Caving log

Cave	Date	Notes	Party
Daren Cilau	19/5/2013	Route to the Restaurant was blocked by a severe roof collapse in Acupuncture, and so we retreated to the Hard Rock Café where Gonzo, Matt and Mandy were also camping over the weekend. Spent Saturday clearing the fallen debris and gardening sections past Western Union into safer, crawling-sized passage. Acupuncture is still very unstable though and will likely need several more trips to stabilise the roof and assess any more collapses further on. Caved out Sunday with abandoned rubbish left at the Hard Rock stores.	MadPhil, Rich, Tom, Emma, Andy, Chris (RUCC)
Priddy Green Sink	12/5/2013	Pull-thru to Swildon's and continuation of the Short Round. Low water levels - Sump 1 was open.	MadPhil, Tom, Emma
St. Cuthbert's Swallet	11/5/2013	Evening trip to lay down tiles for a PhD student's experiment looking at manganese deposits. Phil also wanted to check out the sump after the winter.	MadPhil, Tom, Emma
Jingling Pot	5/5/2013	Rigged the Cleft Route to the base of the main shaft. John de-rigged. Not a fan of rigging off trees.	John
Aquamole Pot	5/5/2013	John and I shared the rigging. The route down was mostly pre-rigged for diving operations at the bottom. Tom and Rob caught us up at the bottom pitch to de-rig.	John
Hurnel Moss Pot	4/5/2013	Tom rigged the first pitch after which I did the second. Other group bounced Bar Pot and returned later.	MadPhil, Tom
Gaping Gill	4/5/2013	Rigged Dihedral route and bounced straight out of Main Chamber. Amazing views. MilkyMatt, John and Rob did Rat Hole in tandem. Part of a training weekend for a Switzerland expedition later in the year.	MadPhil, Tom
Ogof Draenen	14/4/2013	A root around the Hexamine Highways series. Found that the warnings of 'uncomfortably awkward' squeezes in the Gerbil Run were somewhat exaggerated. Fine raft formations in Gerbil Heaven. In Upbeat, out Hexamine Highway.	Rich, Oli
Daren Cilau	11/3/2013	REU digging camp. Split into three teams; Phil and Tom re-surveying Dweebland, Henry D and John starting on Mary Mary, and Gary, Rob and me continuing at Starbar. First caving trip in a while and ended up suffering with cramp attacks on the way in. Cleared out some rubbish from the Hard Rock Café on the way out.	MadPhil, John, Rob, Tom, Henry D, Gary
OFD 1	11/8/2012	Through trip to Cwm Dwr via the Waterfall Series. Failed to find Crystal Pool Chamber without a survey. Wasn't feeling great so decided to exit out of Cwm Dwr instead of Top Entrance.	Oli
OFD 3	21/7/2012	First time over the traverses in 3 - fortunately not as bad as anticipated. Spent 20 minutes going upstream before turning back to avoid a callout. Oli lost the water fight.	Rich, Oli, Chris
Eastwater Cavern	14/7/2012	Short upper round trip before Jo & Mark's wedding. Found out the actual route was different to what I thought. Moist entrance series with a waterfall entering the boulder choke.	Rich, Oli, Chris
Llygad Llwchwr	21/6/2012	Didn't take a ladder for the third(?) river chamber. Bad memory meant we got more wet than necessary. Spent more time chatting than caving.	Oli
Llygad Llwchwr 2	21/6/2012	A poke see at this new cave... much discussion on cave conservation was had.	Oli
Ogof Draenen	16/6/2012	Planned to go to Bolder Land, but got worried about water levels and the crawls sumping. Instead we went to see the water levels in the Main Streamway and visit Echo Inlet. Alex's first time caving.	Rich, Colin, Alex B.
Ogof Draenen	28/4/2012	REU digging camp was cancelled due to flooding risk and illness. Instead we visited Big Country in search of a Manganese Inlet MadPhil had visited many years before. Didn't find it, but the area looks interesting and in need of another poke about.	Rich, MadPhil, Rob
St. Cuthbert's Swallet	15/4/2012	Short jolly down to sump 1 as MadPhil wanted to check what kit of his was there. Took some photos on the way back out.	Rich, MadPhil, Rich ?
Eastwater Cavern	14/4/2012	Photo trip down the Technical Masterpiece and sump 1. Ruth headed back out with Rich near Hellsgate, though he returned to meet us on the way out.	Rich, Rufus, MadPhil, Martin
Daren Cilau	31/3/2012	Digging camp at the REU. John, Rob and I carried on at the digface at Starbar, while the 5 others returned to Painkiller North to continue the dig there. The duck-under at Starbar is now heading upwards significantly, though will likely intercept passage near Curly Wurly. Still pulling out compacted mud. Caved out in 3hr45m.	MadPhil, Tom, John B., Rob, Martin, Dave (NUCC), Andy K.
Longwood Swallet	25/3/2012	Attempted to dig out spoil on a bend of the main streamway. Constructed a dam to stop water flowing to the dig-face, however the walls quickly closed in to a narrow crack.	MadPhil, Rich, Tom, Matt, John B., Rob, Martin
Eastwater Cavern	24/3/2012	The round trip with the Fat Belly Boyes. Down Lolly Pot and up Morton's Pot. Carried out some old digging equipment from Sump 1.	MadPhil, Rich, Tom, Matt, John B., Rob, Martin
Moel Fferna Mine	18/3/2012	Only needed one electron ladder to descend the ventilation shaft (fixed ladder halfway down). Dodgy rigging off a tree and rusty bar. Explored four levels, including down to the 'Bridge of Death'.	Sam R., Toby, Dave G., Luke
Ogof Hen Ffynhonnau	17/3/2012	With the weather looking like it might rain we had tried to find Ogof Nadolig close-by, but in the end decided to risk the flood-prone 'Poacher's Cave'. Short, but surprisingly big stream passage at the end.	Sam R., Toby, Dave G., Luke
Daren Cilau	2/3/2012	Digging camp at the REU. Chamber past Curly Wurly quickly filled with bad air, so left one group digging in the main passage while we went to Painkiller north. Photo session at the Blue Greenies on the way back. Colin's first camp.	MadPhil, Colin, Tom, Matt, Andy K., John B., Rob, Rosie
Daren Cilau	26/2/2012	Aber day trip to the Time Machine. Toby managed to nearly kill himself on the ladder, but fortunately the belay held. 9.5 hour trip - long day seeing as we went in after midday. Back at Whitewalls we heard another group who had gone in before us had not surfaced from doing the through trip. Rescue initiated shortly afterwards.	Toby, Sam D., Sam R., David G.
Agen Allwedd	18/2/2012	Kind of Figure-8 trip round the Outer and Inner Circles clockwise. Also brief detour to the Swiss Village. Heavy rain in the morning meant water levels were slightly higher on the way out.	Rich, Chris
OFD 1	11/2/2012	Through trip to Cwm Dwr. Chris navigated with only a few minor lapses around Boulder Chamber and Diver's Pitch. Out in under 4.5 hours	Chris, Jono, Toby, Gareth, Luke
Ogof Draenen	28/1/2012	Round trip with a diversion into the Crystal Maze and 'Pontypool or Bust' to check out the digs. Also had a poke around Players Tunnel. Nolwenn's first caving trip.	Rich, Colin, Nolwenn
