Tunnocks - Goody Goody

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Tue 04 Aug 2009    Tue 04 Aug 2009

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Andrew Atkinson Mon 03 Aug 2009 Wed 05 Aug 2009
Becka Lawson Mon 03 Aug 2009 Wed 05 Aug 2009
Holly Bradley Wed 29 Jul 2009
Tue 04 Aug 2009
Becka Lawson



Dragged in a drill and rope to check out more QMs. Checked on the Usual Suspects water level - siilarly damp (still raining). Started with a QMB nearly opposite Naughty Naughty in Dubious Pleasure and hit the jackpot - it startedas a crawly/stoopy passage and gradually got larger and even had crusty stal formations. Traversed over a blind pit and then a larger drippy pitch on the right. At the next pitch the ledge looked too teetery so Andrew put in a traverse line on naturals (needs 20-25m). Then hit an even bigger pitch which Holly and I excitedly lobbed a couple of big rocks down before Andrew screamed stop at us. Spoil sport. "There's a rope". Oops. We'd managed to come to the eyeholes visible level with the main hang ledge in Usual Suspects. Got around to the second eyehole and then hit a short but monster section of phreas - maybe 15m wide with a howling gale coming out. We teetered up a vast pile of rocks semi-stuck together to end up overlooking a giant pitch. Unfortunately in the wet conditions we couldnt' see down as it was filled with a fine mist and the disto-x struggled too. Surveyed 350m - a fine trip. The end section seemed to have way too much cave and too little rock holding it all up.

T/U 9 hrs

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Survex files on this date:
    caves-1623/258/dampsquib
    caves-1623/258/goodygoody
Wallets on this date:
    2009#24 ['plan']
    2009#39 ['goody-goody-therion', 'Goody-goody', 'goody-goody-therion-sketch']
Logbook trips on this date:
    204 - Derigging
    204 - Derigging #2
    Tunnocks - Goody Goody
    Tunnocks - Damp Squib