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Hillgrove 1952-1954 WESSEX CAVE CLUB CAVING LOGBOOK 1952 - 1954 Acq. No. No. Page Date Cave Area Notes Survey Significant 00439 1 1 10/08/1952 Cow Hole Mendip 00439 2 1 30/08/1952 Stoke Lane Slocker Mendip 00439 3 1 14/09/1952 Stoke Lane Slocker Mendip 00439 4 1 05/10/1952 Gough' Old cave Mendip Bat ringing 00439 5 1 05/10/1952 Long Hole Mendip Bat ringing 00439 6 1 05/10/1952 Great Oone's Hole Mendip Bat ringing 00439 7 1 12/10/1952 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00439 8 1 19/10/1952 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump I 00439 9 2 22/06/1952 Swildon's Hole Mendip Sump II 00439 10 2 06/07/1952 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00439 11 2 13/07/1952 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 12 2 23/07/1952 Lamb Leer Cavern Mendip Aborted 00439 13 2 24-27/07/1952 Lamb Leer Cavern Mendip 3 trips 00439 14 2 03/08/1952 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 15 2 04/08/1952 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 16 3 01/11/1952 Lamb Leer Cavern Mendip 00439 17 3 02/11/1952 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00439 18 3 31/10/1952 Hunters' Lodge Swallet Mendip Dig 00439 19 4 11/12/1952 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00439 20 4 12/12/1952 Stoke Lane Slocker Mendip 00439 21 4 13/12/1952 G.B. Cave Mendip 00439 22 5 15/12/1952 Swildon's Hole Mendip OCL first dived Sump II P 00439 23 5 16/12/1952 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00439 24 5 17/12/1952 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00439 25 5 18/12/1952 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 26 5 26/12/1952 Hunters' Lodge Swallet Mendip Dig flooded 00439 27 5 26/12/1952 Badger Hole Mendip Dig flooded 00439 28 6 03/01/1953 Lamb Leer Cavern Mendip 00439 29 6 25/01/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 30 7 22/02/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip Cleaning 00439 31 7 22/02/1953 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00439 32 7 28/02/1953 Eastwater Cavern Mendip Surface 00439 33 7 28/02/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip Surface 00439 34 7 28/02/1953 Lamb Leer Cavern Mendip Surface 00439 35 7 28/02/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 36 7 28/02/1953 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00439 37 7 29/2/53 (sic) Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 38 8 01/03/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip Survey / Photographic 00439 39 8 04/04/1953 Hunters' Lodge Swallet Mendip Dig 00439 40 8 04/04/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 41 8 09/04/1953 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00439 42 9 10/04/1953 Lamb Leer Cavern Mendip 00439 43 9 11/04/1953 G.B. Cave Mendip 00439 44 9 12/04/1953 Stoke Lane Slocker Mendip 00439 45 9 16/05/1953 Whitsun Hole Mendip Dig commenced 00439 46 9 23/05/1953 Whitsun Hole Mendip Dig 00439 47 10 30/05/1953 Lamb Leer Cavern Mendip 00439 48 10 31/05/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 49 10 30/05/1953 Whitsun Hole Mendip Dig 00439 50 10 03/06/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 51 10 13/06/1953 Lamb Leer Cavern Mendip 00439 52 10 13/06/1953 Whitsun Hole Mendip Dig 00439 53 11 12/06/1953 August Hole Mendip 00439 54 11 13/06/1953 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00439 55 11 14/06/1953 Rod's Pot Mendip 00439 56 11 15/06/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 57 11 16/06/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 58 11 18/06/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 59 11 19/06/1953 Stoke Lane Slocker Mendip 00439 60 12 28/06/1953 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00439 61 12 20/06/1953 Eastwater Cavern Mendip Descended Primrose Pot P 00439 62 12 20/06/1953 Hillgrove - Hunters' mineshafts Mendip 00439 63 12 20/06/1953 Stoke Lane Slocker Mendip 00439 64 12 28/06/1953 Whitsun Hole Mendip Dig. 12ft waterworn passage entered 00439 65 13 05/07/1953 Lamb Leer Cavern Mendip 00439 66 13 06/07/1953 Lamb Leer Cavern Mendip Dig 00439 67 13 06/07/1953 Whitsun Hole Mendip Pirated 00439 68 13 07/07/1953 Lamb Leer