Alan and I had planned a trip to Broadside, but lack of manpower made this not a viable option. Plan B was a taping trip to the Promised Land in Craig a Ffynnon, but water levels (thanks to the wettest November on record) and weather forecasts ruled that one out too. So it was that [...]
We made a surprise return visit to Broadside on 21 November 2009. I hadn’t been caving for a long time (almost a year) and it seemed like a perfect day to go caving: it was chucking it down, cold and windy. Alan was up for it and so was John. We agreed to meet at [...]
The first trip for 4 1/2 months. Broadside NW is dug to a conclusion before moving on to a new site in Priory Road.
Extremely hard going in heavy clay forces a rethink and a change of plan.