Daren Cilau	20/1/2012	Digging camp at the REU. Full complement of Fat Belly Boys present thanks to the discovery of 'walking passage' leading off out of sight at last camp. Turned out to be somewhat of an anticlimax for all with just 4 metres found. A tight connection to another chamber was found, though the dig is still looking ominously long term. Took camera and flashes, so got some shots at the dig and at camp. Caved in to camp with John sub 4 hours. Developed a fever over the weekend so felt pretty rough coming out. Exited with Rob out of Price's.	MadPhil, Rich, Gary J, Dickon, Tom, John B, Rob, Milky Matt, Andy K
OFD 1	15/1/2012	Round trip, and my first time in 1 (leadership rules now abandoned).	Hellie, Marc, Rich, Rufus, Chris
Dan-yr-Ogof	14/1/2012	As an introduction to Welsh caves for Marc we did the round trip. Rich carried 12 litres of water for Hirlatz training.	Hellie, Marc, Rich, Rufus, Chris
Bwlch Glas Mine	17/12/2011	Miles and Lyndsey were in town so went for a quick visit.	Sam D., Colin, Lyndsey, Miles
Swildon's Hole	10/12/2011	Down to Sump 1; no-one tempted to go it through it though.	Oli, Rich, Chris
Ogof Draenen	8/12/2011	Oli's first caving trip since leaving for Syria 18 months ago. Went down The Canyon trying to reach Tractortracks	Oli
Great Orme	19/11/2011	Abandoned our trip to Ogof Draenen after receiving a NWCRO callout to a rescue on the Great Orme, Llandudno.	Chris, Sam R., David, Heather
Daren Cilau	11/11/2011	Weekend digging camp at the REU. Spent Friday evening and Saturday digging in Starbar. Mini chamber found and clean sandy deposits still continuing under a flake. Spoil stacking cut off air circulation at the face so digging time was cut short on Sat. Phil and I carried out some terra-forming of camp.	MadPhil, Gary J., Dickon, Rich, Tom, John B, Rob
Eastwater Cavern	6/11/2011	Down Morton's Pot to the Technical Masterpiece in order to retrieve a pump.	Rich, Chris
Rhino Rift	5/11/2011	Major collapse at the top of the third pitch, including one boulder of 4 tonnes. Steve and I rigged; helped Monika to de-rig.	Steve, Monika
Ice Cube Mine	27/10/2011	MadPhil and John rigged while Martin and I visited the sumped moulin. Below the main shaft, the way on had closed up since the previous exped.	Martin G., MadPhil, John B
Sumped moulin	27/10/2011	I rigged the short drop to reach the sump. Still looked open enough to dive despite the freezing conditions.	Martin G., MadPhil, John B
Moulin 1	26/10/2011	Ropes that were left in from the previous trip were frozen up. Martin re-rigged the shaft, but found the meandering passage too wet to push exploration. MadPhil and John surveyed on their way out, while I took photos.	Martin G., MadPhil, John B
Moulin 1	24/10/2011	MadPhil and Martin rigged the 30m main shaft. Canyoning passage continued down-glacier then hit deeper water. Up-glacier Martin and I fell through thin ice into a deep pool getting a good soaking.	Martin G., MadPhil, John B
OFD 2	15/10/2011	Freshers trip down to Maypole Inlet via the mini-columns.	Luke, Roberto, David
Daren Cilau	7/10/2011	Weekend camp at the REU. More progress in Starbar with a few mini-breakthroughs. Still looking promising too, digging out soft stream deposits. Caved out with Rich in ~4hr40.	MadPhil, Rich, Tom, Andy K, Dickon, Rob, John
Wemyss Mine	1/10/2011	Freshers trip. Went in two groups; minor navigational issues from the other group, but most people reached the Engine Shaft.	Shereen, Sam R., Charlie, Seb, Heather, Dave, Elizabeth, Alberto, Roberto
Titan	18/9/2011	Exchange trip with group going in JH (Matthew, Colin, Chris). Sam rigged the main hangs and we both de-rigged JH on the way out. Late starting, and out by 9pm.	Sam D., Lyndsey, Monika
James Hall Over Engine Mine	17/9/2011	Sam and I rigged in preparation for the exchange trip next day. Also went over the connection to the base of Titan.	Sam D., Matthew, Lyndsey, Colin, Tom S. (TSG)
Ogof Rhyd Sych	13/8/2011	4 hour trip to the terminal choke.	Colin, Monika, Sam D.
Ogof Draenen	5/8/2011	Attempted to reach Passion Fruit Chamber, though scuppered by the tight duck in Y Gwter Fawr Streamway. Ended up taking photos around Galeria Garimpeiros and Cairn Junction.	Colin
Ogof Draenen	16/7/2011	Visit to War of the Worlds (Adrenalin Failure) and the formations in Sendero Luminoso.	Rich, Rufus, Colin, Jasen
Wemyss Mine	9/7/2011	Data collection trip for Mark's water pollution dissertation. Led by Roy Fellows to Engine shaft. Also swam over some flooded shafts to reach the end. Cave pants got torn!	Roy Fellows, Mark, Colin, Jasen
Cwm Dwr Quarry Cave	3/7/2011	Through trip to OFD II. Some navigational faff around The Smithy, but otherwise made good time.	Rich, Rufus, Chris, Colin, Sam D., Mark, Jasen, Monika
Pwll Dwfn	2/7/2011	Reached the sump. Colin and Sam's first time rigging.	Colin, Sam D.
James Hall Over Engine Mine	26/6/2011	De-rigging after yesterdays trip. Brief explore of the connection to Colostomy Crawl and Peak Cavern.	Peter Dennis, Chris, Gareth Davies
Titan	25/6/2011	Through trip to JH. Explored some sections of Speedwell including Main Rising and Cliff Cavern. Chris had to prussik out Titan as couldn't fit through the boulder choke squeeze.	Peter Dennis, Chris, Neil, Gareth Davies
Daren Cilau	12/6/2011	Through trip to Ogof Cnwc. Rich too hungover to join us. First group to use the new metal ladders in Antler Passage.	Colin, Mark
Daren Cilau	13/5/2011	Weekend camp at the REU. Spent Saturday digging at Starbar removing boulders from a collapse.	Madphil, Rich, Tom, Andy K, Rob
Bwlch Glas Mine	17/4/2011	Teaching Monika how to rig and belay. Found an old shoe.	Megan, Monika
Eastwater Cavern	27/3/2011	Quick trip round the Upper Series to Rift Chambers	Megan, Brigid, James, Colin
St. Cuthbert's Swallet	26/3/2011	Digging trip to Sump 2. Mixed cement to cap a load of spoil already taken out from the sump.	Madphil, Rich, James, Colin
OFD 2	20/3/2011	SMWCRT rescue practice. Found and carried casualty from Arete Chamber.	James, Sam R., KJ, Gareth, Toby, Jasen, Monika + other SMWCRT team members.
Llanelly Quarry Pot	13/3/2011	Removed some spoil that was blocking the entrance (tin roof had collapsed). Reached Ryan's Duck upstream, seeing many of the pretties. Went downstream until the rift started getting squalid. Met the other group at the pitch on the way out.	Luke, James, Brigid, Monika (also Chris, Jono, Toby, Sam R.)
Porth-yr-Ogof	6/3/2011	Late start, so simple trip exploring the different entrances. Quick look at the resurgence after, with Jono and Mark taking a dip in the river as well.	Jono, Mark, Huw
Bridge Cave	5/3/2011	Quick trip looking for the missing three (see below).	Luke
Pant Mawr Pot	5/3/2011	Jono rigged...reached terminal sump. On the walk back, Jono, Gareth and Toby separated and took a 6hr detour via Coelbren.	Jono, Gareth, Toby, Luke, Shareen, Jasen
Ogof Draenen	27/2/2011	Round trip, clockwise.	Rich, Rufus, Brigid, James, Luke, Sam R.
