QUODCUMQUE FACIENDUM : NIMIS FACIEMUS
Contents
Editorial
No Prizes
Back in March, when material for the B.B. was so short that
a massive dose of re-printing from Volume 1 of the B. B. was the only way by
which the number of pages could be filled, a prize of £1 was offered for the
best practical suggestion for improving the B.B. The closing date was given as the end of May.
Since the B.B. is currently running a month late (due mainly
to the chronic shortage of material which the scheme was designed to overcome)
your patient editor has waited until the end of June before announcing the
results of this suggestion scheme.
Now I know that, in these days of inflation, the sum of £1
does not represent wealth beyond the dreams of avarice although judging by the
reaction of members to the increase of the annual subscription, it presumably
has not yet fallen into the category of peanuts – but even so, your editor
foolishly imagined that it would provide at least, some incentive for the more
ingenious club members to come forward with practical schemes for ensuring more
material (or other improvements) for the B.B.
Alas! Apart from
Tim’s resurrection of the monthly versus bi-monthly B.B. which, whatever its
merits, can hardly taken up without the general agreement of the club in
A.G.M., there was only ONE other suggestion. This was to publish an annual subject and author index – and the idea
was given a suitably practical twist by the suggested submitting a completely
cross-referenced index for last years B.B. Unfortunately, some years ago, the A.G.M. advised the editor that the
inclusion of such an index while useful to a few members would be regarded as a
waste of paper by the majority of the club and so I do not feel entitled to go
against such advice by adopting the present suggestion.
Thus, before anybody starts to sharpen their pencil and
write down resolutions for the next A.G.M., let it be placed on record that, in
response to a general appeal to club members for practical ideas for getting
more material and otherwise improving the B.B. and in spite of the incentive
offered (which would have been paid out by the editor and not from club funds)
NOT ONE SINGLE SUGGESTION WHICH COULD BE USED WAS FORTHCOMING. our editor will therefore soldier on, under
the assumption that although he may not be perfect, neither are his readers!
Grateful Thanks
On the brighter side, for the editor at least, have been the
letters and personal messages of encouragement which, it must be admitted, came
just when he needed some form of morale-boosting. Thanks, in particular, to Janet Setterington
who, before motherhood intervened, was a professional journalist and whose kind
words for the B.B. are therefore based on personal experience on a much higher
level than that of the B.B. editor. It
is pleasant to think that the work of producing the B.B. is appreciated in some
quarters at least.
2,595 Cavers
One of the small points which came out of the last meeting
of the Southern Council was the calculation by one of the delegates that the
combined membership of Southern caving clubs is 2,595 and that this is greater
than the caving membership of any other region. We had better step up our rate of discovery of new caves!
Alfie
Notices
The Hut Warden would like to appeal for any FIRST AID
KIT for Belfry use. This is separate
from M.R.O. kit, and is to cover minor injuries at the Belfry. Also donations of OLD CARPETS would be
appreciated. Contact Nigel Taylor.
The Belfry Engineer would like any suggestions for
the decoration of the living room. Please contact Martin Bishop with any ideas on this subject.
The Treasurer would like to remind members that they
can pay their annual sub, if they so wish, by Bankers’ Order. This saves you having to remember every
year! However, if you do this LET BARRY
KNOW, as he gets no record of who is doing this, and will charge you
again! The best way is to get a Bankers
Order form from your bank, sign it and enter the amount of your annual sub AND
GIVE IT TO BARRY. He will then make a
record of your Bankers Order and send it on to the bank for you.
The Caving Secretary would like to remind members to
enter up all trips in the log. Apart
from it being one of the club rules, it provides an interesting and sometimes
useful record for the future.
The Climbing Secretary would like to remind members
that there is climbing every Thursday in the Gorge. Meet at the gorge at 7.00 p.m. and afterwards
at the Seven Stars.
The I.D.M.F. Committee would like to remind all
younger members that assistance from this fund may be possible for trips abroad
this summer. Contact either the caving
or climbing secretaries, the treasurer, Mike Palmer or ‘Sett’.
Lockers will shortly be constructed at the Belfry. Some of these will be for long term hire and
others kept for weekend hire. Anybody
who wants to be considered for the long term hire of a locker should give his
or her name to Nigel Taylor.
Cave Grading For Severity
This article, by Mike Cowlishaw,
first came out in ‘Omnibuss’ the Journal of the Birmingham University S.S. It discusses the grading of caves from the
point of view of severity.
