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Mendip Caving 2008 is a weekend (6-8th June) of events
and entertainment for Mendip cavers. This weekend
gives you the opportunity learn something new, do some
caving, have some fun, and party,...
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Steve Sharp, Gary Kiely (CSS), Carmen (WCC)
This trip was to be my first taste of Southern Stream Passage in Aggy.
We all changed in Whitewalls and made are way up the tram road to Aggy, on route...
Ever since we found our cave in Lapushka Albania in 1995 I have wanted to go
back. It was Martin and I biggest expedition discovery and has remained that way to date. What kept me awake from time...
by Alan Gray from Martin Rhys's Diary
17th August - 3rd September
Purpose of the Expedition
To mount the first ever caving expedition to Northern Albania�s Accursed Mountains and to explore and...
Alford Well, Alford, Somerset (ST 609 316)
Seen 24th February 1987.
The actual site of this famous healing well is
not known for certain. The site I was shown lies just
to the south-east of...
4 September 2008, Simon Moth, Steve Sharp
I have passed this cave on many occasions but had never paid a visit.
We arranged a trip for a Thursday evening, the weather over the mendips was dark and...
All nine volumes of Axbridge Caving Group Log Books (1960 to 2005) are available online now at http://www.mcra.org.uk/logbooks/ in the form of a picture gallery.
Axbridge Caving Group Log Books
Alan Gray - axbridgecaver is a key member of the following digging team at Balch Cave
Extensive information can be found about this dig at the following site -...
Bats - We love bats, they are very tasty :)
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (WCA) protects bats and their roosts in England, Scotland and Wales. If your going underground (the favoured home...
The Association is the Governing body for Underground Exploration in the UK.
http://british-caving.org.uk/
The BCA is membership based which provides free caving related personal liability...
Capturing caves
The hidden delights of cave photography - Part one - Caves hold many secrets and amazing formations very few people have ever seen. Four cave photographers from different parts of...
The Axbridge Caving group holds regular caving trips on a Thursday evening, various caves are explored.
Mendip Underground is a good guide to the caves with good descriptions and surveys
We choose...
http://www.caveclimb.co.uk/ - A popular caving shop ran by Andy Sparrow in Cheddar Somerset
http://www.scurion.ch/ms/index.php?lamp - Scurion™ - A high performance cave...
You can email us on axbridgecavinggroup [AT] yahoo.co.uk
or contact Alan Gray (chairperson) on 01761 452288 or contact us via the ACG Forum.
Steve Sharp, Gary Kiely, Mad Fi, Andy Snook - Trip Report by Andy Snook
As is usual with the last few Daren camps it's been more of a jolly than digging (apparently that's what the camp is for!)....
A good turnout of 6 on a hot day enjoyed not only Dennys hole,but all the small caves of the Crook peak ridge.Thanks to Chris of WSM museum for the geological & archaeological info, & to...
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Regular Events
Digging Wednesday Nights - Contact Alan Gray - moc.oohay|hcraeserdnasruot#moc.oohay|hcraeserdnasruot
Caving Thursday Nights - Contact Dave...
Just one answer, to find new caves or additional passages in existing caves.
When visiting a caving area you may have seen a ragamuffin group of people dressed in their oldest filthy clothes,...
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This page is for general details about eastwater cavern.
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Eastwater Cavern - 12th June 08 - by Simon ACG
er detail trip here.. lol
Thursday 23 Oct
Simon Moth, David Holmes, Andy Brown, Steve Sharp
We all met up at 7pm Eastwater Farm
Tonight we were taking a crew from Weston super mare to the 13 pots.
We all headed down to the...
If you are new to caving or just vaguely interested, we hope you will find some of the following questions and answers useful.
What is caving?
Caving is the exploration of caves. It may not be the...
ACG Member Gallery
Axbridge Caving Group - http://www.flickr.com/photos/30672013@N08/
Alan Gray -http://axbridgecaver.myjalbum.net/Axbridgecaver/ axbridgecaver
Chris Davies -...
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GB Cavern
GB
Location
Nr Shipham, Mendips
Album
http://www.axbridgecavinggroup.org/pictures/GB_Cavern/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve-sharp/sets/72157607366035471/
Web...
A Thursday night trip to GB
Simon Moth, Steve Sharp
We parked up at Charterhouse Farm and made our way over the gruffy ground to the cave, the sun was setting in the distance and a deer was darting...
Time Underground: 3hrs
Date: 19th Oct 2004
Attending members
Chris Davies
Alan Gray
Duncan
Chris Davies' first trip with the ACG into the cave. The entrance is a semi-tight climb down though a...
Goatchurch Cavern -
Simon Moth, David Holmes. Toni Sharp - Steve Sharp
A Thursday evening trip to Goatchurch Cavern and Sidcot Swallet
Despite the recent collapse, Goatchurch Cavern has a whole...
Our Handbook defines the group organisation.
ACG Handbook 2008.doc
If you wish to join the group this is the book to read.
Contents of the ACG Library
Library list.doc
Prior to the formation of the Axbridge Caving Group a small group of friends explored the Mendip caverns. One of this group, Mr Weare, decided to formalise the group and wrote to Mr H E Balch...
The Axbridge Caving Group was founded in March 1950 and undertakes research and explores caves. New and experienced cavers are welcome. Training, advise, equipment, books and videos are available...
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To obtain a BCRA Grade 5 survey a magnetic survey. Horizontal and vertical angles accurate to 1deg; Distances accurate to 10cm. Station position error less than 10cm.
Equipment Required
Chalk �...
A caver friendly pub, serves good beer and honest food. Just switch your mobile phone off on entry.
On the cross roads.
Priddy, Wells, Somerset,...