Bwlch Glas Mine	26/2/2011	Visted the lifts and the passages beyond. Short trip, some photos taken.	Jono, Luke, Sam R., Gareth
Daren Cilau	18/2/2011	Weekend trip to the REU. Spent Saturday digging at Starbar. Skipped plenty of sand and made about 5 m progress, with ongoing passage looking promising. Caved out Sunday after a late start - 46 hours underground.	Madphil, Rich, Tom C
Ogof Draenen	8/1/2011	Digging in Rifleman's Chamber. Hauled some spoil, but progress limited by some boulders that need banging. Consequently a relatively short trip.	Rich, Andy H, Jules, Rhys, Martin H, John R
Agen Allwedd	11/12/2010	Grand Circle - anticlockwise direction. Joined by Stephen who was staying at Whitewalls. Apart from briefly losing the connection between High Traverse Passage and Southern Stream Passage, navigation was good. Completed in 8hr20.	Rich, Sam R, Sam Doyle, Stephen Newton
Ogof Draenen	20/11/2010	Digging in Grotto Passage. Stayed at Whitewalls night before so could get in the cave by 8am. Shifted spoil from midway in to the entrance crawl. A constriction at the dig face means we're now digging downslope to get underneath. Looks tight ahead. Yellow Van boulder choke still ongoing.	Colin, Chris, Mark...joined at dig by Fleur, Rich Bayfield and 2xSUCC
St. Cuthbert's Swallet	7/11/2010	Digging trip at Sump 2. Carried in cement to help build a spoil trap. High water levels though meant that digging in the sump couldn't go ahead. Also built a dam further upstream.	MadPhil, Rich
Swildon's Hole	6/11/2010	Short Round trip. No bailing required so completed in around 3 hours, despite queues at the 20.	Megan, Colin, James
OFD 2	24/10/2010	Fresher trip round Top entrance. Found route to the Mini-Columns...also visited Swamp Creek and the 'Bold Step'.	Megan, Julia, Ami, Rhiannon
Ogof Pasg	23/10/2010	Two groups went in to do an exchange with Ogof Foel Fawr. I Stayed at the ladder pitch to teach Megan and Luke how to lifeline.	Megan, James, Sam J, Sam R, Huw, Luke, Brigid, Stevie, Jasen
OFD 2	17/10/2010	Took freshers down to the Great Oxbow in the main streamway. Helped Mark with navigation.	Mark, Sam R, Gareth, Jason, Michael
Ogof Draenen	16/10/2010	Digging trip in Grotto Passage. Moved spoil from end of dig to a pit halfway back. More capping looking likely. Carried scaffold bars in for the team at Yellow Van too. Rich had to turn back at the Nunnery due to a bad knee.	Rich, Fleur, Pete, Chris D, Emma (Red Rose)
Ogof Craig-y-Ffynnon	10/10/2010	Freshers trip to Hall of the Mountain King. 18 people overall split between 3 groups.	Megan, Luke, Jonny, James, Georgia, Sam
Ogof Draenen	11/9/2010	Oli's last caving trip before leaving for Syria. Visited Luck of the Draw and Geryon's Lair - 12hr trip.	Rich, Oli
Priddy Green Sink	5/9/2010	Through trip to Swildon's. Rich turned back near the entrance. Exited via Mud Sump. Extensive mould patches between Shatter and Blue Pencil.	Rich, Oli, Chris
Ogof Draenen	21/7/2010	Gate was stolen on weekend before. Planned trip to Luck of the Draw aborted due to an injury in Rich's arm. Wandered round Megadrive north, Arms Park, and did a Canyon round trip.	Rich
Pwll Dwfn	20/7/2010	High water levels, though stayed reasonably dry. Reached bottom of fourth pitch.	Rich
Rowten Pot	17/7/2010	BEC meet. Rigged entrance pitch, but due to a general bad feeling amongst the group and high water levels, we didn't carry on.	Rich, Rufus, Oli
Rhino Rift	10/7/2010	All reached the dig at the bottom. Rich rigged first pitch, I did the next two.	Rich, Rufus
Ogof Craig-y-Ffynnon	27/6/2010	Photo trip to Hall of the Mountain King. Explored a dig in a side passage off the main chamber.	Megan, Oli, Chris
Afton Red Rift	20/6/2010	Round trip.	Oli, Beth
Pridhamsleigh Cavern	19/6/2010	To the lake and round trip to Mystery Pool.	Oli, Huw, Louise, Beth
Dogleg Cave	19/6/2010	Visit into the dog-leg extensions.	Oli, Huw, Louise, Beth, Sian?
Little Neath River Cave	12/6/2010	Photo trip to sump 2 via Canal. Canal by-pass on return. Water really low.	Megan
Lancaster Hole	31/5/2010	Photo trip to Colonnade Chamber and the main streamway. Met other group rigging from Cow Pot. Took Oli and Megan out Lancaster.	Rich, Milkybar, Rufus, Megan, Oli, Chris,
Alum Pot (in Dolly Tubs)	30/5/2010	To the sump via Dolly Tubs and shortest pitch at the Bridge.	Rich, Oli
Gaping Gill (Corky's Pot to Marilyn)	29/5/2010	BPC Winch Meet. Met Oli and Chris in Main Chamber. Rich turned back at Mud Hall pitch. Out through New Hensler's and Marilyn with Milky and Jim due to queues at the pitches.	Megan, Rich, Hellie, Steve, Llyn, Milkybar, Alex, Oli, Chris
Ogof Cnwc (Price's Dig)	22/5/2010	SMWCRT rescue practice. Stretcher haul from Busman's Holiday.	Rich, Rufus, Oli, Hellie and SMWCRT team
Rhino Rift	16/5/2010	Rigged. Sam and I visited 4th pitch. Also de-rigged, having to cut 2 slings and leave a krab.	Rich, Rufus, Sam
Eastwater Cavern	15/5/2010	Attempted to reach the West End Series via Twin Verticals. Reached 13 Pots and Terminal Rift. Rich and I visited MortonÕs Pot on way out.	Rich, Rufus, Sam
Wriskin Mine	24/4/2010	NWCRO practice. Stretcher haul at level 1 then practiced with stretcher and heyphone	NWCRO team
Pollaber	10/4/2010	Reached terminal choke - crab near end	Rich
Coolagh River Cave	9/4/2010	In Polldonough North. Attempted through trip to Polldonough but got lost around Balcombe's Pot. Exited via Gour Passage to Polldonough South.	Rich, Megan, Milkybar, Oli, Chris
Faunarooska	8/4/2010	To dry pitch past roof traverses.	Megan, Rufus, Barry, Jo M, Jo H, Josh
Doolin Cave	7/4/2010	St. Catherines to Fisherstreet Pot through trip. Pint of Guiness afterwards at McGanns pub.	Megan, Oli, Chris, Milkybar, Rich, Hellie, Jono, Luke, Toby, Rufus, Carly, Jo H, Jo M, Barry
Pollnagree	6/4/2010	To sump 1. Rich tried the sump bypass. Cave access actually closed.	Rich, Oli
Pollnagollum	4/4/2010	Turned back in streamway due to threat of rain. Others exited at Pollelva.	Rich, Rufus, Megan, Oli, Chris, Milkybar
Doolin Cave	3/4/2010	St. Catherines to Arran View through trip. Met others exiting Arran View.	Megan, Milkybar, Chris
Bull Pot	27/3/2010	Rigged, including high angle deviation on 4th pitch. Chris joined while de-rigging	Megan, Oli, Huw, Chris
OFD 2	20/3/2010	WBCRT practice. Original plan in the OFD 1 streamway aborted due to heavy rain. Instead carried stretcher to President's Leap where a traverse line was rigged.	Rich, Rufus, Oli, Chris, Frances, Tim, Huw, Carly, Xian, Tilda and WBCRT team
Cwm Dwr Quarry Cave	14/3/2010	To Cwm Dwr Streamway - RUCC reunion weekend	Patrick, Radio Rich + 2 RUCC freshers
Dan-Yr-Ogof	13/3/2010	Round trip via Flabergasm Oxbow - RUCC reunion weekend	Barry, Jo M, Henry D, Chris S, Marina, Patrick, Radio Rich + 2 leaders
Ogof Draenen	27/2/2010	Digging in Grotto Passage. Cleared some sand away from the collapsed boulder at the end using sand bags.	Rich, Oli
Swildon's Hole	21/2/2010	To Shatter Series. Showed Fran how to rig a ladder and belay.	Frances