The present methods of cave grading consist of very broad
categories – either descriptions such as ‘Super Severe’ or numerical grades as
used in Northern Caves Vol 1. These
systems, although generally agreed to be adequate as far as they go, are
basically subjective and in many cases convey little information to the user.
In addition, complex caves are not usually of consistent standard, and attempts
to classify separate series under general headings can be very misleading when
complicated trips including several sections of a cave are made.
Many of these disadvantages can be overcome by using a
‘piece by piece’ system of grading whereby a numerical figure is attached to
each major section of a cave in such a way that some simple mathematical
operation can be used to combine these to give a meaningful result for a given
trip.
A further necessary refinement is to ensure that an
objective, or mainly objective method is used to grade each section of cave
(i.e., that several people grading the same section of cave under similar
conditions will arrive at the same score within, say, five percent.) There are, of course, many practical
difficulties in achieving this, and these I shall discuss in due course. The main problem, perhaps, is allowing for
high and low water conditions.
The comments above mainly concern the sporting side of
caving. A truly objective system of
severity grading such as had been outlined would be by nature informative, and
hence would be useful in many more general and scientific fields. Besides, people love to play around with
figures, and the system would allow direct comparison of caving trips. On the other hand, it is unlikely that a
system simple enough to be used by the ‘average’ caver would have much
application in that other important field – rescue – except perhaps where a
cave is unknown to the rescue team; and this is rarely the case in this
country.
A generally accepted detailed grading scheme would be of
especial use if printed on surveys. Surveys at present give little indication of the general severity of a
passage except where they show major obstacles. A suitably orientated system of scores associated directly with each
section of the cave on the survey would almost completely obviate the need to
refer to a separate write up. Only short
notes on access would then be required and these could well he referred to on
the survey.
There are, of course, difficulties to the proposed system
other than the practical difficulties of implementation. A major one is that anything such as has been
described (even if it eventually boils down to a couple of numbers associated
with a given cave) is a further and possibly detrimental increase in what might
be called the technological aspects of caving. An added complication can often be harmful in that the figures can be
misunderstood or even misprinted with undesirable results. Furthermore, there is the problem of a basic
standard method – a controversial subject. Presumably, for a start, obstacles could be related to time. For example, descending a given fifteen foot
pitch might be equated to a quarter of an hour of sitting around doing nothing.
Probably the best method of achieving an objective grading
of a given cave/trip/series/passage is to use a set questionnaire which,
although not restricting the grader to ‘yes/no’ answers, puts fairly rigid
restraints on the scores that cane be given for a specific obstacle. This is, of course, necessary in order to
maintain the desired level of objectivity. Everyone has experienced the way in which some trips seem much easier in
retrospect, when, perhaps, early difficult or strenuous sections have been
partly forgotten.
Leaving aside the tricky question of relative values of
different types of obstacle or passage, there are some fundamental problems; in
particular, how to allow for the effects of things that might vary from trip to
trip. These include Water conditions
(i.e. normal fluctuations of water in the cave) Transient Hazards (flash
floods; loose boulders; rotten props in mines etc.) Size and equipment of different parties and
the relative ability of the party with particular reference to novices.
After a great deal of thought and experimentation, it was
found that a single grading score could not be manipulated to allow for all
these different aspects. An analysis
shows that three or four scores are required for an approximately ideal
representation. This is too complicated
for the applications discussed above, and a compromise solution of two scores
was investigated. This was found to be a
great improvement on reliance on a single score. The two figures would represent:-
(a) General
obstacles and the effect of time.
(b) Water
and transient hazards. A sort of
‘exposure risk’ figure.
It became clear that variations in the size of parties could
be catered for by carrying out some standard type of adjustment to score
(a). Similarly, the effect of wearing
dry kit in a wet cave could be allowed for by manipulating score (b). The effect of novices in the party could be
calculated by adjusting both scores.
It should thus be possible to start off with a pair scores
based on a party of four, wearing wetsuits, and then adjust these scores to
provide one with a revised figure, if, for instance, the party was about to
descend a wet cave in dry kit. The
complications to this basic idea are, of course, endless and should be kept to
a minimum. Even if this sort of exercise
is not indulged in, the basic scores would enable direct comparison to be made
over widely differing sections of cave.
As a side issue, and extremely graphical method of
displaying the two scores is to plot one against the other on a sheet of graph
paper. In cases where I have tried it is
for various trips, it was found to be very informative and showed at a glance
the relative importance of the two scores. The distance from the origin was found to be analogous to the
conventional idea of cave grading.
