I rigged 1st, 2nd and 3rd showing Rob the alternative route to the water. I rigged out of the left window rather then right, finding a re-belay far out and to the left, 1m down that dropped us all the way to the floor of the third (with a deviation to avoid too much wetting).
Rob took over for the forth showing me his alternative route over the top rather than down the gully.
A relative easy time was had through the rift & Tadpole passage, water was quite low. Dropped 5th and bypassed 6th after a bit more a rift and then a very low wet bit we were soon in Forest Passage. Beautifully decorated with not just tree routes but some nice calcite formations, which included in some cases the tree routes them selves.
We dropped the last pitch and headed out, according to Rob one of the spits is rubbish, this is not the only one that is so in the cave. The 4th had a rubbish one as did one on the first.
The trip out was a bit more noteworthy, I managed to get my welly stuck in the rift below 4th my pantin preventing me from removing it. I could not simply remove my foot from the welly as it was floating in the air below the rock and would just drop to the floor, lost for ever.
However, with a helping hand from Rob, to hold my welly I extracted my self from the welly and the embarrassing position. All was going well after that and we soon both emerged on the surface at around 3:30pm, but Rob had a nagging feeling something was wrong. He checked his gear and he was right he had left his and my spanner at the bottom of the entrance pitch. Oh well I was not bothered it was actually sunny for once and I enjoyed the sun and the views and was also glad he noticed here and not at the bottom of the hill as I would do.