Eastwater Cavern	20/2/2010	To 2nd Rift Chamber. Found Baker's Chimney and the Cheesepress	Frances, Julia, Huw
Pant Mawr Pot	14/2/2009	Bimble past the third choke. Met Southampton	Oli, Toby, Luke, Huw, Julia
Tunnel Cave	13/2/2009	Freshers SRT trip. Reached T-junction	Chris, Oli, Julia, Mark, Becca, Frances
Ogof Draenen	16/1/2010	Aborted trip to Grotto Passage dig. Too wet, especially with snow melting overground.	Rich, Oli, Mark
Daren Cilau	18/12/2009	Rescue for Oli, Carly, Megan & Luke attempting through trip. In 1000, found group in Prices Dig @ 1200. Returned out through entrance crawl.	Rich, Chris
Daren Cilau	11/12/2009	2 night camp at HRC. In 10pm 11/12. At camp 2.30am. Saturday - trip to REU and Icing on the Cake. Left HRC 11am 13/12, out 5pm.	Rich, Oli, Chris, Jo H, Dan (Eldon)
Cow Pot	6/12/2009	Entered Easegill streamway but water too high.	Nathan, Milkybar, Oli
Marble Steps	5/12/2009	First two pitches and reached top of Stink Pot. Rigged first.	Nathan, Milkybar, Oli
Ogof Draenen	14/11/2009	Digging - extended phreatic tube by another 10m into wider section, and found draughting side passage to the left going back on itself. Straight on chokes out.	Rich, Oli, Pete, Fleur, Lou, Tim, Imogen, Edwin (CUCC), Tom (SUSS)
Swildon's Hole	8/11/2009	Short round. Mud sump and first duck empty. Collapse near entrance.	Oli, Megan, Chris, Frances
Hunters Lodge Inn Sink	7/11/2009	Bad air around Long Drop	Oli, Megan, Frances, Huw
Daren Cilau	1/11/2009	Reached box 6 before turning back with Huw. Others reached White Company	Chris, Megan, Huw
Ogof Draenen	31/10/2009	Digging trip near Rock & Roll Choke & Grotto Passage. ~10m new draughting passage	Rich, Oli, Pete, Trevor, Tom (SUSS)
Swildon's Hole	18/10/2009	To sump 2	Megan, Josh, Frances, Luke
GB	17/10/2009	Round trip with visit to Ladder Dig	Megan, Luke, Carly
Ogof Pasg/Foel Fawr	11/10/2009	Exchange trip with other party	Megan, Oli, Luke
Cwm Dwr Quarry Cave	10/10/2009	Reached other side of boulder choke before heading back	Frances, Alison, Megan, Julia, Stephen
OFD 2	3/10/2009	Freshers trip to Judge & Trident, Swamp Creek and the Bold Step	Carly, Frances, Zach, Megan, Becca, Matthew
OFD 2	6/9/2009	Went to Maypole Inlet to revisit the Love Bivouac
Agen Allwedd	5/9/2009	Reached 2nd boulder chocke before turning back.
Yordas	1/9/2009	Glenda rigged top entrance but too wet. Went down middle entrance and Nathan rigged the traverse. I derigged.
Tatham's Wife Hole	31/8/2009	Rigged. Reached bottom of third pitch, but too wet & miserable to continue.
Bull Pot	30/8/2009	Missed off final pitch. Rescued toad from entrance. Carly rigged top
Wade's Entrance	29/8/2009	GG winch meet with Craven. Route pre-rigged and main chamber lit up.
Agen Allwedd	23/8/2009	To NW Junction and back
Ogof Draenen	22/8/2009	To the pitch in Indiana Highway. Went via Wonderbra bypass maybe
Pant Mawr Pot	9/8/2009	Rigged and reached sump. Pretty after 2nd boulder choke.
Tunnel Cave	8/8/2009	Rigged, and reached Courtyard Chamber and the gate.
Great Masson Mine	2/8/2009	Steve led, some relics left. Fairly stable mine.
Peak Cavern	1/8/2009	Steve led; through Cadbury Way, then to Moss Chamber.
Otter Hole	19/7/2009	Up at 6am! Reached sump ~9am, back by 2pm.
Miss Graces Lane	18/7/2009	Really warm - caved in just furry. Found large quartzite crystals.
Hunter's Hole	12/7/2009	Reached pitch with handline. Oli derigged.
Bridge Cave	11/7/2009	WBCRT Rescue practice. Carried stretcher from sump to entrance.
Peak Cavern	5/7/2009	Tagged along with EUCC, visited numerous sumps, Cadbury Way and the streamway.
P8	4/7/2009	First ladder pitch, and upper traverse.
Giant's Hole	4/7/2009	Round trip. £3 entry!
Cwm Dwr Quarry Cave	6/6/2009	Through trip to OFD 2. Cave rescue after unexpected flood pulse at Maypole Inlet! Report by Rich
Aghinrawn Cave	14/4/2009	Carried diving kit for Chris J and Dave G to dive sumps 1 & 2.
Marble Arch Cave	13/4/2009	Guided by Damian - through show cave. Dam water rose by 4ft on way out!
Pollnatagha	12/4/2009	Rigged, and explored the main chamber. Impressive waterfall
Prod's Pot	11/4/2009	Explored streamway downstream to sump - v.pretty near end
Aghinrawn Cave	10/4/2009	Chris J bolted waterfall climb, missed way on to sump
OFD 2	29/3/2009	Exploring round Swamp Creek and The Crossroads. Scurion back in action!
Daren Cilau	14/3/2009	Overnight trip to Hard Rock Café
Calf Holes	8/3/2009	Corkscrew was blocked so entered through both entrances
Simpson's Hole	7/3/2009	Went down Blind Pot by accident - needed to haul Tim up; called cave rescue
Ogof Draenen	1/3/2009	To end of Gilwern's passage and through boulder chokeÉloads of straws
OFD 2	22/2/2009	Led 9 Expeds to Main Stream Passage. Rescue callout for Jason's late group
OFD 2	21/2/2009	Showed Alison & Jason route to Top Waterfall. Prep for exped trip
Swildon's Hole	15/2/2009	Short Round Trip with Jason and Carly. Spent 1hr bailing Mud Sump. 4hr trip. May have killed the Scurion doing it though
Manor Farm Swallet	14/2/2009	SRTed entrance pitch, laddered rift, freeclimbed waterfall. Found slurry before Ham's Corner. £2 entry each!
Bwlch Glas Mine	8/2/2009	Rigged 2nd shaft. Oli, Carly and I reached the bottom. Need ~40m rope
Pwll y Coeden Gnau	1/2/2009	Good 12m free climb. Sharp and crawly cave though.
Ogof Ryhd Sych	31/1/2009	High duck at entrance when wet. Very pretty at end.
Town Drain	25/1/2009	Reached just before where stream enters from left when heard loud rumbling!
Bridge Cave	25/1/2009	Farmer's wife warned of recent movement in boulder choke.
Ogof Pwll Swnd	17/1/2009	Explored 'Old Series'. Reached Five Ways Chamber.
Calf Holes	4/1/2009	Did through trip with Peter Dennis
Bar Pot	3/1/2009	Attempted exchange in Gaping Gill Chamber with group going down Stream Passage Pot. Other group failed to find way down. Visited Mud Hall.
Yordas	2/1/2009	Pull throughÉjoined by Carly
Dolly Tubs	1/1/2009	Easy in-and-out
Swinsto's pull thru	31/12/2008	Rope pre-rigged on final ladder pitch - can SRT it. -8C afterwards!
Sell Gill	30/12/2008	Rigged dry route. Didn't manage the exchange with the wet route group
Llygad Llwchwr	6/12/2009	Did ladder pitch in Third River Chamber. Missed The Maze
Bwlch Glas Mine	29/11/2008	Did ladder pitch, but forgot SRT kits for main pitch
P8	22/11/2008	CHECC. Did both ladder pitches and reached the sump.
Rose Cottage Dig	16/11/2008	Reached chamber past tight vertical squeeze. Couldn't find way on.
Eastwater Cavern	15/11/2008	Rat Fest (In memory of Tony Jarratt). Could not find Baker's Chimney. Reached 2nd Rift Chamber (I think!)
Ogof Pasg - Ogof Foel Fawr	25/10/2008	Entered Ogof Pasg first and visited dig. As ladder too short to complete round trip, did Ogof Foel Fawr to bottom of pitch.
Swildon's Hole	19/10/2008	Freshers' trip to first sump 1. Few went through to sump 2.
GB	18/10/2008	Freshers' trip
		Various trips back to 2003 with Reading University Caving Club....