The above has pointed out the main features of the grading
system I have devised – I hope with sufficient justification for each of its
features. I shall now summarise the
above and make some comments on practical details.
A questionnaire would be devised for scoring. It should be equally applicable to short
lengths of passage and to complete caves or trips. In particular, scoring the constituent parts
and adding up the individual totals should give nearly identical results to
scoring the trip as a whole.
The questionnaire would be divided into two parts. The first – general, technical and other
difficulties. The second – water and
transient hazards. The scores from these
two parts would be the final basic scores for general use.
The first part (obstacles) would be scored fairly
rigorously. For example, 3 points for
each 100′ of flat out crawl; 1 point for each quarter hour underground
etc. The problems here include
definitions of severities of climbs etc. and the assumptions one has to make
such as the use of lifelines etc. Single
rope techniques would not be adequately catered for – one would probably have
to assume that prussiking up a pitch would score the same as using a
ladder. The movement of tackle would be
allowed for in the scoring for a pitch. The actual form of each question in the questionnaire, and the relative
scoring of each type of obstacle would be matters heeding a fair amount of
discussion. I have arrived at a form of
questionnaire which gives reasonable results (with some surprises!) but which
has got vast potential for improvement.
The second part would be more difficult to prepare a questionnaire
for. Water obstacles such as ducks or
sumps and the time one is wet can be scored in the same way as dry obstacles,
but transient effects are more difficult and usually require better knowledge
of a cave than can be picked up in one trip. Every effort would have to be made to try to make the scoring objective
despite the problems. It might be
possible to estimate flood risk by taking into the probable number of flash
floods in a year and also allowing for the danger of such floods. For example, Little Neath River Cave II is
fairly safe, whereas many northern caves can be extremely dangerous.
Other points which would be taken into account are loose
boulders and complexity of the cave where this could cause a hazard due to a
mistake in route finding.
I hope the above is reasonably clear. To round off and give the feel of a bi-polar
grading system, here are some scores that I have calculated using my rather
primitive questionnaire:-
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Stoke Lane Penyghent Pot P8 Rhino Rift Dan-yr-Ogof |
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44 57 14 5 32 |
Notes: The first column relates to obstacles and the second
to water and transient hazards. One of
the above was scored from a guidebook description (R.R.). A couple of the others were scored by
friends, with nearly identical results.
Tackle 1974
A review of the tackle situation
as in April 1974 by the tacklemaster, Graham Wilton-Jones.
These first six months of my position as Tacklemaster have
mainly been spent in organising all the tackle and collecting it on to Mendip
and rebuilding much worn out ladder.
At present, as a temporary measure, Alan Thomas very kindly
looks after all the ultra-lightweight ladder and certain tethers, lifelines
etc. These are collectively known as
Reserve Tackle and are not for general use on Mendip, being usually loaned out
for trips to foreign parts like Yorkshire or the
would soon damage it. I see no reason,
however, for it not being used in, say, Primrose Pot or Rhino Rift.
Even if only for the sake of courtesy, give Alan a ring at
least a week before you want any reserve tackle. You will also ensure in this way that it
actually available.
Hopefully, this situation will not last for long. I want to convert the old Tackle store in the
stone Belfry into the new Reserve Store. Keys for this will be available from various sources on Mendip.
Nigel has extended the M.R.O. store at the other end of the
building. The remaining space will be
used as the normal Tackle Store, containing all other equipment. Many thanks to people who are helping with
this conversion. The bars across the
windows, by the way, are NOT a new test for thin cavers – Bucket please note!
So far, two hundred and ten feet of ladder has been repaired
– thanks again to those who helped. Ken
James has offered to get ferrules crimped on the ladder eyes. Some hundred and fifty feet remains to be
repaired and I’ll be doing this during the weekend of the working party.
We could do with many more tethers. These are dead easy to make up, but I’ll need
a lot more ‘c’ links. If anyone can get
some or make some, I’d be grateful. If
anyone has access to a set of dies for stamping the code tags, please let me
know. The lifeline situation is bad, and
we are seriously short. This is being
rectified now, so don’t fret.
I have no intentions of buying any abseiling or prussicking
equipment, which includes rope, for club use. I, for one, would have no confidence at all in using S.R.T. (Single Rope
Techniques) on tackle used by anybody and everybody. If anyone has really strong views on this,
then perhaps they would write to the B.B. about them.
Finally, please remember to sign tackle in and out. If it does nothing else, it gives me an idea
how much any item is being used. If you
find any faults, please note them in the tackle log, even if it is only a
missing tag.
