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Upper Pitts 1972-1973 WESSEX CAVE CLUB LOGBOOK CAVING LOGBOOK 1972 - 1973 Acq. No. No. Page Date Cave Area Notes Survey Significant 00478 1 1 25/02/1972 Cuckoo Cleeves Mendip Dig 00478 2 1 25/02/1972 Dan yr Ogof Wales Two 00478 3 1 20/02/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Round Trip 00478 4 1 26/02/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Two 00478 5 2 25/02/1972 Ogof Agen Allwedd Wales 00478 6 2 04/02/1972 Rhino Rift Mendip 00478 7 2 26/02/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Shatter Series 00478 8 3 27/02/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Dived Sump XII 00478 9 3 04/03/1972 Cuckoo Cleeves Mendip Dig 00478 10 3 05/03/1972 Ogof Agen Allwedd Wales Southern Stream Passage 00478 11 3 12/03/1972 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00478 12 3 12/03/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump I 00478 13 3 05/03/1972 Ogof Agen Allwedd Wales Southern Stream Passage 00478 14 3 25/03/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Four, Round Trip 00478 15 3 18/03/1972 P8 Derbyshire Diving, passage found P(p.5,6) 00478 16 4 25/03/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Dived Muddy Sump 00478 17 5 25/03/1972 Wookey Hole Cave Mendip Diving. Found alternative route to 20 P 00478 18 6 March Cuckoo Cleeves Mendip Dig 00478 19 7 April Swildon's Hole Mendip Dive to Four, and Muddy Sump 00478 20 7 03/04/1972 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00478 21 7 Cuckoo Cleeves Mendip Dig 00478 22 7 March Mangle Hole Mendip Dig 00478 23 8 03/03/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Damascus P 00478 24 8 Eastwater Cavern Mendip P 00478 25 9 04/04/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Rescue. Stranded below 20ft Pot 00478 26 9 08/04/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Round Trip 00478 27 9 08/04/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip North West Stream Passage 00478 28 9 08/04/1972 Ogof Ffynnon Ddu Wales One 00478 29 10 08/04/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Dive in Sump XII 00478 30 10 09/04/1972 Cuckoo Cleeves Mendip Dig 00478 31 11 15/04/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Free-dive to Four 00478 32 11 Cuckoo Cleeves Mendip Dig 00478 33 12 15/04/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Dive to Four 00478 34 12 Hollandtwine Mine Derbyshire 00478 35 12 22/04/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Photography 00478 36 13 22/04/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Dive to Four 00478 37 13 22/04/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Dive to Ten 00478 38 13 23/04/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Second Boulder Choke 00478 39 13 21/04/1972 Ogof Ffynnon Ddu Wales One 00478 40 14 Swildon's Hole Mendip 20ft Pot 00478 41 14 30/04/1972 Lamb Leer Cave Mendip 00478 42 15 21/04/1972 Coral Cave Mendip 00478 43 15 27/04/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip To Sump II 00478 44 15 06/05/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Dived Sumps XII and XIIa 00478 45 15 06/05/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump I 00478 46 16 07/05/1972 Cuckoo Cleeves Mendip Dig 00478 47 16 07/05/1972 Sludge Pit Hole Mendip 00478 48 16 07/05/1972 Nine Barrows Swallet Mendip 00478 49 16 07/05/1972 Stoke Lane Slocker Mendip Two 00478 50 16 12/05/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Two 00478 51 17 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00478 52 17 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00478 53 17 G.B. Cave Mendip 00478 54 17 Box Stone Mines Wiltshire 00478 55 17 Swildon's Hole Mendip Shatter Series 00478 56 17 14/05/1972 Sludge Pit Hole Mendip 00478 57 17 14/05/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Round Trip 00478 58 18 Sludge Pit Hole Mendip 00478 59 18 20/05/1972 Sludge Pit Hole Mendip 00478 60 18 Hollandtwine Mine Derbyshire 00478 61 18 Oakleys Slate Mine Wales 00478 62 18 Llechneld Slate Mine Wales 00478 63 18 Cwm ? Slate Mine Wales 00478 64 18 Peak Cavern Derbyshire 00478 65 18 Ogof-y-Ci Wales 00478 66 18 Ogof Rhyd Sych Wales 00478 67 18 26/05/1972 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00478 68 18 27/05/1972 Rhino Rift Mendip 00478 69 18 28/05/1972 Stoke Lane Slocker Mendip 00478 70 18 28/05/1972 Lamb Leer Cave Mendip 00478 71 18 28/05/1972 Rhino Rift Mendip 00478 72 19 28/05/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Four. Climbed aven P P 00478 73 20 Cuckoo Cleeves Mendip Dig 00478 74 20 29/05/1972 Goatchurch Cavern Mendip 00478 75 20 30/06/1972 Sludge Pit Hole Mendip 00478 76 20 01/07/1972 Cambrian Slate Mine Wales 00478 77 20 01/07/1972 Lower Ceiriog Cave Shropshire 00478 78 21 03/06/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Victoria Aven, climbing P 00478 79 21 07/06/1972 Sludge Pit Hole Mendip Dig 00478 80 21 04/06/1972 Stoke Lane Slocker Mendip Two, photography 00478 81 21 10/06/1972 Priddy Green Sink Mendip Attempted smoke test to Cowsh Avens 00478 82 22 10/06/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Two 00478 83 22 10/06/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Victoria Aven, climbing P 00478 84 23 11/06/1972 Ubley Warren Pot Mendip Dig 00478 85 23 10/06/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Cowsh Avens. Attempted smoke test from PGS 00478 86 23 10/06/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Round Trip 00478 87 24 11/06/1972 Goatchurch Cavern Mendip 00478 88 24 14/06/1972 Sludge Pit Hole Mendip Dig 00478 89 24 11/06/1972 Manor Farm Swallet Mendip Dig 00478 90 24 16/06/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Litter-pick in Two 00478 