Lancaster Hole

Saturday 03/02/07 – Dom Clayton, James Carlisle. After last week’s recce to the end of Wodehouse Way, a return trip was made to dig some of the more promising leads. An hour spent shifting mud and cobbles out of a flat-out crawl below Bat Chamber ended in disappointment when a couple of metres of progress allowed us to see ahead to where the passage became a tight impassable rift. This could possibly be enlarged with a bit of capping, but … Read More

Saturday 17th March – Becka Lawson, Beardy, Dom Clayton, James Carlisle. A return trip was made with mountains of gear to bolt up the aven, survey it, and do some more digging. Beardy came up via Leeds in order to collect his drill, and brought with him loads of through-bolts and hangers. A fine trip followed, with added ‘interest’ coming from the awkward carry and slightly higher than usual water levels. On reaching Pot Pit, it was discovered that the … Read More

Hi James Trying to figure out the geography. Where abouts is the current sharp end in relation to the passage we dug out? Paul

Ah… you can blame Dave for this one, since he mischievously named his dig ‘Tip Top’ in response to Simon and Hugh’s ‘Top Tip’ (just to confuse everyone), and we figured it would be rude not to add to the bafflement. Unfortunately ‘Pot Pit’ and ‘Pit Pot’ are two completely seperate digs… Our original find (‘Pit Pot’) crapped out almost immediately in a small chamber at the top of the aven (there’s a report from a few weeks back somewhere). … Read More