First mine visit for JC and DG @JonnyC: Great fun visit into SRM, and our first mine exploration.

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Exploration of Sidcot for a warm dry trip @JonnyC: Our caving trip this week was a centred around a warm and dry trip to Burrington. We had a quick squint down through Aveline’s Hole up to the gated archaeological dig and then proceeded up West Twin to Sidcot Swallet. Sidcot is immediately an interesting system, as much of the first descent is centre around one main rift split into several crawls/sections by boulders. We took the route down through Hell Series, Lobster Pot into Paradise, although I ...

Not much to say @JonnyC: Quick look at the archaeological dig site, and then out again.

A trip into Swildons two, first sump for many. @JonnyC: Took a trip down Swildon’s from the Wessex club, via the short dry way, this time progressing all the way to sump one. Although time was pressing we took the opportunity to dive under the sump into the Swildon’s Two stream way. Because I was only wearing my TikkaXP I decided to ditch the lamp this side, and use my zip lock sealed MyoXP reserve on the far side. We did not stop for long, but nevertheless a tantalising view of future jaunts. The ...

East Twin & Spar Pot

First descent of the twenty for some of the party and visit to the pretty Barnes Loop @JonnyC: A trip down Swildon’s and our first attempt at the twenty. I was a little nervous about the twenty, right up until we got there, but actually doing it was awesome, I had no problems with confidence (probably in great measure due to the lifeline) and soon got the technique nailed. We proceeded on down to Barnes Loop which was very impressive, although we turned back at the end slide of the loop. The climb ...

First visit for JC to Swildon's @JonnyC: My first visit to Swildon’s hole, and what a different place, right from the outset with the blockhouse entrance into the stream and an immediate wetting. The sight of the collapsed entrance chamber does play on the mind a little, but is soon replaced by the experience of climbing down the rift to the right. We made our way down the wet way which ensured I had a constant smile on my face, just like gorge walking but on a smaller scale and underground! To ens ...

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