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There is always room in the B.B. for small contributions to
fill up spaces like this one!
Comments, advertisements anything within reason.
There is always a B.B. box in the Belfry.
Letters To The Editor
Dear Alfie,
Although I am not a member of the Bristol Exploration Club,
I felt I must write in opposition to the critics of the Belfry Bulletin.
Caving and its allied pursuits are not top of my list of
priorities, but I do enjoy reading your publication. Speaking professionally, I feel it is well
edited, well laid out and informative. More to the point, it is not too highbrow for ignoramuses such as
myself, who are not versed in technicalities.
The magazine would seem to suffer from only one problem –
the eternal lack of contributors. Perhaps, if the bar-room critics put down their pints and picked up
their pens, the B.B. might be even more lively and successful; but that is
probably asking too much of people – writing does, after all, require mental
and physical effort!
Thank you, Alfie, for the interest and enjoyment you bring
to my house on “B.B. mornings” – you will always find yourself
propping up our marmalade jar.
Yours,
Janet Setterington.
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Withey House,
Withey Close West,
Dear Alfie,
It’s always nice to see the Belfry Bulletin and I don’t
really know what people are grumbling at (No 319). You don’t need to worry about being quoted or
not, as long as due acknowledgement is made. It has occurred to me that you might try selling it outside the
club. Perhaps you already do so. I should have thought it would have gone
quite well at 10p post free. Wig’s notes
are particularly the kind of thing to interest non club members.
Incidentally, I thought Wig’s comment on the Wookey 9 tunnel
faintly and unfairly damning. The
Kilmersdon miners have driven a magnificent tunnel from the outside to 3 by way
of 9 and 7. In their calculations –
aided by
survey – they were only two metres out. The tunnel is just over two metres in diameter and beautifully
made. I’ve only seen the far end of it,
but the other day I went there and made my quickest trip to 9 ever. There is a hole leading into 7 with water
about twenty feet below while the hole into 9 at about the same height leads
down into the mud bank immediately opposite the 9:2 pool. Unfortunately, 9 is getting a bit messed up,
but not irreversibly. They have put iron
ladders over the 9:1 pool, giving access to the high level extensions which
lead back to 5. These are lashed in
place with a line belonging to one of our members, which is a pity as we can’t
now return it to him! They have run into
a spot of trouble by entering the far end of the Charon’s Chamber rift. This leaves them with an unstable boulder
ruckle poised above their heads. They
are still busy making this part of the tunnel safe.
The people who made this tunnel will call it the Kilmersdon
Tunnel – and I hope the name sticks. It
is a fitting tribute to the best of our
colliers.
Ever Yours,
Oliver Lloyd.
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Whiddons Farm,
Chilcote,
Dear Alfie,
I thought I’d fully endorse Tims comment on the quality of
the B.B., but I leaped out of my seat at his idea of a bi-monthly B.B.
Any caver who subscribes to Bruce Bedford’s excellent little
magazine ‘Descent’ will know just what a ‘little period of two months’ is like
to wait for a mag.
How many times have we heard the same old story “We
haven’t had our B.B., so we didn’t know it was on!? Tim himself, in his letter, says,
“Having just received my B.B. for March, together with the April issue, I
HAVE ONLY JUST SEEN YOUR REQUEST TO WRITE … ”
Nough said ?
Nigel Taylor.
Make a Note of The Annual Dinner
SATURDAY OCTOBER 5th
· NEW
location in WELLS!
· REAL
FOOD by outside caterers
· Entertainment
in the B.E.C. Manner!
· DRINKS
supplied by ROGER DORS and his incredible mobile Hunters!
· FURTHER
INFORMATION SOON!
And
Why not come to the
A.G.M. as well at the Belfry on the same day?
Round and About
A Monthly Miscellany
By ‘Wig’
Charterhouse
Permits. In paragraph 69 (March
’74) the second sentence reads, ‘No permits are issued to members’ It
should, of course, read ‘No period permits are issued permits to
non-members and no permits can be issued to married minors.’- O.F.D. Entry via the top entrance is being
restricted somewhat. A written
request to the Hon. Sec. of the South Wales C.C. must first be made, who
will then send a letter giving permission. This letter must be shown to the Duty Warden at the cottage before
he will issue a key. The S.W.C.C.