Cavern Mendip Dig 00439 69 13 08/08/1953 Lamb Leer Cavern Mendip Dig 00439 70 13 09/07/1953 Lamb Leer Cavern Mendip Dig 00439 71 13 10/07/1953 Lamb Leer Cavern Mendip Dig. 47ft tunnel abandoned 00439 72 14 12/07/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 73 14 18/07/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 74 14 19/07/1953 Whitsun Hole Mendip Dig 00439 75 14 19/07/1953 G.B. Cave Mendip 00439 76 15 24/07/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 77 15 26/07/1953 Hunters' Lodge Swallet Mendip 00439 78 15 26/07/1953 Pen Hill mine workings Mendip 00439 79 15 27/07/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 80 15 29/07/1953 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00439 81 15 30/07/1953 Velvet Bottom caves Mendip 00439 82 15 31/07/1953 Lamb Leer Cavern Mendip 00439 83 15 01/08/1953 Wookey Hole Cave Mendip 00439 84 16 04/08/1953 Dallimore's Cave Mendip Photographic 00439 85 16 15/08/1953 Whitsun Hole Mendip Dig 00439 86 16 16/08/1953 Stoke Lane Slocker Mendip 00439 87 17 16/08/1953 Whitsun Hole Mendip Dig 00439 88 17 17/08/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip New route via squeeze to Tratman's Temple 00439 89 17 18/08/1953 Cuckoo Cleeves Mendip 00439 90 17 23/08/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 91 17 28/08/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 92 17 31/08/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 93 17 11/09/1953 Longwood Swalet Mendip 00439 94 17 11/09/1953 August Hole Mendip 00439 95 17 18/09/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 96 17 19/09/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 97 18 20/09/1953 Whitsun Hole Mendip Dig 00439 98 18 27/09/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 99 18 03/10/1953 Green Ore swallet Mendip 00439 100 18 03/10/1953 Hillgrove Swallet Mendip 00439 101 18 04/10/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 102 19 4/10/53 ? Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 103 20 24/10/1953 Stoke Lane Slocker Mendip 00439 104 21 14/11/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip Recent damage in St. Paul's Series 00439 105 22 15/11/1953 Wells Hill Swallet Mendip Dig 00439 106 22 21/11/1953 Dallimore's Cave Mendip 00439 107 22 29/11/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 108 23 29/11/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip Dive Sump II to 1st airspace 00439 109 23 06/12/1953 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00439 110 24 07/12/1953 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00439 111 24 08/12/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 112 24 09/12/1953 Dallimore's Cave Mendip 00439 113 24 12/12/1953 St. Cuthbert's Swallet Mendip 00439 114 25 02/01/1954 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 115 25 05/01/1954 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00439 116 25 08/12/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 117 26 23/01/1954 Hillier's Cave Mendip 00439 118 26 23/01/1954 Hillier's Cave Mendip Photography 00439 119 26 24/01/1954 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 120 26 30/01/1954 Swildon's Hole Mendip Dig. Mud Sump 00439 121 27 13/02/1954 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00439 122 27 06/03/1954 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 123 28 13/03/1954 Swildon's Hole Mendip Mud Sump dig 00439 124 28 20/03/1954 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 125 28 20/03/1954 Swildon's Hole Mendip Priddy Pool Passage dig 00439 126 28 20/03/1954 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 127 28 21/03/1954 Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00439 128 29 10/04/1954 Dallimore's Cave Mendip Surveying 00439 129 29 11/04/1954 Swildon's Hole Mendip Priddy Pool Passage dig. Replaced Sump I cable 00439 130 29 01/05/1954 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 A A-S - Back of book. Mostly hut fee records 00439 131 G 26/04/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 132 M 18/10/1953 Swildon's Hole Mendip 00439 133 N Dallimore's Cave Mendip 00439 134 O Eastwater Cavern Mendip 00439 135 R 06/03/1954 Swildon's Hole Mendip.
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