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Upper Pitts 2003 WESSEX CAVE CLUB CAVING LOGBOOK 2003 Acq. No. No. Page Date Cave Area Notes Survey Significant 02929 1 1 01/01/2003 G.B. Cave Mendip In flood 02929 2 1 01/01/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Surface. In flood 02929 3 1 05/01/2003 Rhino Rift Mendip Bottomed 3rd pitch 02929 4 2 10/01/2003 Ridge Mine Wiltshire 02929 5 2 11/01/2003 Ogof Ffynnon Ddu Wales I. The Pit 02929 6 2 18/01/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Round Trip 02929 7 2 23/01/2003 G.B. Cave Mendip Devil's Elbow 02929 8 2 03/01/2003 Lionel's Hole Mendip 02929 9 3 19/01/2003 Chartehouse Warren Farm Swallet Mendip 02929 10 3 24/01/2003 Gough's Cave Mendip Adventure Cave 02929 11 3 21/01/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump I 02929 12 3 19/01/2003 Ogof Agen Allwedd Wales 02929 13 4 25/01/2003 St. Cuthbert's Swallet Mendip Sump I 02929 14 4 25/01/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Climbing 40ft Pot 02929 15 6 26/01/2003 Goon's Hole Mendip Dig 02929 16 6 28/01/2003 St. Cuthbert's Swallet Mendip Sump I 02929 17 6 02/02/2003 Wookey Hole Cave Mendip Diving. 3 to 15 02929 18 7 02/02/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump I 02929 19 7 19/01/2003 Ogof Agen Allwedd Wales Dig 02929 20 7 02/02/2003 Spar Pot Mendip Sewer Rat II Dig 02929 21 7 03/02/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Mud Sump 02929 22 8 08/02/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Upper Series 02929 23 8 12/02/2003 Crook's Hole Mendip Dig 02929 24 8 15/02/2003 Templeton Mendip Digger lifted with crane 02929 25 8 15/02/2003 Compton Martin shelter Mendip Surface 02929 26 8 15/02/2003 Compton Martin mineshaft Mendip Surface 02929 27 8 18/02/2003 Eastwater Cavern Mendip West End Series 02929 28 9 18/02/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump II 02929 29 10 30/12/2002 Urals caves Russia 02929 30 10 22/01/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump XII. Diving 02929 31 11 22/02/2003 Ogof Draenen Wales Circuit 02929 32 11 23/02/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Round Trip 02929 33 12 23/02/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Short Round Trip & Four 02929 34 12 26/02/2003 Crook's Hole Mendip Dig 02929 35 12 27/02/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Twenty Foot Pot 02929 36 12 22/02/2003 Ogof Agen Allwedd Wales Grand Circle 02929 37 13 01/03/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Twenty Foot Pot 02929 38 13 25/02/2003 Ridge Mine Wiltshire 02929 39 13 05/03/2003 Templeton Mendip Dig 02929 40 13 09/03/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Dig Sump XII 02929 41 14 09/03/2003 Shatter Cave Mendip 02929 42 14 08/03/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Short Round Trip 02929 43 15 13/03/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump I 02929 44 15 14/03/2003 Rhino Rift Mendip To the bottom dig 02929 45 15 15/03/2003 G.B. Cave Mendip 02929 46 16 15/03/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump I 02929 47 16 16/03/2003 Hunters' Hole Mendip 02929 48 16 25/03/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Upper Series 02929 49 16 04/03/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Round Trip 02929 50 16 08/03/2003 Eastwater Cavern Mendip Dolphin Pot, Twin Verticals 02929 51 17 11/03/2003 Lionel's Hole Mendip Round Trip 02929 52 17 16/03/2003 Goon's Hole Mendip Dig 02929 53 17 18/03/2003 Fairy / Hillier's Cave Mendip 02929 54 18 21/03/2003 Flange Swallet Mendip Work on master survey 02929 55 18 21/03/2003 Lionel's Hole Mendip Work on master survey 02929 56 18 21/03/2003 East Twin Brook Swallet Mendip Work on master survey 02929 57 18 21/03/2003 Goatchurch Cavern Mendip Work on master survey 02929 58 18 21/03/2003 Pierre's Pot Mendip Work on master survey 02929 59 18 19/03/2003 Templeton Mendip Dig 02929 60 19 22/03/2003 Pierre's Pot Mendip 02929 61 19 22/03/2003 Lionel's Hole Mendip Work on master survey 02929 62 19 22/03/2003 Pierre's Pot Mendip Work on master survey 02929 63 19 15/03/2003 Gaping Gill Yorkshire Dihedral, Flood Entrance 02929 64 20 16/03/2003 Meregill Hole Yorkshire First pitch 02929 65 20 21/03/2003 Ogof Draenen Wales Round Trip 02929 66 20 23/03/2003 Rhino Rift Mendip First pitch 02929 67 20 26/03/2003 Tunnel Quarry Wiltshire 02929 68 20 26/03/2003 Spring Quarry Wiltshire 02929 