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Swilly hole

Alex Ritchie · Sept. 7, 2024, 6:45 a.m. 2 people · 3 hours and 25 minutes
Cavers Don Miller
Date/time entered Sat 7 Sep 24 — 06:45 2024-09-07 06:45
Date/time exited Sat 7 Sep 24 — 10:10 2024-09-07 10:10
Trip type Sport
Region Lake district
Country England
Clubs NONE
Notes

Don did a well making it through all 3 squeezes, we were soon past the bit where I tried to drown myself last time. The rift on the left not being as tight as it looked, after passing another stream we were in easyish passages but it was still mainly crawling and stooping. Not the stomping rift passage I was expecting. It was also dry up here though evidence of flooding, very muddy too, like high level mud caverns. In-fact the whole cave reminded me of Mossdale. We got to the “1990” choke but had to turn back as the only way though seemed blocked at-least partially and would require digging. I was not sure what the big block was resting on so I did not try and dig out underneath. I should go back there one more time when the river is really low and see if I can push that passage where all the water goes down.