UCR

rsletter No27

December 1990

Happy Christmas

* COMPETITIONS- NO PRIZES * REYNOLDS REMINISCES * MEMBERSHIP LIST *

* GOUFFRE BERGER I!

* “THE WELL" MEETS THE WEREWOLF *

* HOROSCOPES FOR CAVERS * BOLT FAILURES & LOTS MORE CHEERING ITEMS *
%* CONDE BROTHERS RESCUE REPORT +
OPEN SHAFTS

Derbyshire County Council have complained to the Derbyshire Caving Association
that cavers have removed concrete sleepers from capped mine shafts and not
replacing them after exploration.

If you remove any capping, please make the mine safe again before leaving to
protect people, animals and our reputation,

LIONELS GRILL CARBIDE
DCA have thanked CCPC for the work
done on Knotlow Engine Shaft. If you
have not seen it, Lionel has fitted a
blue mesh grill which can be lowered
to protect the shaft whilst the main
lid is open. It is light enough to be
opened from underneath on your return
to the surface providing that a sheep
isn't stood on it.

I recently had the misfortune to
observe the effects of a few lumps of
carbide in an upland stream - the
death of several suprisingly large
fish!! The moto is-take it home.
It's unsightly when dumped and
obviously lethal when dispersed in
water.

WATER ICIGLES CLOSE MINE

There has been a collapse in North Passage of Water Icicles Mine. Someone has
had a go at digging a way through it but the whole thing looks pretty unstable
with some huge rocks balancing on thin air!

The roof of the passage looks as though it has been shattered by a large
explosive charge - whether this has anything to do with the collapse I do not
know.

There used to be a tight crawl in the floor of the Aven at the end of Northwest
Passage. The last time I went there (October) this had disappeared beneath a
pile of large (too heavy to lift) rocks.

It is advisable to treat these areas of the mine with a good coat of caution.
South Passage hasn't moved yet but maybe they're taking it in turns!

STREAKS POT/NICKER GROVE DEVONSHIRE CAVERN

The sump separating Streaks t Local residents (of Upperwood Rd.
Pot and Nicker Grove Mine is 1 Matlock) have complained to the DCA
at an all time low and may open + that cavers cars are often left in the
up if the weather is not too + only turning place on the road whilst
severe this Winter. Might 1 visiting Devonshire Cavern. They
make an interesting through + request that visitors to the cave park
trip! + down the valley.

CARBIDE CONTAINERS

Because of the nature of Calcium Carbide (it will absorb water out of the
atmosphere, giving off acetylene, a gas which will self detonate at 2 atmos.
pressure under the right [or wrong] conditions), special consideration has to be
taken when transporting it around in caves. The ideal container has to be
airtight, waterproof, flexible, light, capable of expansion and cheap.

A suitable container can be made by cutting an 18" long section from an old
motorbike inner tube. Bend the end over and seal it using an elastic band made
by cutting a further 4" from the tube, Fill with carbide and seal the other
BERG!

The Gouffre Berger, near Grenoble, was the first cave in the world to be
explored to a depth greater than 1000 metres. Despite having been superceded
many years ago as the worlds deepest cave, it is still a strong contender for
the title of the ‘Worlds best Sporting Cave,*

We have got the Gouffre Berger booked from 01/07/91 until 10/07/91 and this is
intended to be a very brief guide to some of the aspects of caving in such a
large systems that may be unfamiliar to people who have only caved in Britain
before.

Firstly, the cave is very large and it is quite common for people to be ‘freaked
out' by its sheer size : just be prepared for a much larger cave than you have
been in before - there is no need to be intimidated as there are no great
technical difficulties. Secondly, although a trip to the bottom of the cave is
a serious and strenuous undertaking, The far less serious trip to camp 1 at -
500 m is within the ability of most cavers and is good enough in itself to
justify the trip to France.

For all people visiting the cave, the following are esential :-

1) A carbide light, generator and spare carbide containers. Buy your light
soon and become familiar with its operation. I will have a simple
container for you to copy (see previous page) A usefull tip is to put fresh
carbide in a section of stocking or tights inside the generator. This
makes it easy to retain the lumps of good carbide when re-filling the
generator.

2) A lightweight electric backup light. Petzl zooms are hard to fault and can
be worn on your helmet at the same time as a carbide light. FX2's are also
good.

A tackle sack complete with hanging cord. The length of the cord should
be such that when it is attached to your sit harness, the sack does not get
in your way when prussiking.

