Bill and Dave went to Gavel Pot this Sunday (17th October 2004), we had a jolly good look round, particularly in the area of Glasfurd’s Chamber and Southbound Passage. At the far end of Glasfurd’s Chamber is a duck which might be interesting, also in the upstream section we stopped at a duck which according to the guidebook leads to 9m of larger passage ending in a liquid mud choke. Far more interesting is the South bound passage which ends … Read More
> Bill and Dave went to Gavel Pot this Sunday (17th October 2004), > > Far more interesting is the South bound passage which ends as a tight rift, > the floor and two walls are of mud, this is a grade one mud mine and might > repay a trip or two digging out the mud at the end. and then there is the tight branch…to quote my digging notebook “far end of tight rift passage in Southbound Passage … Read More
Phil, when did you visit Gavel? What do you remember as the end? We started digging just where a small calcite bridge was, and where there was a chisel left on top. This was just before a right hand bend. We were able to dig the left and right hand walls and the floor simply by using the chisel. Does this fit in with your recollections?
>Phil >when did you visit Gavel? What do you remember as the end? We started >digging just where a small calcite bridge was, and where there was a chisel >left on top. This was just before a right hand bend. We were able to dig the >left and right hand walls and the floor simply by using the chisel. Does >this fit in with your recollections? Years ago, certainly pre ’85. I was in the right-hand branch and it ended … Read More