Tunnel Cave, Swansea Valley Area, South Wales
Sunday 17th April 2005

A very short trip from Top Entrance to 5m Pot Chamber.

Jim Durr Climbing up the 2nd Cascade

Jim Durr ascending the entrance pitch

Present: JDu, KEd & BMa

Westbury Brook Iron Mine, Forest of Dean
Saturday 30th April 2005

Present: PAn, SBa & AGr

Redhouse Lane Swallet, Forest of Dean
Saturday 30th April 2005

After spending an hour digging out the streamway we decided we had had enough and made an early exit.

Keith in the entrance series of Redhouse Lane Swallet

Chris in the entrance series of Redhouse Lane Swallet

Keith in the entrance series of Redhouse Lane Swallet

Present: ACr, KEd, BMa & CWe

Wet Sink, Forest of Dean
Sunday 1st May 2005

The round trip with an excursion to see the dead dogs, plus a diversion to go downstream to sump two - very nice keyhole stream passage just before the sump.

Emma in Wet Sink

Present: BMa, EPo & others

Bix Slade Stone Quarry, Forest of Dean
Monday 2nd May 2005

A gentle meander around the abandoned stone quarry with a couple of photos taken.

 

Andrew from Craven PC in Bix Slade Stone Quarry

Present: BMa, EPo & others

Brickworks Dig, Penwyllt, South Wales
Weekend 7th/8th May 2005

Another very successful digging weekend.  On Saturday morning we constructed a single-bucket railway over the pool and in the afternoon we removed 75 buckets of spoil.
On the Sunday we removed another 112 buckets of infill.
We appear to have discovered a cross-rift with the passage we have been following, continuing ahead.  Another weekend should confirm this.  During the weekend we added 6 feet to the length of the cave.

Keith Edwards in the newly discovered cross-rift.

The Dig Team: MCa (Sun only), KEd, BMa, MNo, GSm, JSm & ASt

Dan Yr Ogof, South Wales
Saturday 28th May 2005

Most of the round trip going in via the lower series, plus visits to A2 Chamber and Surprise Chamber.

Present: KEd, BMa & CWe

Brickworks Dig, Penwyllt, South Wales
Weekend 11th/12th June 2005
 

	More progress has been made with about 10 feet of passage added to the system and the first "air space" discovered in the whole 19 year history of the dig.  See the Dig Page for more details. The Dig Team: MCa (Sun only), KEd, BMa, MNo & ASt
The way on is wide open!

Yorkshire Weekend
Weekend 25th/26th June 2005

Saturday  Sell Gill
In via the Dry Way due to the unsettled weather conditions. A nice introduction to SRT for Chris. Water levels were low considering the recent rain.

Sunday  Whitescar
A trip to dip our toes in the sump, with some entertainment watching Chris negotiate the muddy climb up to the straw gallery.

Chris, Mike and Emma - 2nd Pitch, Sell Gill

Graham - 2nd Pitch, Sell Gill

Mike in Whitescar

Present: MCl, BMa, EPo, GSm & CWe

Brickworks Dig, Penwyllt, South Wales
Weekend 9th/10th July 2005

A large dig team and probably a record for the amount of infill removed - 140 buckets on the Saturday and 120 buckets on the Sunday, but nevertheless a little disappointing.  The Club Dig Page for more details.

The Dig Team: PAn, MBa, DBo (Sun only), KEd, BMa, MNo, JSm, ASt & CWe

Longwood Swallet, Charterhouse, Mendips
16th July 2005

A round trip - in via August Hole and out via Great Chamber.  The stream must be the finest on Mendip.  Tight, awkward and wet, but highly recommended to any caver who is not claustrophobic or aquaphobic.

Present: KEd, CJe, BMa & CWe