A food container: note that a mixture of peanuts and raisins (plus any
other goodies that take your fancy) is better at sustaining you on a long
trip than Mars Bars.

Competence in the basic techniques of SRT and the ability to perform them
whilst carrying a full tackle sack,

Anyone intending going beyond camp 1 must bear in mind the real possibility of
being trapped for a time by floods, Generally, it is possible to find somewhere
dry and comfortable and to sit it out but it is essential to carry the equipment
necessary to make your wait as comfortable as possible, at the same time bearing
in mind the need to keep the weight and bulk of your personal equipment to a
minimum, Past experience has shown that plastic exposure bags are far better in
use in the cave than space blankets and they fully justify their extra weight
and bulk. Beyond this, you should carry more food and spare carbide than
someone going no further than camp 1. In addition it would be ideal if each
party could carry a lightweight stove between them, though a carbide lamp will
heat a drink in a tin mug in an emergency!

If you are venturing below camp 1 you will also need to be competent in
moderately advanced SRT techniques and confident enough to carry them out on
your own without anyone nearby to advise you; Parties venturing to the bottom
tend to naturally split up so that you may effectively be caving solo between
pitches and find that the person in front will hang about at the top of a pitch
until you reach the bottom before he continues his journey. This maximises the
party's speed through the cave by cutting down waiting time at pitches whilst
ensuring that nobody has completely dropped off the back. If you are confident
in your ability you will find this quite acceptable.

Generally, there are very few tight or awkward passages, however, there are long
passages with boulder-strewn floors and the ability to ‘boulder-hop' whilst
carrying a tackle sack is a great energy-saver. As such, and provided that you
get in plenty of SRT practice, hill walking with a reasonably heavy rucksack is
as good for training as anything else.

Finally, the trips tend to last a long time and a wetsuit can become
uncomfortably itchy. Most people find the combination of furry/fleecy undersuit
plus shell-type oversuit the best option.

I am bound to have forgotten something, so keep in touch and feel free to ask
any questions. Ade A-H (0782 662543)

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SKETCH MAP OF PRESCRIBED ROUTE TO OXLOW
CAVERNS, MASKHILL MINE AND NETTLE POT

KING POT - WELL MAYBE NOT!

We were in the car
Darren,
without enough ropes.

remembered to throw

sitting

an hour late as usual, my two brothers, Neil and
a good friend of mine, Pip and myself that is, waiting to do King Pot
All because of a mix up in picking them up.
our own rope in the back of the car and it was long enough

Luckily I had

for a through trip in Swinsto, so it was that or nothing.

So a quick change and a brisk walk up the hill and down we went.
found that it was already rigged.
The long crawl was a little wetter than usual and
from the second pitch which was also rigged was getting louder. All

the first pitch we

rope dirty, so down we went.
the noise

was going well -

rigged.

At the top of the fourch pitch we met
three lads whose ropes we had used.
One of the lads (whose name I did not

catch so I will call him Dex) was in
the middle of rigging and I got
talking to the other two. I did most
of the talking to Pete and Dex's
brother, Ian. Pete and Dex were
experienced cavers whilst Ian was a
novice. Pete and myself were

comparing systems we had both done
when Dex shouted up about a deviation
Pete explained to Ian what to do,
checked his stop was loaded correctly
and down he abseiled. Pete and I
continued talking but were cut short
by a load bang, like a tackle sack had
been dropped down the pitch. Looking
over the edge, all we could see were
ans legs. He was lying on his back
around the wall of the split pitch
with Dex looking over him.

Pete shot down the pitch straight away
to see if he was OK. I said I'd wait
at the top of the pitch because I had
no climbing gear with me, but to shout
if they needed me to come down. After
about five minutes waiting at the top,
Dex climbed back up to let us know
what was going on. He said that Ian
had hurt his arm and was complaining
that his back vas hurting, but seeing
that he could move, it would be best
to get him off that cold wet ledge as
soon as possible.

The way we managed this was by
threading a length of rope through a
crab (because nobody had a pulley) on
a sling belay, With one end attached
to Ian, Dex climbed up the other to
act as a counterbalance while Pete and
I pulled from the bottom and the top.