Speleo sorties 2008-present

Cave Date Notes Party

Daren Cilau 19/5/2013 Route to the Restaurant was blocked by a severe roof collapse in Acupuncture, and so we retreated to the Hard Rock Café where Gonzo, Matt and Mandy were also camping over the weekend. Spent Saturday clearing the fallen debris and gardening sections past Western Union into safer, crawling-sized passage. Acupuncture is still very unstable though and will likely need several more trips to stabilise the roof and assess any more collapses further on. Caved out Sunday with abandoned rubbish left at the Hard Rock stores. MadPhil, Rich, Tom, Emma, Andy, Chris (RUCC)

Priddy Green Sink 12/5/2013 Pull-thru to Swildon's and continuation of the Short Round. Low water levels - Sump 1 was open. MadPhil, Tom, Emma

St. Cuthbert's Swallet 11/5/2013 Evening trip to lay down tiles for a PhD student's experiment looking at manganese deposits. Phil also wanted to check out the sump after the winter. MadPhil, Tom, Emma

Jingling Pot 5/5/2013 Rigged the Cleft Route to the base of the main shaft. John de-rigged. Not a fan of rigging off trees. John

Aquamole Pot 5/5/2013 John and I shared the rigging. The route down was mostly pre-rigged for diving operations at the bottom. Tom and Rob caught us up at the bottom pitch to de-rig. John

Hurnel Moss Pot 4/5/2013 Tom rigged the first pitch after which I did the second. Other group bounced Bar Pot and returned later. MadPhil, Tom

Gaping Gill 4/5/2013 Rigged Dihedral route and bounced straight out of Main Chamber. Amazing views. MilkyMatt, John and Rob did Rat Hole in tandem. Part of a training weekend for a Switzerland expedition later in the year. MadPhil, Tom

Ogof Draenen 14/4/2013 A root around the Hexamine Highways series. Found that the warnings of 'uncomfortably awkward' squeezes in the Gerbil Run were somewhat exaggerated. Fine raft formations in Gerbil Heaven. In Upbeat, out Hexamine Highway. Rich, Oli

Daren Cilau 11/3/2013 REU digging camp. Split into three teams; Phil and Tom re-surveying Dweebland, Henry D and John starting on Mary Mary, and Gary, Rob and me continuing at Starbar. First caving trip in a while and ended up suffering with cramp attacks on the way in. Cleared out some rubbish from the Hard Rock Café on the way out. MadPhil, John, Rob, Tom, Henry D, Gary

OFD 1 11/8/2012 Through trip to Cwm Dwr via the Waterfall Series. Failed to find Crystal Pool Chamber without a survey. Wasn't feeling great so decided to exit out of Cwm Dwr instead of Top Entrance. Oli

OFD 3 21/7/2012 First time over the traverses in 3 - fortunately not as bad as anticipated. Spent 20 minutes going upstream before turning back to avoid a callout. Oli lost the water fight. Rich, Oli, Chris

Eastwater Cavern 14/7/2012 Short upper round trip before Jo & Mark's wedding. Found out the actual route was different to what I thought. Moist entrance series with a waterfall entering the boulder choke. Rich, Oli, Chris

Llygad Llwchwr 21/6/2012 Didn't take a ladder for the third(?) river chamber. Bad memory meant we got more wet than necessary. Spent more time chatting than caving. Oli

Llygad Llwchwr 2 21/6/2012 A poke see at this new cave... much discussion on cave conservation was had. Oli

Ogof Draenen 16/6/2012 Planned to go to Bolder Land, but got worried about water levels and the crawls sumping. Instead we went to see the water levels in the Main Streamway and visit Echo Inlet. Alex's first time caving. Rich, Colin, Alex B.

Ogof Draenen 28/4/2012 REU digging camp was cancelled due to flooding risk and illness. Instead we visited Big Country in search of a Manganese Inlet MadPhil had visited many years before. Didn't find it, but the area looks interesting and in need of another poke about. Rich, MadPhil, Rob

St. Cuthbert's Swallet 15/4/2012 Short jolly down to sump 1 as MadPhil wanted to check what kit of his was there. Took some photos on the way back out. Rich, MadPhil, Rich ?

Eastwater Cavern 14/4/2012 Photo trip down the Technical Masterpiece and sump 1. Ruth headed back out with Rich near Hellsgate, though he returned to meet us on the way out. Rich, Rufus, MadPhil, Martin

Daren Cilau 31/3/2012 Digging camp at the REU. John, Rob and I carried on at the digface at Starbar, while the 5 others returned to Painkiller North to continue the dig there. The duck-under at Starbar is now heading upwards significantly, though will likely intercept passage near Curly Wurly. Still pulling out compacted mud. Caved out in 3hr45m. MadPhil, Tom, John B., Rob, Martin, Dave (NUCC), Andy K.

Longwood Swallet 25/3/2012 Attempted to dig out spoil on a bend of the main streamway. Constructed a dam to stop water flowing to the dig-face, however the walls quickly closed in to a narrow crack. MadPhil, Rich, Tom, Matt, John B., Rob, Martin

Eastwater Cavern 24/3/2012 The round trip with the Fat Belly Boyes. Down Lolly Pot and up Morton's Pot. Carried out some old digging equipment from Sump 1. MadPhil, Rich, Tom, Matt, John B., Rob, Martin

Moel Fferna Mine 18/3/2012 Only needed one electron ladder to descend the ventilation shaft (fixed ladder halfway down). Dodgy rigging off a tree and rusty bar. Explored four levels, including down to the 'Bridge of Death'. Sam R., Toby, Dave G., Luke

Ogof Hen Ffynhonnau 17/3/2012 With the weather looking like it might rain we had tried to find Ogof Nadolig close-by, but in the end decided to risk the flood-prone 'Poacher's Cave'. Short, but surprisingly big stream passage at the end. Sam R., Toby, Dave G., Luke

Daren Cilau 2/3/2012 Digging camp at the REU. Chamber past Curly Wurly quickly filled with bad air, so left one group digging in the main passage while we went to Painkiller north. Photo session at the Blue Greenies on the way back. Colin's first camp. MadPhil, Colin, Tom, Matt, Andy K., John B., Rob, Rosie

Daren Cilau 26/2/2012 Aber day trip to the Time Machine. Toby managed to nearly kill himself on the ladder, but fortunately the belay held. 9.5 hour trip - long day seeing as we went in after midday. Back at Whitewalls we heard another group who had gone in before us had not surfaced from doing the through trip. Rescue initiated shortly afterwards. Toby, Sam D., Sam R., David G.

Agen Allwedd 18/2/2012 Kind of Figure-8 trip round the Outer and Inner Circles clockwise. Also brief detour to the Swiss Village. Heavy rain in the morning meant water levels were slightly higher on the way out. Rich, Chris

OFD 1 11/2/2012 Through trip to Cwm Dwr. Chris navigated with only a few minor lapses around Boulder Chamber and Diver's Pitch. Out in under 4.5 hours Chris, Jono, Toby, Gareth, Luke

Ogof Draenen 28/1/2012 Round trip with a diversion into the Crystal Maze and 'Pontypool or Bust' to check out the digs. Also had a poke around Players Tunnel. Nolwenn's first caving trip. Rich, Colin, Nolwenn

Daren Cilau 20/1/2012 Digging camp at the REU. Full complement of Fat Belly Boys present thanks to the discovery of 'walking passage' leading off out of sight at last camp. Turned out to be somewhat of an anticlimax for all with just 4 metres found. A tight connection to another chamber was found, though the dig is still looking ominously long term. Took camera and flashes, so got some shots at the dig and at camp.
Caved in to camp with John sub 4 hours. Developed a fever over the weekend so felt pretty rough coming out. Exited with Rob out of Price's. MadPhil, Rich, Gary J, Dickon, Tom, John B, Rob, Milky Matt, Andy K

