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 Read More

St Cuthbert's Swallet Duration – 3 – 4 hours. Location – Meet at Upper Pitts at 10:00. Bean has very kindly arranged a number of Wardens for St Cuthberts. For those who are not familiar with the cave, it is complex system and the second longest on Mendip. It has a steep entrance series that Read More

Monkton Farleigh Stone Mines Duration – 4 – 5 hours. Location – Meet at the Wessex at 10:00 or Monkton Farleigh at 11:00. Darren Chapman has volunteered to show us around one or more of the stone mines around Monkton Farleigh. These workings are quite extensive and include good examples of stables, storerooms, rail tracks, Read More

Swildon’s Hole – Northwest Stream Passage Duration – 4 – 5 hours. Location – Meet at Upper Pitts at 10:00. This trip is to the infrequently visited Northwest Stream Passage in Swildon’s. It is a moderately sporting trip involving passing through Sump 1, climbing the Landing and then tackling a few squeezes and ducks. The Read More

Eastwater – Unlucky Strike and Mellow Chamber. Duration – 3 – 4 hours. Location – Meet at Upper Pitts at 10:00. Unlucky Strike and Mellow Chamber are relatively recent discoveries and nicely decorated chambers in the upper series of Eastwater. They are approached by an interesting traverse and sporting climb up a narrow vertical tube. Read More

Stock Hill Mine Cave – Downstream Series Duration – 3 – 4 hours. Location – Meet at Upper Pitts at 10:00. Following on from last year’s trip to the Upstream section of Stock Hill Mine Cave, this trip will visit the Downstream Series. This relatively recent discovery contains some sporting passages and notable features such Read More

Eastwater – Twin Verticals / Dolphin Pot Exchange - Weather dependent - Alternative will be Sludge Pit Duration – 3 – 4 hours. Location – Meet at Upper Pitts at 10:00. This trip will be the traditional trip to the 13 pots with an exchange between the Twin Vertical and Dolphin Pot routes. If enough Read More

Rhino Rift Exchange Duration – 3 – 4 hours. Location – Meet at Upper Pitts at 10:00. Colin Brenton and Bean have kindly volunteered to rig both the Left and Right hand routes in Rhino Rift and thus allow people to do an exchange trip (down the Left hand route and up the Right hand Read More

Upper Flood Swallet Duration – 3 – 5 hours. Location – Meet at Upper Pitts at 10:00. Two Upper Flood Swallet leaders (Mike Waterworth and Jude Vanderplank) have volunteered to lead trips into this fascinating and well decorated cave. Numbers are limited so you must let me know by email (wayne@cuckoocleeves.uk) if you would like Read More

Swildon’s Hole – Pirate Chamber Duration – 3 – 5 hours. Location – Meet at Upper Pitts at 10:00. Tim Rose has volunteered to lead a trip to Pirate Chamber in Swildon’s Hole. This is a fairly demanding trip involving a couple of awkward ducks and some flat-out crawling. If good time is made then Read More