Between us, we managed to haul Ian

When we reached
No point in getting our

and rather quickly for the third and fourth pitch were also

back up the pitch. After checking him
over and weighing up the situation ve
decided that help was the best plan of
attack. Because we were doing a
through trip, we had only brought one
set of climbing gear down with us, so
Neil headed back out with it. Darren,
Pip and myself carried on through,
first one out to call for help.

The accident happened at 12.15 pm and
we made our exit at 3.00 pm out of the
valley entrance. Neil had beat us out
and cave rescue had already arrived.
A quick word with one of the rescue
team then we headed back up the hill
to see if we could be of any
assistance. By the time we had
climbed back up the hill to the
entrancethere were about a dozen or so
already down. Darren and I were asked
to rig a pulley with 60' of rope on
the first pitch then to remove any
rocks along the crawl which could get
in the way of the stretcher. When we
had finished we carried on to the top
of the third pitch where we helped to
haul Ian up.

Hard work was not the word. Tan was
62" and 15.5 stone. Even with six of
us at the top of the pitch and God
knows how many at the bottom pulling,
he was heavy.

Once up, we pulled and carried him to
the second pitch. This time I helped
with the bottom pull which was a lot
easier.

As soon as Ian was in the crawl I
helped ferry some equipment up the
second pitch and into the crawl. That
is where I got collared along with two
others. More manpower was needed for
the crawl.

The three of us crawled past the
casualty and took hold of the lead
rope. By this time I had left Darren
at the bottom of the second pitch, I
didn't know if Pip had come down or
was still on top and I had no idea
where Neil was.

The crawl was slow and hard with a
long line of bodies pulling 6" at a
time. It had been made easier because
by this time a lot of water entering
the cave had been diverted but all the
same, it was still cold and wet with a
long slow crawl in front of us.
Halfway along the crawl, lying on a
shelf, was a body I recognised. It
was Pip. He had fetched the food and
we had passed back earlier for Ian
which by this time I think he was very
gratefull for it. It was at this point
that Pip told me that a helicopter had
landed to fly Ian to hostpital. He
then climbed down to help with the
pull.

It seemed like a lifetime, but finally
we reached the foot of the first
pitch. Pip and I were chosen to help
the team at the top with the
stretcher haul up this final pitch, I
had all the luck, this one was harder
than the third because there wasn't
enough room to pull.

Finally, at about 8.00 pm, eight hours
later, we emerged from the entrance
like “heroes. It was dark and all you
could see were faces all around. Ian
was placed upon another stretcher,
wrapped in a red quilt blanket and
loaded onto the helicopter, Ina
blaze of light and deaffening noise,
avay he flew to hostpital.

In the
and Dex. We sat
welcome pint and they
they thought had gone wrong. It seems
that as Ian had descended, he had
entered the flow of water, causing him
to speed up. Panic-stricken, he
grabbed hold of his stop which anyone
with one will know does the opposite
of slowing you down. A very quick,
uncontrolled descent followed and the
rest is history.

pub later we met up with Pete
down with a very
told us what

The next day, there was a small write
up in some of the national papers.
They said his name was Ian Dexter aged
21 from Skegness and he had suffered a
broken arm.

The length some people will go to just
to get a ride in a helicopter!

T Conde (Coddy)

and send you off to dig a |
connection between Giants and
Nettle. Tell him to bog off!

PISCES crop, 19- Maret

Tf a small ugly caver laughs
and tips a wellie full of water
down your neck whilst you are
climbing a ladder, ask him if he
has remembered his helmet.

LIBRA (sent. 23 - oct.
22):

As the moon enters your sign
month, avoid places which end |
in ‘low’ or things may go with a |
|| bang. A good time to convert
boring old mines into new open plan
models

this

® VIRGO (aug. 2 - sere.
You will meet a short dark

woman in Caving Supplies who will
offer you crap advise and rip you
off. A member of the EPC will bum
drinks off you.

3) SCORPIO (oct. 23 - Nov.
2

Always wear an armoured jock
strap when walking home from the |
Wilk's Head. Don't be too suprised
if a tall stranger pisses in your
sink, |

THE OTHER CAVES OF DERBYSHIRE
Hanging Flat Mine, Middleton Dale

Gill and I were in the Three Staggs Heads one Sunday lunchtime when a stranger
who looked as though he had fell off the front of a Quaker Oats packet
approached us, It must have been obvious that we had been caving and he started
telling us about his own exploits.

Most of it was about adventures in Carlswalk etc, but when he asked if we had
ever visited Hanging Flat Mine, our ears pricked up - this one isn't in the
cop.