is concerned about the amount of damage in the system, and so are
attempting to keep records of all parties entering the cave. - Stoke
Lane Slocker. The cave has now
been gated. The key is available
from the farmer (returnable deposit £1.00) 5p per head is charged for the
descent. Access to the cave is via
the top road. - Sandford
Levvy and Mangle Hole. Neither
cave is blocked. The landowner is
still a little sore over the attitude of cavers, and would really like to
seal both caves. However, provided
that the caves are approached from the east (over the hill) and that
cavers do not change in front of the residents, then all should be well. - Manor
Farm. The farmer has decided to
charge 10p per head for descent of the cave. - Carbide
Lamp Spares. The following lamp
spares are now available at the Belfry. Complete carbide lamps £2.80; Jets 8p; Prickers 15p; Sealing ring
6p;
diameter reflector 26p; 4″ diameter reflector 36p; other lamps and
spares can be supplied. Details
from Tim Large c/o The Belfry. Spare parts for various electric cells are underway. Tim also has some battery operated
lifejacket lights which can be used as emergency lights. - 21st
Anniversary of the Discovery of St. Cuthberts. This is Wednesday, 4th September
1974. On this date in 1953, Roy
Bennett and Viv Brown made the first descent of the Entrance Rift and
explored to the head, of Arête Pitch. The next trip was on the 20th of September, when the entrance rift
was opened enough to allow all but two of those concerned with the dig to
descend.
Kangy King is arranging the
programme, and is inviting as many of the original explorers to attend a club
meet that will celebrate the coming of age of the cave. The party will descend the cave via the old
route – wet & waterfall pitches; water shute; by-pass; Stal Pitch & on
to the end of Gour Rift. Members of the
celebration party will be by invitation only. The party will be made up of individuals who have contributed to the
exploration of the cave in some way.
at the Great Gour.
Cavers interested in joining in
the celebrations are invited to contact Kangy, who will form a second party to
enter the cave after the celebration party.
- Additions
to the Library. Several items have been added to the library,
including items from S.M.C.C., A.C.G., Grampian. Climbing magazines have been donated by
Tim Large and Chris Howell. Also
items from Egons, Sottoterra etc. have been received. -
Palmer. Requests for trips to the
various caves in the quarry should be arranged through Nig or Mike. - Caving
Reports. A small but important
change will take place in the future. All reports issued, from No 1 to No 17 have been single subject
material. Number 18, which makes
its appearance later in the year, will consist of several topics of
interest to cavers. Its contents
will include Flower Pot, Hollowfield;
and the sea caves of Saunton Sands and Baggy Point.
Whilst on the subject of caving
reports, Nos 16 and 17 (Vanishing Grottoes and the Burrington Atlas) are now
almost out of print. Members not having
either of these publications, but who wish to purchase them are advised to do
so soon. They, and the others, are
available from Chris Howell,
Sandon Road
Bulletin. These are available at prices
from 5p to 20p each. Write your wants to
Chris.
- Additions
to the Library. Grampian S.G.
Bulletin Vol 5/4 and 5/5. Index to
Bulletins Vols 1 to 5. Wessex
Journals numbers 151,152,153. Miscellaneous publications; Computers in Water Resources
Management, I.B.M. publication. Regionalisation and hydro-geological parameters for use in
mathematical models of groundwater flow, Spelaeo Rahl Newsletter, Aug.
Sep. Nov 1973. Egons Journal
numbers 15,16, 17, 19, 20. B.C.R.A.
Bulletins numbers 1 to 4 (1974) Transactions Volume 1 number 1. M.C.G. Newsletter number 106. Microclimatology of caves (
(Lawrence) both donated by
114 Bibliography on Lava tube caves Pelobates – Croydon C.C. number
24. Cerberus newsletter 19, 20, 21,
22, 34, 35, 36 thanks to Nick Chipchase. BACI 1eadership qualifications. N.C.A .Caving Code. C.S.S. newsletter Vol 16 No 6.
Up The Creek
Many club members take part in activities
on, in or underwater. This forms the
flimsy excuse for this write up by the editor. It also illustrates the fact that members can write on holiday
activities in the B.B.!
In June, two units of the Mendip Navy took part in summer
manoeuvres on the Salcombe Estuary. They
were captained by Steve Causer and Alfie.
Alfie arrived first, and was promptly conned into paying not
only his Harbour Dues, but a vast sum for the use of the car and boat park at
Batson. Steve craftily launches his boat
from the roof of his car. We hasten to
add that he first puts it to the ground, although we would not be at all
surprised to learn that he has attempted a direct catapult launch straight from
the car roof into the water. Anyway, by
this means, he manages to avoid parting with much cash, thus saving it for
drinking.