OFD 1 15/1/2012 Round trip, and my first time in 1 (leadership rules now abandoned). Hellie, Marc, Rich, Rufus, Chris

Dan-yr-Ogof 14/1/2012 As an introduction to Welsh caves for Marc we did the round trip. Rich carried 12 litres of water for Hirlatz training. Hellie, Marc, Rich, Rufus, Chris

Bwlch Glas Mine 17/12/2011 Miles and Lyndsey were in town so went for a quick visit. Sam D., Colin, Lyndsey, Miles

Swildon's Hole 10/12/2011 Down to Sump 1; no-one tempted to go it through it though. Oli, Rich, Chris

Ogof Draenen 8/12/2011 Oli's first caving trip since leaving for Syria 18 months ago. Went down The Canyon trying to reach Tractortracks Oli

Great Orme 19/11/2011 Abandoned our trip to Ogof Draenen after receiving a NWCRO callout to a rescue on the Great Orme, Llandudno. Chris, Sam R., David, Heather

Daren Cilau 11/11/2011 Weekend digging camp at the REU. Spent Friday evening and Saturday digging in Starbar. Mini chamber found and clean sandy deposits still continuing under a flake. Spoil stacking cut off air circulation at the face so digging time was cut short on Sat. Phil and I carried out some terra-forming of camp. MadPhil, Gary J., Dickon, Rich, Tom, John B, Rob

Eastwater Cavern 6/11/2011 Down Morton's Pot to the Technical Masterpiece in order to retrieve a pump. Rich, Chris

Rhino Rift 5/11/2011 Major collapse at the top of the third pitch, including one boulder of 4 tonnes. Steve and I rigged; helped Monika to de-rig. Steve, Monika

Ice Cube Mine 27/10/2011 MadPhil and John rigged while Martin and I visited the sumped moulin. Below the main shaft, the way on had closed up since the previous exped. Martin G., MadPhil, John B

Sumped moulin 27/10/2011 I rigged the short drop to reach the sump. Still looked open enough to dive despite the freezing conditions. Martin G., MadPhil, John B

Moulin 1 26/10/2011 Ropes that were left in from the previous trip were frozen up. Martin re-rigged the shaft, but found the meandering passage too wet to push exploration. MadPhil and John surveyed on their way out, while I took photos. Martin G., MadPhil, John B

Moulin 1 24/10/2011 MadPhil and Martin rigged the 30m main shaft. Canyoning passage continued down-glacier then hit deeper water. Up-glacier Martin and I fell through thin ice into a deep pool getting a good soaking. Martin G., MadPhil, John B

OFD 2 15/10/2011 Freshers trip down to Maypole Inlet via the mini-columns. Luke, Roberto, David

Daren Cilau 7/10/2011 Weekend camp at the REU. More progress in Starbar with a few mini-breakthroughs. Still looking promising too, digging out soft stream deposits. Caved out with Rich in ~4hr40. MadPhil, Rich, Tom, Andy K, Dickon, Rob, John

Wemyss Mine 1/10/2011 Freshers trip. Went in two groups; minor navigational issues from the other group, but most people reached the Engine Shaft. Shereen, Sam R., Charlie, Seb, Heather, Dave, Elizabeth, Alberto, Roberto

Titan 18/9/2011 Exchange trip with group going in JH (Matthew, Colin, Chris). Sam rigged the main hangs and we both de-rigged JH on the way out. Late starting, and out by 9pm. Sam D., Lyndsey, Monika

James Hall Over Engine Mine 17/9/2011 Sam and I rigged in preparation for the exchange trip next day. Also went over the connection to the base of Titan. Sam D., Matthew, Lyndsey, Colin, Tom S. (TSG)

Ogof Rhyd Sych 13/8/2011 4 hour trip to the terminal choke. Colin, Monika, Sam D.

Ogof Draenen 5/8/2011 Attempted to reach Passion Fruit Chamber, though scuppered by the tight duck in Y Gwter Fawr Streamway. Ended up taking photos around Galeria Garimpeiros and Cairn Junction. Colin

Ogof Draenen 16/7/2011 Visit to War of the Worlds (Adrenalin Failure) and the formations in Sendero Luminoso. Rich, Rufus, Colin, Jasen

Wemyss Mine 9/7/2011 Data collection trip for Mark's water pollution dissertation. Led by Roy Fellows to Engine shaft. Also swam over some flooded shafts to reach the end. Cave pants got torn! Roy Fellows, Mark, Colin, Jasen

Cwm Dwr Quarry Cave 3/7/2011 Through trip to OFD II. Some navigational faff around The Smithy, but otherwise made good time. Rich, Rufus, Chris, Colin, Sam D., Mark, Jasen, Monika

Pwll Dwfn 2/7/2011 Reached the sump. Colin and Sam's first time rigging. Colin, Sam D.

James Hall Over Engine Mine 26/6/2011 De-rigging after yesterdays trip. Brief explore of the connection to Colostomy Crawl and Peak Cavern. Peter Dennis, Chris, Gareth Davies

Titan 25/6/2011 Through trip to JH. Explored some sections of Speedwell including Main Rising and Cliff Cavern. Chris had to prussik out Titan as couldn't fit through the boulder choke squeeze. Peter Dennis, Chris, Neil, Gareth Davies

Daren Cilau 12/6/2011 Through trip to Ogof Cnwc. Rich too hungover to join us. First group to use the new metal ladders in Antler Passage. Colin, Mark

Daren Cilau 13/5/2011 Weekend camp at the REU. Spent Saturday digging at Starbar removing boulders from a collapse. Madphil, Rich, Tom, Andy K, Rob

Bwlch Glas Mine 17/4/2011 Teaching Monika how to rig and belay. Found an old shoe. Megan, Monika

Eastwater Cavern 27/3/2011 Quick trip round the Upper Series to Rift Chambers Megan, Brigid, James, Colin

St. Cuthbert's Swallet 26/3/2011 Digging trip to Sump 2. Mixed cement to cap a load of spoil already taken out from the sump. Madphil, Rich, James, Colin

OFD 2 20/3/2011 SMWCRT rescue practice. Found and carried casualty from Arete Chamber. James, Sam R., KJ, Gareth, Toby, Jasen, Monika + other SMWCRT team members.

Llanelly Quarry Pot 13/3/2011 Removed some spoil that was blocking the entrance (tin roof had collapsed). Reached Ryan's Duck upstream, seeing many of the pretties. Went downstream until the rift started getting squalid. Met the other group at the pitch on the way out. Luke, James, Brigid, Monika (also Chris, Jono, Toby, Sam R.)

Porth-yr-Ogof 6/3/2011 Late start, so simple trip exploring the different entrances. Quick look at the resurgence after, with Jono and Mark taking a dip in the river as well. Jono, Mark, Huw

Bridge Cave 5/3/2011 Quick trip looking for the missing three (see below). Luke

Pant Mawr Pot 5/3/2011 Jono rigged...reached terminal sump. On the walk back, Jono, Gareth and Toby separated and took a 6hr detour via Coelbren. Jono, Gareth, Toby, Luke, Shareen, Jasen

Ogof Draenen 27/2/2011 Round trip, clockwise. Rich, Rufus, Brigid, James, Luke, Sam R.

