Greetings As a new old git I thought I ought to post something, no matter how pathetic it is compared to Rumbling. Wed 31/10 Alan Speight and Richard Mercer went to the above to do a sound check. After 5 years digging and an embarrassing number of trips this cave has assumed the massive proportions of 10m in length and 7m of depth. At this point progress was stopped by the “passage” becomming a 3″ high dirt filled slot between … Read More
Hi Richard,Jim Newton here,I just thought you would like to see this article in Westmorland Gazette dated 21.10.1983. The stream sinks in a grill by the wall whichseparates the Helm from the A65.I traced the rising to the river below past Natland and had a dig there .This is a good spot,I got in about 15feet in sand & big rocks. As this was before capping I gave up .The rising is 3 walls from Natland bridge ,towards Kendal. In … Read More
2-11-07 Alan Speight, Richard Mercer Bit more capping. There was more water at the end of the cave than on Wednesday yet the wall down which water sometimes runs and was presumed to be the source of the puddle was dry. If the water is actually backing up from a different source this might be better news. Thanks to Jim for article. I’ve seen it before but hadn’t got a copy. I didn’t know that the water by the road … Read More