He told us that he knew the director of the mine and that it had only closed ten
years previously. He also said that it was full of mining relics. He gave us
directions which we both memorized differently and we resolved to find it at a
later date.

The next weekend we got off to a later than planned start and so decided to go
for a potter around and examine this new ‘find'. We got to Middleton Dale and
tried to recall the details of where it vas. I remembered him saying that it
was on the left, Gill remembered him saying it was on the right. I remembered
‘third lay by'; Gill remembered ‘second lay by’ etc.

The girl at the ‘lovers Leep' Cafe was extremely helpful and produced a map of
all the local mines, Hanging Flat wasn't on it. Back to the Three Stags
Heads. Our informant wasn't in but the landlord asked everyone in the pub for
us. No joy. Perhaps we had dreamed it or the old fellow had made it up.

It was now going dark and sleeting so we decided to go for a potter around for
an hour to let the beer go down before we started again. We couldn't do Lay By
Pot as someone vas already using the only safe belay point. We drove down to
Lay By Shelter and noticed a promising looking hole. We both changed and
crawled off into a passage which was at least 15' long before becoming
completely blocked with flowstone.

One last lock and then to the pub, We climbed over brambles etc until we came
to a ruined building. Inside it an adit ran off into the rock face. Above the
adit was painted "Knockers Pipe".

Inside it fitted the old mans description perfectly. Lots of mining relics
still in place and obviously quite a modern if rather small scale mine.

A left fork at a junction led for a hundred yards to a working face. Right at
the junction was a lot more interesting. After a short walk amongst a load of
very rotten timber we came to a shaft in the floor, The way ahead was blind so
we decided to go for the shaft. A 35‘ ladder almost reached the bottom but
there was absolutely nothing sound to belay to. We both descended about half
way down before the old bottle went when we saw what was above us and returned
to the pitch head

If anyone fancies a go at this mine it is very easy to find once you know how.
Park at Lay By Shelter and walk down the hill until you come to a ruined
building on your left - easy. The rock is shattered and wouldn't safely hold a
bolt so take a 6' scafolding bar to belay to. Forty feet of ladder will get you
down the first pitch. Beyond that we don't know - I dont know anyone who has
been any further.

The mine does actually get a mention in GOD under Lay By Shelter but it is not
described. Anyone got any more for the collection? Mark
THE RETURN OF “THE WELL"

Many members will recall "the well" at the Fernihoughs Farm. A year or two ago

ue helped him to improve his water supply.

down the bottom of the 90' deep well.

This time he had got his pump stuck

Ralph and Paul led the first assault and were unable to free the offending item
and so were asked to cut off the various attachments (the water pipe, electric
cable, hauling rope etc) so that the borehole could be abandoned and a smaller
pump used to extract water from the older (upper) well.

When we had done this and measured the various bits, we came to the conclusion
that when Mr F had tried to extract the pump, the cable had not been coming up
with it and it was probably that which had jammed the pump in the borehole

pipe. On the way home, we hatched a plan.

Thursday ev€¥ing saw Mark, Gill and Inga
down the well, taking measurements with a
fishing line and a lead weight observed by
Ralph and Margurite. Mark managed to haul
the pump up the borehole for a few feet
before it jammed solid again. The evening
finished off in the "Poachers Tavern" at
Rudyard,

About two weeks later, Ralph, Paul and Ron
arrived equipped with 35' of steam pipe
(from Ron's cowshed) threaded onto a nylon
rope (we couldn't get enough collars) and
various other bits of gear that we thought
might be useful. Part of the roof of the
building vhich houses the well had to be
removed since it vas in the way and the
12' lengths of pipe wouldn't fit, but in
no time at all they were in position and
Paul was dispatched to guide them into the
borehole. The idea was to secure all the
ropes, cables etc then try to move the
pump back down the borehole using the
steam pipe and a sledge hammer.

Balanced on top of the pipe, Paul tried to
hook the rope which had fallen down the
pipe with a home-made grappling iron.
Having failed, in desperation he gave the
offending pover cable a tug - the pump
immediately freed itself and set off down
the borehole like a torpedo. Fortunately
Paul managed to stop it before it
dissapeared completely by wrapping the
cable around his leg and then praying that
he didn't (or at least his leg didn't)
follow the pump down the pipe!

The rest was academic, Within 30 minutes
we had the pump, cable etc etc on the
surface and we were on the way hone.

