurch we entered Sidcot heading to the top of the lobster pot. After a brief encounter with the lobster pot bypass which I thought better of due to lack of energy we headed down to the dig. Whilst pondering the potential both JC and I experienced rising damp in different places [perhaps wellies are coming to the end of their life?]A photo session ...

Digging @RichM: Whilst pondering the difficult progress in Bath we decided to have a change so ventured uo to Totty Pot just to have a look. Laddered the entrance as it was very slimmy and headed east being very careful as there was some 20 plus lesser horse shoe bats with a number of them in pairs actively keeping warm [or is it that time of year]no draftseven in the bottom chamber so headed for the short rift out to the West this end was drafting well - too tight to continue but possible potential?

Digging @RichM: My first trip into Lime Kiln - this dig or is it a mine? has seen action on and off for many years ?since the 80's. Visited the west dig face where Murray was preparing to demolish some six holes, quite wet and not inspiring then to the bottom of the entrance shaft where Aubrey was also looking to reduce holes. Some interesting mechanisation for removing spoil. Not a place I will rush back to.

Very cold night on Mendip leading to freexing of body parts @RichM: A very cold night on Mendip, our cold bodies filling the entrance to Swildon's with steam as the warm moist air hit us [felt like a sauna] into the long dry way via the zig zags to stay dry for as long as possible - onto the twenty which had a reasonable water flow then followed stream way down to tratmans temple, after a brief stop to admire the formations carried on upto the mudsump which was open. Decided to turn around there to a ...