Second Saturday

Home Close or Swildon’s Short Round Trip

Two trips to choose from this month:-

Home Close
Duration –4 hours.
Location – Meet at Upper Pitts at 10:00.
Home Close is a seldom visited cave that links into the Wigmore system and contains a number of active digs.
Monica and Courtenay have volunteered to show two parties of four people around the cave.
You will need SRT kit for the entrance series.
Harnesses will be a nuisance in the following squeezes and crawls, so the SRT kit will be left behind.
However, you will need a belt and cows’ tails for the rest of the cave as it includes some via Ferrata style fixed aids.
Please note that the cave is very muddy and warm caving kit is recommended as there may be a wait to get back up the entrance series.
If you would like to go on this trip then you must email me (wayne@cuckoocleeves.uk) to reserve one of the 8 places.

Swildon’s Short Round Trip
Duration – 2 -3 hours.
Location – Meet at Upper Pitts at 10:00.
If you don’t fancy Home Close then the Short Round Trip in Swildon’s is one of the UK’s classic trips.
If you’ve never done it before, or are a little uncertain of the route, here is your opportunity.
This will be quite an aqueous trip involving a number of ducks and passing through Sump 1 at least once!
No special equipment is required, although a belay belt is recommended for the ladder pitch and those who feel the cold may want to wear some neoprene.
A goodwill fee is payable to the landowner (£2 per person).