69 21 26/03/2003 Crook's Hole Mendip Dig 02929 70 21 27/03/2003 Goon's Hole Mendip Dig 02929 71 21 29/03/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Round Trip 02929 72 22 29/03/2003 Shatter Cave Mendip 65th birthday trip 02929 73 22 29/03/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Round Trip 02929 74 22 30/03/2003 Goon's Hole Mendip Dig 02929 75 22 30/03/2003 Crook's Hole Mendip Dig 02929 76 23 30/03/2003 Crook's Hole Mendip Dig 02929 77 23 04/04/2003 Withyhill Cave Mendip 02929 78 23 26/03/2003 Goatchurch Cavern Mendip Birthday in Boulder Chamber 02929 79 23 01/04/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Shatter Series 02929 80 24 05/04/2003 Pierre's Pot Mendip Dig 02929 81 24 05/04/2003 Lygad Llchwr Mendip 02929 82 24 06/04/2003 Fairy / Hillier's Cave Mendip 02929 83 25 08/04/2003 Cuckoo Cleeves Mendip Lake Chamber 02929 84 25 11/04/2003 Wookey Hole Cave Mendip 3 to 22 02929 85 26 12/04/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip 02929 86 26 12/04/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Reverse Round Trip? 02929 87 26 12/04/2003 Black Shiver Pot Yorkshire 02929 88 26 13/04/2003 Marble Steps Pot Yorkshire 02929 89 26 10/04/2003 Arachnid Rift Mendip 02929 90 26 10/04/2003 Twister Rift Mendip 02929 91 26 10/04/2003 Hurricane Hole Mendip 02929 92 26 12/04/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Shatter Series / Passchendaele 02929 93 27 15/04/2003 Thrupe Lane Swallet Mendip Second Mud Sump 02929 94 27 Thrupe Lane Swallet Mendip Dig - Persistence Pot P(p.28) P 02929 95 28 16/04/2003 Crook's Hole Mendip Dig 02929 96 29 19/04/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Round Trip 02929 97 29 19/04/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip 45th anniversary trip + video 02929 98 29 20/04/2003 Ridge Mine Wiltshire 02929 99 29 20/04/2003 Ogof Ffynnon Ddu Wales Streamway to top waterfall 02929 100 30 23/04/2003 Crook's Hole Mendip Dig 02929 101 30 26/04/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Upper Series. Investigate stream connection P 02929 102 31 26/04/2003 Creed's Mineshaft 2 Mendip P 02929 103 32 02/05/2003 G.B. Cave Mendip Devil's Elbow 02929 104 32 03/05/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Passchendaele 02929 105 33 04/05/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Dive to Four 02929 106 34 04/05/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Diving Sump XII 02929 107 34 04/05/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Upper Series 02929 108 34 05/05/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump II 02929 109 35 07/05/2003 Crook's Hole Mendip Dig 02929 110 35 07/05/2003 St. Luke's Swallet Mendip Dig 02929 111 35 19/04/2003 Charterhouse Cave Mendip Dig 02929 112 36 03/05/2003 St. Cuthbert's Swallet Mendip 02929 113 36 06/05/2003 Manor Farm Swallet Mendip End dig 02929 114 36 04/05/2003 Crook's Hole Mendip Dig 02929 115 36 18/05/2003 Ogof Craig-a-Ffynnon Wales Pirate Chamber 02929 116 36 09/05/2003 Box Mines Wiltshire Search for Hazelbury Mine 02929 117 37 23/05/2003 Swan (Kingsdown) Mine Wiltshire 02929 118 37 18/05/2003 Kingsdale Master Cave Mendip 02929 119 38 23/05/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sidcot U-Tube, Black Hole 02929 120 39 25/05/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Watergate 02929 121 39 25/05/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Round trip 02929 122 40 24/05/2003 Cuckoo Cleeves Mendip Lake Chamber 02929 123 40 25/05/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Nine 02929 124 40 24/05/2003 G.B. Cave Mendip 30th anniversary trip 02929 125 41 Crook's Hole Mendip Dig 02929 126 41 26/05/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Two 02929 127 42 29/05/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Upper Series 02929 128 42 30/05/2003 Shatter Cave Mendip 02929 129 42 01/06/2003 East Twin Brook Swallet Mendip 02929 130 42 01/06/2003 Lionel's Hole Mendip 02929 131 42 01/06/2003 Goon's Hole Mendip 02929 132 43 03/06/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip Round Trip 02929 133 43 10/05/2003 Ogof Draenen Wales War of the Worlds 02929 134 43 13/05/2003 Pierre's Pot Mendip Streamway 02929 135 43 13/05/2003 Lionel's Hole Mendip Round Trip 02929 136 43 20/05/2003 Swildon's Hole Mendip SE Inlets , Lower Fault Chamber 02929 137 43 24/05/2003 G.B.
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