Lancaster Hole to the death pits and back

Sunday May 3rd 2026

Members present: Asher Goodwin,  Miles Pitcher,  Reggie Wardle

A perhaps silly idea of a trip as this was intended to be a Lancs to County and I had never actually done Lancs to Mainline Terminus. Got lost somewhere after the death pits, turned around. Found out the next day that I was within 1 metre of the right passage.

Also Viki saved us, we love Viki.

In a more detailed manner - Oxbow Junction is described as "easily missed" and boy does it live up to that description. The low muddy crawl that opens up to standing height and then back down to crawling is easily confused with a short crawl somewhere before the junction and after the pits. The actual crawl is in the middle of 2 other directions, the right is a well decorated triangular passage that ends after about 15 metres, the left is a downwards boulder slope that leads back to the main drain. The way on is waist to head height on the far wall, in between these other 2 passages. It is a very wide flat crawl that doesnt look like it goes anywhere.