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Upper Pitts 2012 WESSEX CAVE CLUB CAVING LOGBOOK 2012 Acq. No. No. Page Date Cave Location Notes Survey Significant 05757 1 1 07/01/2012 St. Cuthbert's Swallet Mendip 05757 2 1 07/01/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump I 05757 3 2 01/01/2012 G.B. Cave Mendip 05757 4 2 14/01/2012 Bath Swallet / Rod's Pot Mendip 05757 5 3 14/01/2012 Pierre's Pot Mendip Dig 05757 6 3 06/01/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip SE Inlets 05757 7 3 10/01/2012 Eastwater Cavern Mendip Start of West End Series 05757 8 3 21/01/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Terminus Chamber 05757 9 3 21/01/2012 Wookey Hole Mendip Dive 22 - 23 05757 10 4 22/01/2012 Thrupe Lane Swallet Mendip Entrance blocked 05757 11 4 28/01/2012 Spider Hole Mendip Dig 05757 12 5 04/02/2012 Charterhouse Cave Mendip Riser dig 05757 13 5 24/01/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Greasy Chimney 05757 14 5 07/02/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Shatter Pitch 05757 15 6 11/02/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Double Pots 05757 16 6 11/02/2012 Eastwater Cavern Mendip Old cave 05757 17 7 11/02/2012 Pierre's Pot Mendip Flyover dig 05757 18 7 11/02/2012 Eastwater Cavern Mendip Old cave 05757 19 8 11/02/2012 Spider Hole Mendip Dig 05757 20 8 18/02/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Maypole Aven dig 05757 21 8 18/02/2012 Spider Hole Mendip Dig 05757 22 8 19/02/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Rig 40ft Pot 05757 23 9 21/02/2012 Eastwater Cavern Mendip Old cave 05757 24 9 20/02/2012 Templeton Mendip South Pot. Breakthrough P 05757 25 9 25/02/2012 Charterhouse Cave Mendip Photographic 05757 26 9 28/02/2012 Spider Hole Mendip Dig 05757 27 9 28/02/2012 Reservoir Hole Mendip Silo dig 05757 28 10 29/02/2012 Hunters' Hole Mendip 05757 29 10 01/03/2012 St. Cuthbert's Swallet Mendip 05757 30 10 28/02/2012 Priddy Green Sink Mendip Virgin Series 05757 31 11 03/03/2012 Axbridge Hill Cavern Mendip 2008 cave 05757 32 11 03/03/2012 Charterhouse Cave Mendip Dig 05757 33 11 03/03/2012 Spider Hole Mendip 05757 34 11 28/02/2012 Tyning's Barrows Swallet Mendip 05757 35 11 06/03/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Blue Pencil / Fault Chamber avens 05757 36 12 10/03/2012 Charterhouse Cave Mendip Riser dig 05757 37 12 10/03/2012 Pierre's Pot Mendip Dig 05757 38 12 14/03/2012 Limekiln Dig Mendip 05757 39 13 17/03/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Maypole Aven dig 05757 40 13 17/03/2012 G.B. Cave Mendip Great Chamber 05757 41 13 13/03/2012 Carpark Cave 05757 42 13 24/03/2012 Chelm's Combe Quarry Cave Mendip Survey 05757 43 14 24/03/2012 Reynold's Rift Mendip 05757 44 14 24/03/2012 Box Cave Mendip Photographic 05757 45 14 31/03/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Maypole Aven dig 05757 46 14 01/04/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump I 05757 47 15 05/04/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Approach Passage 05757 48 15 07/04/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Maypole Aven dig 05757 49 15 10/04/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Maypole Aven dig 05757 50 15 12/04/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump I 05757 51 16 14/04/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Maypole Aven / Swynne Puke round trip 05757 52 16 20/04/2012 G.B. Cave Mendip 05757 53 16 21/04/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Short Round Trip 05757 54 16 21/04/2012 Rhino Rift Mendip LH Route 05757 55 17 28/04/2012 Eastwater Cavern Mendip Old cave 05757 56 17 28/04/2012 Spider Hole Mendip Dig 05757 57 17 05/05/2012 Charterhouse Cave Mendip 2008 Series 05757 58 17 06/05/2012 Eastwater Cavern Mendip Old cave 05757 59 18 06/05/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Upper Series 05757 60 18 06/05/2012 Limekiln Dig Mendip Dig 05757 61 18 07/04/2012 Aven-Grotte de la Cave de Vilalis France 05757 62 18 08/04/2012 Source de l'Esperelle France Dive 05757 63 19 09/04/2012 Aven du Macoume France 05757 64 19 10/04/2012 Caves de St. Saturnin France Dive 05757 65 19 11/04/2012 Grotte de Pont de Ratz France 05757 66 20 12/05/2012 Charterhouse Cave Mendip Portal Pool 05757 67 20 12/05/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump I 05757 68 20 12/05/2012 Wigmore Swallet Mendip 05757 69 21 13/05/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Short Round Trip 05757 70 21 14/05/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Upper Series 05757 71 21 15/05/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip SE Inlets 05757 72 22 17/05/2012 G.B. Cave Mendip 05757 73 22 19/05/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Mud Sump. Repair 05757 74 22 26/05/2012 Charterhouse Cave Mendip Pump