91 24 17/06/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Victoria Aven, climbing P(p.25) P 00478 92 26 17/06/1972 Sludge Pit Hole Mendip 00478 93 26 18/06/1972 Ubley Warren Pot Mendip Nettle Series dig 00478 94 26 22/06/1972 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00478 95 26 24/06/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Damascus 00478 96 27 24/06/1972 Box Stone Mines Wiltshire 00478 97 27 25/06/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Black Hole, Vicarage Passage 00478 98 27 25/06/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Two 00478 99 28 30/06/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip One 00478 100 28 01/07/1972 Ubley Warren Pot Mendip Nettle Series dig 00478 101 28 30/06/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Damascus 00478 102 28 01/07/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Mud Sump 00478 103 28 01/07/1972 Ogof Ffynnon Ddu Wales Two and Three 00478 104 29 02/07/1972 Shatter Cave Mendip 00478 105 29 02/07/1972 Ubley Warren Pot Mendip Dig 00478 106 29 02/07/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Two 00478 107 29 06/07/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Two 00478 108 29 06/07/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip 20ft Pot 00478 109 29 08/07/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Twelve. Find in Desolation Row P (p30) P 00478 110 30 09/07/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Four. Static sump, end of Birthday Passage 00478 111 30 08/07/1972 Tunnel Cave Wales 00478 112 30 08/07/1972 Ogof Ffynnon Ddu Wales 00478 113 30 09/07/1972 Ogof Ffynnon Ddu Mendip Column Hall 00478 114 31 10/07/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip One 00478 115 31 15/07/1972 Read's Cavern Mendip 00478 116 31 15/07/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Free-dive to Nine 00478 117 31 16/07/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Vicarage 00478 118 31 16/07/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Two 00478 119 31 17/07/1972 Cuckoo Cleeves Mendip 00478 120 32 18/07/1972 St. Cuthbert's Swallet Mendip 00478 121 32 19/07/1972 G.B. Cave Mendip 00478 122 32 20/07/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Black Hole Series 00478 123 33 21/07/1972 Nine Barrows Swallet Mendip Dig 00478 124 33 15/07/1972 Goatchurch Cavern Mendip 00478 125 34 08/07/1972 Holwell Cave Somerset 00478 126 34 08/07/1972 Quaking House Cave Somerset 00478 127 34 22/07/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Climbing, digging in Desolation Row 00478 128 34 22/07/1972 Sludge Pit Hole Mendip 00478 129 34 22/07/1972 Nine Barrows Swallet Mendip 00478 130 34 23/07/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00478 131 35 23/07/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Climbing in Nine P 00478 132 37 23/07/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Black Hole 00478 133 37 23/07/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip North West Stream Passage 00478 134 37 24/07/1972 Stoke Lane Slocker Mendip p. 39 note re. aural connection, Stony Crawl 00478 135 39 25/07/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump II dive 00478 136 40 28/07/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00478 137 40 27/07/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Black Hole 00478 138 40 30/07/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Eight. Climbed F.U.2 Aven P(p.41) 00478 139 41 01/08/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Round Trip 00478 140 42 01/08/1972 St. Cuthbert's Swallet Mendip Dig in Two 00478 141 42 05/08/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Pirate Chamber, Bat Dig 00478 142 42 05/08/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Muddy Sump, Hairy Passage 00478 143 42 06/08/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Shatter Series 00478 144 43 06/08/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Free dive to Four 00478 145 43 06/08/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Vicarage Passage, pushing P(p.44) 00478 146 44 09/08/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip To Four, measuring sumps 00478 147 46 11/08/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00478 148 46 12/08/1972 Ogof-Cyl-yr-Ychen Wales 00478 149 46 11/08/1972 Longwood Swallet Mendip 00478 150 46 13/08/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Shatter Series 00478 151 47 12/08/1972 Eaker Hill mineshafts Mendip 00478 152 47 19/08/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Desolation Row dig 00478 153 47 19/08/1972 North Hill Swallet Mendip 00478 154 47 19/08/1972 Stoke Lane Slocker Mendip Three 00478 155 48 20/08/1972 Pinetree Pot Mendip 00478 156 48 19/08/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Vicarage Passage dig 00478 157 48 20/08/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Vicarage Passage dig 00478 158 48 20/08/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Round Trip 00478 159 50 26/08/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Vicarage Passage dig 00478 160 50 27/08/1972 Lamb Leer Cave Mendip 00478 161 51 26/08/1972 Porth yr Ogof Wales 00478 162 52 27/08/1972 Dan yr Ogof Wales 00478 163 52 28/08/1972 WSG dig Wales 00478 164 52 29/08/1972 Ogof Ffynnon Ddu Wales One 00478 165 53 06/09/1972 Sludge Pit Hole Mendip Dig 00478 166 53 03/09/1972 Swildon's Hole Mendip Vicarage Passage dig P(p.54) 00478 167 54 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00478 168 54 Swildon's Hole Mendip Eight (F.U.2 Aven), Nine 00478 169 54 08/09/1972 Sludge Pit Hole Mendip Dig 00478 170 54 13/09/1972 Sludge Pit Hole Mendip Dig 00478 171 55 St.
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