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The 90" deep well shaft is rumoured to have been
dug in the 13th century by monks when the farm
as a grange. When the water table was lowered
by the water board sinking various boreholes
around the surrounding (and, the well became
unreliable. this was solved by sinking o
borehole in the floor of the well and so
effectively deepening it. The borehole was
Lined with @ pipe and a cylindrical purp,
weighing about 1 cwt was fitted internally in
the pipe below water level. This eventually
broke down but attenpts to remove it were
‘thwarted when the cable became janmed between
‘the punp and the pipe wall. Wow read ons...

Will there be 2 sequel to this story, (Son of "the well")? Ralph.
NO SUN ON DR BANNISTERS

“Isn't it funny how inspiration strikes? Could it be that months of preparation
on the part of Colin Hodgson were prompted by that extremely creditable (do I
mean credible?) subterranean trip reported in this magazineor was it anotherof
those schemes that are usually assosiated with pubs and the odd pint or two?
Surely it must be the former I thought, as Colin who doesn't drink beer,
suggested the trip in his own unique way.

"Doing anything tomorrow?"
"Day off" I replied.
“How about Dr Bannisters in a Bat?"

I resisted the obvious joke about my health and so 12 hours later on a damp
Saturday morning in August we negotiated the assault course of a track so well
known to cavers and not generally assosiated with canoing in Colins Chevette.

Having got past pits in the road that trap many an unwary Sherman tankdriver,
Colin swung the car into a convenient space on the limestone pavement. We
dressed ourselves in gear that we felt suited our mission and unloaded the
Rotobat from the roofrack. I reflected that a spud may have been more
appropriate.

Not entirely with the courage of our convictions, we hid boyancy aids, head
torches, helmets (of the canoists type, after a little discussion), spraydeck and
camera in the bat and started on the walk past the gate and up the track. With a
bit of luck the several caving parties that we encountered might think it was a
new type of caving holdall, unlikely.

Yes, this was the spot, There was still no river in sight but we could hear the
rush of water beneath our feet. The stream emerged from a steam at the bottom of
a crevice, ran along a cleft in the floorand then dissapeared into blackness.
Pausing only for the obligatory photos and to let an amused caving party past, we
clambered down into the hole, dragging our plastic luggage behind us.
(Samsonite, eat your heart out.)

Dr Bannisters is a pool at the bottom of a 20'chute/fall where the water collects
before heading off down a streamvay in the Long Churn Cave System. The top of
the fall itselfe is 20’ underground and our objective was to shoot it. The only
question in our minds was how much adrenilin would we need?

Lots. | After setting up the rope and a breif inspection, Colin struggled to get
into the Bat at the top of the fall. The confined space and rushing water meant
that this was only possible by jamming ones back against the ceiling of the
passage. I positioned myself with the camera in the pool and waited. Colin
positioned himself at the top, rope in one hand, paddles in the other. We had
agreed on taking my Schlegels partially for the required support stroke on
reaching the pool but partly for the asthetics of the photographs. With a shout
Colin released the rope and fired down the fall. Flash went the camera. Slap
went the support stroke. The 20 cavers with me clapped and cheered. No, Colin
didn't know they vere there; he was quite embarassed. It was quite a comic scene
and I did feel out of place; none of the cavers were wearing boyancy aids (mad
fools). Still in the boat, leaving the paddles behind, I scouted down ahead for
obsticles while Colin drifted down the narrow streamway, He was able to
negotiate the bends, small stoppers and even whirlpools by pushing off the
valls.

Then it was my turn. After managing to haul the Bat up the fall I breathlessly
(exertion or nerves?) attempted to wedge myself in the craft. My panic was
increased by dropping my head torch in the stream, First Colin took a photograph
FAILURE OF Smm SELF-DRILL ANCHORS

Up to December 1989 only a few of these bolts had
failed at widely spaced time intervals. The problem was
Usually rusting of the threads so the hanger could not be
placed. New bolts were placed causing “bolt rash”
Members of C.R.0. noted that in January 1990 five &mm
anchors faied. Since then at least 20 of these oolts have
falled, In most cases this has been due to the threads
stripping. In at least two cases the use of extra long bolts,
spannered down, has pushed the cone our of the battom
of the spit thus ejecting it from the hole.