Bwlch Glas Mine 26/2/2011 Visted the lifts and the passages beyond. Short trip, some photos taken. Jono, Luke, Sam R., Gareth

Daren Cilau 18/2/2011 Weekend trip to the REU. Spent Saturday digging at Starbar. Skipped plenty of sand and made about 5 m progress, with ongoing passage looking promising. Caved out Sunday after a late start - 46 hours underground. Madphil, Rich, Tom C

Ogof Draenen 8/1/2011 Digging in Rifleman's Chamber. Hauled some spoil, but progress limited by some boulders that need banging. Consequently a relatively short trip. Rich, Andy H, Jules, Rhys, Martin H, John R

Agen Allwedd 11/12/2010 Grand Circle - anticlockwise direction. Joined by Stephen who was staying at Whitewalls. Apart from briefly losing the connection between High Traverse Passage and Southern Stream Passage, navigation was good. Completed in 8hr20. Rich, Sam R, Sam Doyle, Stephen Newton

Ogof Draenen 20/11/2010 Digging in Grotto Passage. Stayed at Whitewalls night before so could get in the cave by 8am. Shifted spoil from midway in to the entrance crawl. A constriction at the dig face means we're now digging downslope to get underneath. Looks tight ahead. Yellow Van boulder choke still ongoing. Colin, Chris, Mark...joined at dig by Fleur, Rich Bayfield and 2xSUCC

St. Cuthbert's Swallet 7/11/2010 Digging trip at Sump 2. Carried in cement to help build a spoil trap. High water levels though meant that digging in the sump couldn't go ahead. Also built a dam further upstream. MadPhil, Rich

Swildon's Hole 6/11/2010 Short Round trip. No bailing required so completed in around 3 hours, despite queues at the 20. Megan, Colin, James

OFD 2 24/10/2010 Fresher trip round Top entrance. Found route to the Mini-Columns...also visited Swamp Creek and the 'Bold Step'. Megan, Julia, Ami, Rhiannon

Ogof Pasg 23/10/2010 Two groups went in to do an exchange with Ogof Foel Fawr. I Stayed at the ladder pitch to teach Megan and Luke how to lifeline. Megan, James, Sam J, Sam R, Huw, Luke, Brigid, Stevie, Jasen

OFD 2 17/10/2010 Took freshers down to the Great Oxbow in the main streamway. Helped Mark with navigation. Mark, Sam R, Gareth, Jason, Michael

Ogof Draenen 16/10/2010 Digging trip in Grotto Passage. Moved spoil from end of dig to a pit halfway back. More capping looking likely. Carried scaffold bars in for the team at Yellow Van too. Rich had to turn back at the Nunnery due to a bad knee. Rich, Fleur, Pete, Chris D, Emma (Red Rose)

Ogof Craig-y-Ffynnon 10/10/2010 Freshers trip to Hall of the Mountain King. 18 people overall split between 3 groups. Megan, Luke, Jonny, James, Georgia, Sam

Ogof Draenen 11/9/2010 Oli's last caving trip before leaving for Syria. Visited Luck of the Draw and Geryon's Lair - 12hr trip. Rich, Oli

Priddy Green Sink 5/9/2010 Through trip to Swildon's. Rich turned back near the entrance. Exited via Mud Sump. Extensive mould patches between Shatter and Blue Pencil. Rich, Oli, Chris

Ogof Draenen 21/7/2010 Gate was stolen on weekend before. Planned trip to Luck of the Draw aborted due to an injury in Rich's arm. Wandered round Megadrive north, Arms Park, and did a Canyon round trip. Rich

Pwll Dwfn 20/7/2010 High water levels, though stayed reasonably dry. Reached bottom of fourth pitch. Rich

Rowten Pot 17/7/2010 BEC meet. Rigged entrance pitch, but due to a general bad feeling amongst the group and high water levels, we didn't carry on. Rich, Rufus, Oli

Rhino Rift 10/7/2010 All reached the dig at the bottom. Rich rigged first pitch, I did the next two. Rich, Rufus

Ogof Craig-y-Ffynnon 27/6/2010 Photo trip to Hall of the Mountain King. Explored a dig in a side passage off the main chamber. Megan, Oli, Chris

Afton Red Rift 20/6/2010 Round trip. Oli, Beth

Pridhamsleigh Cavern 19/6/2010 To the lake and round trip to Mystery Pool. Oli, Huw, Louise, Beth

Dogleg Cave 19/6/2010 Visit into the dog-leg extensions. Oli, Huw, Louise, Beth, Sian?

Little Neath River Cave 12/6/2010 Photo trip to sump 2 via Canal. Canal by-pass on return. Water really low. Megan

Lancaster Hole 31/5/2010 Photo trip to Colonnade Chamber and the main streamway. Met other group rigging from Cow Pot. Took Oli and Megan out Lancaster. Rich, Milkybar, Rufus, Megan, Oli, Chris,

Alum Pot (in Dolly Tubs) 30/5/2010 To the sump via Dolly Tubs and shortest pitch at the Bridge. Rich, Oli

Gaping Gill (Corky's Pot to Marilyn) 29/5/2010 BPC Winch Meet. Met Oli and Chris in Main Chamber. Rich turned back at Mud Hall pitch. Out through New Hensler's and Marilyn with Milky and Jim due to queues at the pitches. Megan, Rich, Hellie, Steve, Llyn, Milkybar, Alex, Oli, Chris

Ogof Cnwc (Price's Dig) 22/5/2010 SMWCRT rescue practice. Stretcher haul from Busman's Holiday. Rich, Rufus, Oli, Hellie and SMWCRT team

Rhino Rift 16/5/2010 Rigged. Sam and I visited 4th pitch. Also de-rigged, having to cut 2 slings and leave a krab. Rich, Rufus, Sam

Eastwater Cavern 15/5/2010 Attempted to reach the West End Series via Twin Verticals. Reached 13 Pots and Terminal Rift. Rich and I visited MortonÕs Pot on way out. Rich, Rufus, Sam

Wriskin Mine 24/4/2010 NWCRO practice. Stretcher haul at level 1 then practiced with stretcher and heyphone NWCRO team

Pollaber 10/4/2010 Reached terminal choke - crab near end Rich

Coolagh River Cave 9/4/2010 In Polldonough North. Attempted through trip to Polldonough but got lost around Balcombe's Pot. Exited via Gour Passage to Polldonough South. Rich, Megan, Milkybar, Oli, Chris

Faunarooska 8/4/2010 To dry pitch past roof traverses. Megan, Rufus, Barry, Jo M, Jo H, Josh

Doolin Cave 7/4/2010 St. Catherines to Fisherstreet Pot through trip. Pint of Guiness afterwards at McGanns pub. Megan, Oli, Chris, Milkybar, Rich, Hellie, Jono, Luke, Toby, Rufus, Carly, Jo H, Jo M, Barry

Pollnagree 6/4/2010 To sump 1. Rich tried the sump bypass. Cave access actually closed. Rich, Oli

Pollnagollum 4/4/2010 Turned back in streamway due to threat of rain. Others exited at Pollelva. Rich, Rufus, Megan, Oli, Chris, Milkybar

Doolin Cave 3/4/2010 St. Catherines to Arran View through trip. Met others exiting Arran View. Megan, Milkybar, Chris

Bull Pot 27/3/2010 Rigged, including high angle deviation on 4th pitch. Chris joined while de-rigging Megan, Oli, Huw, Chris

OFD 2 20/3/2010 WBCRT practice. Original plan in the OFD 1 streamway aborted due to heavy rain. Instead carried stretcher to President's Leap where a traverse line was rigged. Rich, Rufus, Oli, Chris, Frances, Tim, Huw, Carly, Xian, Tilda and WBCRT team

Cwm Dwr Quarry Cave 14/3/2010 To Cwm Dwr Streamway - RUCC reunion weekend Patrick, Radio Rich + 2 RUCC freshers

Dan-Yr-Ogof 13/3/2010 Round trip via Flabergasm Oxbow - RUCC reunion weekend Barry, Jo M, Henry D, Chris S, Marina, Patrick, Radio Rich + 2 leaders

Ogof Draenen 27/2/2010 Digging in Grotto Passage. Cleared some sand away from the collapsed boulder at the end using sand bags. Rich, Oli

Swildon's Hole 21/2/2010 To Shatter Series. Showed Fran how to rig a ladder and belay. Frances

Eastwater Cavern 20/2/2010 To 2nd Rift Chamber. Found Baker's Chimney and the Cheesepress Frances, Julia, Huw

Pant Mawr Pot 14/2/2009 Bimble past the third choke. Met Southampton Oli, Toby, Luke, Huw, Julia

Tunnel Cave 13/2/2009 Freshers SRT trip. Reached T-junction Chris, Oli, Julia, Mark, Becca, Frances

Ogof Draenen 16/1/2010 Aborted trip to Grotto Passage dig. Too wet, especially with snow melting overground. Rich, Oli, Mark