The first part of the manoeuvres consisted of the boats
making their independent way to Southpool, at the end of the creek of that
name, where Alfie was assured by Steve that there was a pub and where Steve was
assured by Alfie that there would be sufficient water in the creek to coincide
with opening hours. Accordingly, at the
appoint time, Alfie’s boat made its way steadily up the creek in shallower and shallower
water. A local inhabitant, hailed from
the boat, assured the worried crew that they would get no further up the creek
that day, and expressed surprise and concern at the distance from the sea they
already were, the opinion of the Local Inhabitant, the sooner the boat was
turned round, the better for all concerned. This was done, and punting gave way to rowing and rowing to running with
the engine lowered.
By a brilliant piece of navigation, Steve was located on a
beach near the mouth of the estuary, where he and his family were basking in
the sun. It turned out that in true
Mendip fashion, he had had to abandon the trip up the creek owing to engine
trouble, and had rowed over to this beach instead. The return trip was made in line astern with
no trouble.
It was agreed that two things had been learned. One being that the tides in this estuary do
not conform to any of the charts, but are a secret shared by the Harbourmaster
at Salcombe and the Almighty. The other
lesson was that, for some inexplicable reason, opening hours of waterside pubs
are not adjusted to suit the tide – a piece of sloppy organisation that caused
us much worry and careful planning in subsequent voyages.
A day or so later, Steve left the moorings in about two
inches of water (owing, as explained to the need to match opening hours with
the tide) and I left a little later in about three inches of water to pick up
my passengers at the town pontoon with the object of returning to the beach and
basking in the sunshine.
Having just left the town behind, we were surprised to see
frantic waving from a point on the shore, towards which we altered course. It turned out that Steve’s unerring instinct
had led him to a waterside pub. Unfortunately, the steps were used by the
ferries, which came zooming in with complete disregard for any other boats and
only just gave you time to land passengers. The only place in which Steve could tie me up meant that I had to
clamber from boat to boat on my way ashore, to the intense interest of the next
load of ferry passengers, who waited with baited breath for me to fall into the
water. I considered obliging them, but
eventually decided against it.
We tried an interesting variant on our way back from the
beach that day, in which I towed Steve’s boat. Since the only point of attachment was one of my rowlocks, both boats
progressed with a curious zig-zag motion which may have been interesting to
watch but was uncomfortable to be in. On
the way back, you go through a line of standing waves. I happened, of course, to be looking aft when
we hit them which all added to the general fun.
The summer manoeuvres were voted a success – which meant
that neither of us actually sank or rammed the harbourmasters launch!
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Across:
1. All stew locates most Mendip
caves. (7)
6. Receiver of proof of aural connection in cave? (3)
7. Holy man plus packets of paper gives some features of caves. (7)
9. Loosen. (4)
10. Can be mud; sand; stal &c, in a cave. (4)
12. Older caving types had an accident? (7)
14. Sticky stuff, commonly. (3)
15. Boots to this to cave floor, and well may have it as well. (5,2)
Down
2. Cuthberts pitch. (3)
3. Sail backwards to the rock? (4)
4. Making sure of tackle. (7)
5. Progressed through low cave. (7)
7. Type of machine found underground on Mendip. (7)
8. Drops to a Mendip cave. (4,3)
11. Beware of this hole, educated men! (4)
13. Returning time in brief. (1,1,1)
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Club Committee
The Belfry,
Rd
Chairman S.J.
Collins
Minutes Sec G.
Members M. Bishop, D.J. Irwin, B. Wilton, G.
Oaten,
Officers of the Club
Honorary Secretary A.R
THOMAS, Allens House,
Barrows Lane
269
Honorary Treasurer B.
Clutton, Nr. Bristol.
Caving Secretary A.
NICHOLLS, (Acting)
Climbing Secretary G. OATEN,
Address to follow.
Hut Warden N.
TAYLOR, Whiddons, Chilcote,
Belfry Engineer M.
BISHOP, Address to follow. Tele :
PRIDDY 370
Tacklemaster G.
WILTON-JONES, 17 Monkhams Drive, Watton, Thetford,
B.B. Editor S.J.
COLLINS, Lavender Cottage, Bishops Sutton, Nr. Bristol. Tel : CHEW MAGNA 2915
Honorary Librarian D.J
IRWIN, Townsend Cottage, Townsend, Priddy, Wells Som. Tel : PRIDDY 369
Publications Editor D.J
IRWIN As above
B.B. Postal Brenda.