The seriousness of the failures lies in the fact that
they are on SRT routes where every bolt is vital for the safe
descent of the route. A missing bolt on a traverse may
lead a party to descend 100 early and go “aff route” down
a hazardous descent. A missing rebelay on a descent may
cause rope abrasion lower down. When vital bolts are
missing a party should be prepare to abandon the
descent until a permanent and sate bottis placed.

‘A permanent bolt should have a load bezring axle of
12mm or W2inch diameter. The hanger should be steel
{and not alloy because of the way in which alloys corrode.
Ideally hanger and stud should be stainless steel
permanent anchors can be adhesive fixed with industria
‘grade Araicite or other epoxy resin. The hole may need to
be cleared and dried with acetone

Tropes of pear rock chr mad by Prt 728 aboe adh 4 (bebe.

‘The Petzl longvife anchor system P38 uses stainless
steel anchor and hanger. The hole diameter is 12mm by
46mm deep.  drivepin expands the end of the bolt to fix
it in the hole. It has a strenath of 2200Kg. If such a bolt
‘ever came out it could be glued back with Araldite. Any
load bearing rope should be fastened to at least nwo such
bolts

Using @ Bosch 24valt cordiess hammer del and the
1.2Amp hour battery 5 bolt holes were driled for Petal P38
bots. the aril bt was 5.0.5. Pus. A peg hammer is useful
to chisel a flat for the hanger, against the rock. A biow
pipe and miniature bottle brush will clean out the bolt
hole. An old gjlinder head engine-boit makes 2 suitable
deve punch to avoid damaging the stainless plate when
hitting the drive pin. All apparatus that can be dropped
down the pitch can be fastened by cords to a karabiner,
cipped to the caver. The hammer dri takes 2 minute 20
afl a boft hole; the hand held punch may take over two
hours especially in hard, black limestone.

‘We now possess the information and technology
necessary to replace those failing 8mm bolts wth more
relable stainless steel anchors!

Allan Brook

(ES & 46 50 Wa 80) 31

NO SUN ON DR BANNISTERS
(Continued)

of my head torch heading down the
waterfall and then he realised
something was wrong. The sight of the
beam of the torch shining up from the
bottom of the pool was greeted with a
frought 'Brad?*

It's OK, Colin I just dropped it.' I
eried.

The almost tangible relief gave way to
"Don't ever do that again.’

I wasn't intending to. We retrieved
the torch and I completed the 15' of
steep chute followed by a clear drop
of 5'. The wait had caused a bit of
water to build up behind me and the
speed with which it shot me down was
breathtaking. There is something
worrying about only seeing a small
circle of light in front of you as tou
rush over the drop.

We celebrated with a large mug of tea
in the cavers cafe in Ingleton, where
else? My lasting memory will be of a
caver at the bottom of Dr Bannister's
walking over to us and asking ‘Are you
guys cavers, canceists or nuts?!
Colin and I grinned at the enquirer

"Yes' we replied.
[Brad Lincoln: reproduced without

permission from ‘Canoeist' April
(1st?), 1990].

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RINGING THE CHANGES

Below are some extracts form the
How many can you name?

The caves and mines of Derbyshire seem to have changed more over the last 25

years than they did over the last 1,000 years.
first edition of "The Caves of Derbyshire" (1964).

(answers on bottom of next page)

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CHRISTMAS QUIZ

Answering the clues correctly will reveal a piece of advise which is GUARANTEED
to reduce pain and suffering and help ensure health and hapiness over the coming
year.

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ine oe WODENS MATES CAVE ()
a - SNAPPED DIGIT POT IN YORKSHIRE (6,6)

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HOME COUNTY OF CEFN CAVE ()

FISSURE IN PEAR IF TORN (4)
— AMPUTEES REMAIN ANGRY (35,5)
a YOUNG SHEEP GRIN SUGESTIVELY IN SOMERSET (4,4)

Srespeaneay LOS ANGELES YACHT STARTER BY SIDE OF ROAD (5)

ape TRANSITION METAL HILL RESURGENCE (6)
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IMPORTANT Some of this list looks highly dubious to me. Due to a combination of poor photocopying,
Ralph's handwriting, people not bothering to tell me etc etc there are a few details which need
confirming eg does Brian Edmonds have no adress? does Mark Stephens really live in Wellbarmy Close?
does D Potter have no first name? is there such a place as 'Feog Hays'? Please let me know ASAP so that
you don't miss a callout, a newsletter or a caving trip. Mark (0625 426946) December 1990)

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