Daren Cilau 18/12/2009 Rescue for Oli, Carly, Megan & Luke attempting through trip. In 1000, found group in Prices Dig @ 1200. Returned out through entrance crawl. Rich, Chris

Daren Cilau 11/12/2009 2 night camp at HRC. In 10pm 11/12. At camp 2.30am. Saturday - trip to REU and Icing on the Cake. Left HRC 11am 13/12, out 5pm. Rich, Oli, Chris, Jo H, Dan (Eldon)

Cow Pot 6/12/2009 Entered Easegill streamway but water too high. Nathan, Milkybar, Oli

Marble Steps 5/12/2009 First two pitches and reached top of Stink Pot. Rigged first. Nathan, Milkybar, Oli

Ogof Draenen 14/11/2009 Digging - extended phreatic tube by another 10m into wider section, and found draughting side passage to the left going back on itself. Straight on chokes out. Rich, Oli, Pete, Fleur, Lou, Tim, Imogen, Edwin (CUCC), Tom (SUSS)

Swildon's Hole 8/11/2009 Short round. Mud sump and first duck empty. Collapse near entrance. Oli, Megan, Chris, Frances

Hunters Lodge Inn Sink 7/11/2009 Bad air around Long Drop Oli, Megan, Frances, Huw

Daren Cilau 1/11/2009 Reached box 6 before turning back with Huw. Others reached White Company Chris, Megan, Huw

Ogof Draenen 31/10/2009 Digging trip near Rock & Roll Choke & Grotto Passage. ~10m new draughting passage Rich, Oli, Pete, Trevor, Tom (SUSS)

Swildon's Hole 18/10/2009 To sump 2 Megan, Josh, Frances, Luke

GB 17/10/2009 Round trip with visit to Ladder Dig Megan, Luke, Carly

Ogof Pasg/Foel Fawr 11/10/2009 Exchange trip with other party Megan, Oli, Luke

Cwm Dwr Quarry Cave 10/10/2009 Reached other side of boulder choke before heading back Frances, Alison, Megan, Julia, Stephen

OFD 2 3/10/2009 Freshers trip to Judge & Trident, Swamp Creek and the Bold Step Carly, Frances, Zach, Megan, Becca, Matthew

OFD 2 6/9/2009 Went to Maypole Inlet to revisit the Love Bivouac

Agen Allwedd 5/9/2009 Reached 2nd boulder chocke before turning back.

Yordas 1/9/2009 Glenda rigged top entrance but too wet. Went down middle entrance and Nathan rigged the traverse. I derigged.

Tatham's Wife Hole 31/8/2009 Rigged. Reached bottom of third pitch, but too wet & miserable to continue.

Bull Pot 30/8/2009 Missed off final pitch. Rescued toad from entrance. Carly rigged top

Wade's Entrance 29/8/2009 GG winch meet with Craven. Route pre-rigged and main chamber lit up.

Agen Allwedd 23/8/2009 To NW Junction and back

Ogof Draenen 22/8/2009 To the pitch in Indiana Highway. Went via Wonderbra bypass maybe

Pant Mawr Pot 9/8/2009 Rigged and reached sump. Pretty after 2nd boulder choke.

Tunnel Cave 8/8/2009 Rigged, and reached Courtyard Chamber and the gate.

Great Masson Mine 2/8/2009 Steve led, some relics left. Fairly stable mine.

Peak Cavern 1/8/2009 Steve led; through Cadbury Way, then to Moss Chamber.

Otter Hole 19/7/2009 Up at 6am! Reached sump ~9am, back by 2pm.

Miss Graces Lane 18/7/2009 Really warm - caved in just furry. Found large quartzite crystals.

Hunter's Hole 12/7/2009 Reached pitch with handline. Oli derigged.

Bridge Cave 11/7/2009 WBCRT Rescue practice. Carried stretcher from sump to entrance.

Peak Cavern 5/7/2009 Tagged along with EUCC, visited numerous sumps, Cadbury Way and the streamway.

P8 4/7/2009 First ladder pitch, and upper traverse.

Giant's Hole 4/7/2009 Round trip. £3 entry!

Cwm Dwr Quarry Cave 6/6/2009 Through trip to OFD 2. Cave rescue after unexpected flood pulse at Maypole Inlet!

Report by Rich

Aghinrawn Cave 14/4/2009 Carried diving kit for Chris J and Dave G to dive sumps 1 & 2.

Marble Arch Cave 13/4/2009 Guided by Damian - through show cave. Dam water rose by 4ft on way out!

Pollnatagha 12/4/2009 Rigged, and explored the main chamber. Impressive waterfall

Prod's Pot 11/4/2009 Explored streamway downstream to sump - v.pretty near end

Aghinrawn Cave 10/4/2009 Chris J bolted waterfall climb, missed way on to sump

OFD 2 29/3/2009 Exploring round Swamp Creek and The Crossroads. Scurion back in action!

Daren Cilau 14/3/2009 Overnight trip to Hard Rock Café

Calf Holes 8/3/2009 Corkscrew was blocked so entered through both entrances

Simpson's Hole 7/3/2009 Went down Blind Pot by accident - needed to haul Tim up; called cave rescue

Ogof Draenen 1/3/2009 To end of Gilwern's passage and through boulder chokeÉloads of straws

OFD 2 22/2/2009 Led 9 Expeds to Main Stream Passage. Rescue callout for Jason's late group

OFD 2 21/2/2009 Showed Alison & Jason route to Top Waterfall. Prep for exped trip

Swildon's Hole 15/2/2009 Short Round Trip with Jason and Carly. Spent 1hr bailing Mud Sump. 4hr trip. May have killed the Scurion doing it though

Manor Farm Swallet 14/2/2009 SRTed entrance pitch, laddered rift, freeclimbed waterfall. Found slurry before Ham's Corner. £2 entry each!

Bwlch Glas Mine 8/2/2009 Rigged 2nd shaft. Oli, Carly and I reached the bottom. Need ~40m rope

Pwll y Coeden Gnau 1/2/2009 Good 12m free climb. Sharp and crawly cave though.

Ogof Ryhd Sych 31/1/2009 High duck at entrance when wet. Very pretty at end.

Town Drain 25/1/2009 Reached just before where stream enters from left when heard loud rumbling!

Bridge Cave 25/1/2009 Farmer's wife warned of recent movement in boulder choke.

Ogof Pwll Swnd 17/1/2009 Explored 'Old Series'. Reached Five Ways Chamber.

Calf Holes 4/1/2009 Did through trip with Peter Dennis

Bar Pot 3/1/2009 Attempted exchange in Gaping Gill Chamber with group going down Stream Passage Pot. Other group failed to find way down. Visited Mud Hall.

Yordas 2/1/2009 Pull throughÉjoined by Carly

Dolly Tubs 1/1/2009 Easy in-and-out

Swinsto's pull thru 31/12/2008 Rope pre-rigged on final ladder pitch - can SRT it. -8C afterwards!

Sell Gill 30/12/2008 Rigged dry route. Didn't manage the exchange with the wet route group

Llygad Llwchwr 6/12/2009 Did ladder pitch in Third River Chamber. Missed The Maze

Bwlch Glas Mine 29/11/2008 Did ladder pitch, but forgot SRT kits for main pitch

P8 22/11/2008 CHECC. Did both ladder pitches and reached the sump.

Rose Cottage Dig 16/11/2008 Reached chamber past tight vertical squeeze. Couldn't find way on.

Eastwater Cavern 15/11/2008 Rat Fest (In memory of Tony Jarratt). Could not find Baker's Chimney. Reached 2nd Rift Chamber (I think!)

Ogof Pasg - Ogof Foel Fawr 25/10/2008 Entered Ogof Pasg first and visited dig. As ladder too short to complete round trip, did Ogof Foel Fawr to bottom of pitch.

Swildon's Hole 19/10/2008 Freshers' trip to first sump 1. Few went through to sump 2.

GB 18/10/2008 Freshers' trip

Various trips back to 2003 with Reading University Caving Club....