repair 05757 75 23 27/05/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump II 05757 76 23 27/05/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Downstream to Sump VI 05757 77 23 22/05/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Black Hole 05757 78 24 01/06/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Mud Sump 05757 79 24 02/06/2012 Charterhouse Cave Mendip 2008/2009 Extensions 05757 80 24 03/06/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Syphon Troubles 05757 81 25 04/06/2012 G.B. Cave Mendip Devil's Elbow 05757 82 25 05/06/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Short Round Trip 05757 83 25 08/06/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump I 05757 84 25 08/06/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump I 05757 85 26 09/06/2012 Spider Hole Mendip Dig 05757 86 26 10/06/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Shatter Pot 05757 87 27 09/06/2012 Read's Cavern Mendip Description for MU 05757 88 27 16/06/2012 Read's Cavern Mendip Junction Chamber dig 05757 89 28 16/06/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Short Round Trip 05757 90 28 16/06/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump I 05757 91 28 15/06/2012 Cow Pot Yorkshire 05757 92 29 16/06/2012 Boreham Cave Yorkshire 05757 93 29 19/06/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump II 05757 94 29 20/06/2012 Manor Farm Swallet Mendip 05757 95 30 23/06/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Black Hole Series 05757 96 30 24/06/2012 G.B. Cave Mendip Ladder Dig 05757 97 30 30/06/2012 St. Cuthbert's Swallet Mendip 05757 98 31 01/07/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip St. Paul's Series 05757 99 31 05/07/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip 20ft Pot 05757 100 31 07/07/2012 Charterhouse Cave Mendip 2008 Series 05757 101 31 08/07/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Fault Chamber 05757 102 31 14/07/2012 Shute Shelve Cavern Mendip 05757 103 32 14/07/2012 Spider Hole Mendip Dig 05757 104 32 15/07/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump II 05757 105 32 21/07/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Lower Terminus Chamber dig 05757 106 32 26/07/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Fault Chamber 05757 107 32 27/07/2012 Eastwater Cavern Mendip Old cave 05757 108 33 03/08/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Short Round Trip 05757 109 33 04/08/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Reverse Short Round Trip 05757 110 33 05/08/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip 20ft Pot, Oxbows 05757 111 33 07/08/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump I 05757 112 33 09/08/2012 G.B. Cave Mendip 05757 113 34 11/08/2012 Singing River Mine Mendip Description for MU 05757 114 34 11/08/2012 Charterhouse Cave Mendip Portal Pool sumped 05757 115 34 22/08/2012 G.B. Cave Mendip 05757 116 34 12/08/2012 G.B. Cave Mendip Bat Passage 05757 117 34 16/08/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Short Round Trip 05757 118 34 18/08/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Lower Terminus Chamber dig 05757 119 35 19/08/2001 Swildon's Hole Mendip Black Hole 05757 120 35 18/08/2012 Priddy Green Sink Mendip 05757 121 35 22/08/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Upper Series 05757 122 36 22/08/2012 Ogof Crwc / Ogof y Darren Cilau Wales 05757 123 36 24/08/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump I 05757 124 36 16/08/2012 Rod's Pot / Bath Swallet Mendip Through trip 05757 125 37 25/08/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Short Round Trip 05757 126 37 26/08/2012 Balch Cave Mendip 05757 127 37 26/08/2012 Hillwithy Cave Mendip 05757 128 38 26/08/2012 Fairy Cave Mendip 05757 129 38 29/08/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip 20 ft Pot Photographic 05757 130 38 29/08/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump I 05757 131 38 01/09/2012 Read's Cavern Mendip Zed Alley 05757 132 38 02/09/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip 42ft Rift 05757 133 39 05/09/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Oxbows, Butcombe Chamber 05757 134 39 08/09/2012 Charterhouse Cave Mendip Sand Dig photography, CO2 monitoring 05757 135 39 09/09/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Black Hole 05757 136 39 12/09/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Syphon First Trouble 05757 137 40 15/09/2012 Spider Hole Mendip Dig 05757 138 40 16/09/2012 Eastwater Cavern Mendip Old cave 05757 139 40 20/09/2012 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump I 05757 140 40 22/09/2012 Read's Cavern Mendip 05757 141 41 23/09/2001 Swildon's Hole Mendip Fault Chamber 05757 142 41 26/09/2012 G.B.
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