Trips & Reports

Since we didn't have a description or survey, and none of us knew the cave, it's quite interesting to see where we got to on this little bimble. We started by heading up Pybus By-pass and along the passage to Black Hole Chamber. Here we continued down to the left through a crawl and in to the Night Shift Series. We passed China Dog Chamber and arrived at the start of the Canyon traverse but thought better of it and... read more

Aygill Cavern... not so sure about the 'cavern' bit of it, but it was smaller and more tedious than the name implies. Anyways, we set off in high spirits, keen to explore one of the less well-known caves in the Easegill area. Some confusion at the start saw us crawling into all sorts of small cracks until I headed down where Steven had been minutes before and had come back, looking unsure if that small tunnel was the way... read more

TOM WENT CAVING?! I don't believe it :p

Yep! He's rigging next time ;)

While there’s charm a-plenty in popular p-bolted caves – clean and curvaceous, shampooed and shiny, glossy as show dogs from the polish of countless caver bums – Gingling, bolted only on spits and relatively unworn, has the ragged splendour of a feral wolf, everywhere shaggy with stalactites that look like the matted fur of an animal climbing out of a river. Surprisingly fast-going for a team of seven, in which many of us were rigging off spits for the first time... read more

I don't think I've ever seen Will quite so happy, this must be one of his favourite trips, especially the swimming at the start ;)

An interesting and varied trip. We did all of the usual routes plus a bit more exploration down a side passage that is often sumped! It was pleasing to get all the way to the true sump this time, though the lack of wetsuit was a definite mistake.