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http://www.darkplaces.co.uk/phpBB2/portal.php - Uk Underworld at it's best
http://www.mcra.org.uk - Mendip Cave Registry & Archive - Research rescource for Mendip Caving - currently the...
A collective list of caves and mines that the ACG are involved.
* Templeton
* Carcas Cave
* The Rift
* Balch Cave
* Redcliffe Caves
* GB Cavern
* Eastwater Cavern
* Alford Well
* Pen Park Hole
Maps...
MALAYSIAN EXPEDITION 1998
By Roger Gullidge (edited by Alan Gray)
23rd January � 12th February 1998
Purpose of the Expedition
The purpose of the 1998 expedition was to explore the known major...
MALAYSIAN EXPEDITION 1996 SUMMARY
by Chris Johnson (edited by Alan Gray)
This summary of the 1996 expedition covers only the cave exploration of this expedition, provides a background of Malaysia...
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25 September 2004 � Milwr Tunnels, North Wales � Janna Cook, Simon Fowler, Alan Gray, Doug Harris, Paul Hodgson, Duncan Hooper, Jason Nichol, Richard Nichols, Dave Watts. Leader Kevin Morton...
Email permits were requested from the access person at the SWCC. Myself and a couple of ACG members walked up to OFD2, I staggered up as it was hot and I hate the heat etc. Once inside it was cool...
http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php/topic,6585.0.html - complete with pictures
The tail of root, Menacer and Cap'n Chris
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Andy Brown - Dave Gosdend - Duncan Hooper - Richard Nicholson - Simon Moth - Steve Sharp - Leo Roche (Sat & Sun) - Martin Rhys (Walking)
The weekend comprised of a trip to Giant's Hole on the...
This Cave is located under Southmead within the city of Bristol
The Cave is around 170 - 180 Million years old and has a 30m lake at the bottom of the Cave
The Lake fluctuates around 15m - why this...
Clive Owen (Leader)
Duncan Hooper, David Holmes, Simon Moth, Dave Gosdend, Steve Sharp - (ACG Members)
Lucy Murawski
This was to be our first trip to this gigantic cavern located under Southmead...
I took my daughter Toni for a look around Pierres on the evening.
We had a look at the entrance to the lower series, no problem for Toni but a bit tight for me.
I Only needed to give her a hand on...
Description
A complex series of passages mined from Red Sandstone covering an area of three acres. The passages are all horizontal and the roof height is constant at an average of 3m. Throughout...
The access procedure to visit Redcliffe Caves has now been agreed with Bristol City Council; and is outlined below.
Firstly let me tell you a little about the trips. They are run by the Axbridge...
Steve Sharp, Simon Moth, David Holmes
Now that the connection has been made the Rods Pot to Bath Swallet crossover trip is a great evening trip in Burrington Comb. We parked up at the Café and...
20 September 2008 - Steve Sharp, Toni Sharp
Shute Shelve Cavern brings back many a fond memory; it was my first caving/digging trip combined, with Axbridge Caver and Captain Chris, when I first...
Gallery - http://www.axbridgecavinggroup.org/pictures/Shute_Shelve_Cavern/
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1-10 Powell St, Penwyllt, Pen-y-Cae, Swansea SA9 1GQ
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Simon Moth - Steve Sharp - David Holmes - Dave Gosdend
An evening trip to practice SRT
we all met at 7pm, David Holmes arrived slightly later and insisted we all moved our vehicles forward, David...
One thing cavers love to do is survey, to make a map of the cave or mine. It helps to find new routes and get an overview of the layout.
Software
The link below is the 3D version of Survex...
Myself and Andy Snook from the Wessex decided to meet up and spend a little time in Barnes loop taking in the sights.
We headed down into the Cave and took a picture in the entrance series
Andy...
Templeton is the name of a field just north of Dursdon Drove which itself is just north of Ebbor Gorge.
In this field within a small depression, a foot wide hole suddenly appeared and dropped down...
The Rift part 1
Before Tony Jarratt left us he kindly gave the MCRA permission to photograph and make freely available the contents of all 15 volumes of his personal caving log books, dating from 1964 to 2008 and...
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Albanian Expedition 17th Aug - 3rd Sep 1995 - by Alan Gray from Martin Rhys's Diary
Malaysia Expedition 17th Nov - 6th Dec 1996 - by Chris Johnson (edited by Alan Gray)
Malaysia 23rd January - 12th February 1998 - By Roger Gullidge (edited by Alan Gray)
GB Cavern - Visit 19th Oct 2004
Milwr Tunnels, North Wales 25-26th Sep 2004
singing_river_mine_010905.doc
27th July 2005 - Shute Shelve Cavern
Alan and Doug and Later Chris Davies took a reporter from the Western Daily Press taking photos inside the cave. The feature...
Derbyshire_Caving29and30apr_2006.pdf
DAREN_CILAU_09-03-07.pdf
Daren_Cilau_28-30_Sep_07.pdf
filming_at_goatchurch_29_oct_2007.pdf
peaks_weekend_6-7_july_07.pdf
Alford Well-12 August 2007
OFD2 - Top Entrance - My Little Photo Trip - 10th May 08 by chrisdavies
Paris Catacombs 16-17 June 08 by chrisdavies
Pen Park Hole - 19th June 08 - by Steve Sharp Acg
Star Shaft - 3 July 08 - by...
Symonds Yat-July 2009|…….by Twiglet
At last, after several aborted attempts a turnout of 6 ACG cavers from as far as Devon congregate in the Wye valley for a trundle around the caves of Symonds...
The Purpose of the trip was to take photos’ for Simon's Yeo Valley conservation project.
Ubley Warren is a muddy place a connection can be made between the caves if you’re small enough.
The...
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Tony Jarratts Caving Log Books 1956-2008
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Capturing Caves - Article on cave photography
