Nos. 4-6, April-June 2018
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CSS Newsletters 2018 - Volume 60
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Yorkshire Bank Holiday Weekend - Trips to Gaping Gill, Little Hull Pot, Hunt Pot and Illusion Pot
in the Yorkshire Dales.
Coniston Copper Mines - Paddy End to Hospital Level Through Trip - An SRT pull-through trip
in the Coniston Copper Mines visiting the Blue Rock the Green Pool and the Stemples of Doom.
Recharge Passage Dig - Digging continues at Recharge Passage in the Summertime Series,
Agen Allwedd.
The Big Dig and Sunday School Renovation Plan - A collection of photos and round up of tasks
completed on the 18th-21st May Big Dig with installation of the ODSS septic tank and sewage
pipework. With drawing plan on pages 36-37.
Giant's Hole and Bagshawe Cavern - Charles introduces his nephew Callum to the delights of
Giant's Hole and Bagshawe Cavern, Derbyshire.
Bradshaw's Cave - Description of Bradshaw's Cave located in Asham Wood Quarry in Mendip,
dug to it's current length by Andy Watson.
Bwlch Glas Mine - SRT trip to Bwlch Glas Mine in Ceredigion, visiting the impressive miners' lift
cages and artefacts. Location and tackle requirements included.
Cave Beasties in Daren Cilau - Information about Proasellus Cavaticus a type of Isopod found in
the streamway in White Passage, Daren Cilau.
Cave Fest Mendip - Trips to the 13 Pots in Eastwater and the Short Round in Swildon's Hole on
the 2018 Mendip Cavefest weekend.
Nos. 1-3, January-March 2018
Nenthead Lead Mines - With trips and information about Carr's Mine, Rampgill Mine and
Capelcleugh Mine in Nenthead, Cumbria.
Jill's Slither Dig - Reservoir Hole - An update on digging progress at Jill's Slither Dig in Reservoir
Hole, Mendip.
Sandstone Passage Dig - Agen Allwedd - Progress report on a dig at the end of Sandstone
Passage in Agen Allwedd.
A Trip to the End of Daren (more or less) - A weekend at the Hard Rock Café camp in Daren
Cilau with a trip to the end of Friday the 13th.
Adventures in Prokofiev - Nyth Bran - A sporting an varied trip to the Prokofiev Series and the
Nyth Bran traverses in OFD.
More on the Origins of the Old Daren Sunday School and Hillside Community - History of the
Old Daren Sunday School and the local hillside community.
More on the Sunday School - Additional history of the Old Daren Sunday School following on
from Joe's previous article in Vol.59 nos.10-12.
Old Daren Sunday School Recollections - Photos and recollections of using the Old Daren
Sunday School as a base for caving in the 50s and 60s.
Mau Mau Stone Age Caves - Tourist trip to the Mau Mau caves in the Paradise Lost park in
Kiambu, Kenya.
Boulder Fall in Daren Entrance - A fallen boulder from the cliff face partially blocking the
entrance of Daren is removed.
Nos. 7-9, July-September 2018
Lanzarote Lava Tubes - Caving in the lava tubes of Lanzarote.
Paviland Cave and Culver Hole Ahoy! - Paddling to Paviland Cave and Culver Hole along the
Gower coast by kayak, and the history of the Red Lady.
Sunday School Update - Work done on the Old Daren Sunday School during the August Bank
Holiday Weekend 2018.
Parys-Mona Through Trip - Through trip from Parys Mine to Mona Mine in the Parys Mountain
Copper Mines of Anglesey.
Cwmorthin Old Vein and Oakeley Back Vein - A Cwmorthin trip with zip wires and via ferrata
style traverses to Oakeley with lots of mining artefacts along the way.
Tween Twins Hole - A trip to Tween Twins Hole, a relatively new discovery in Mendip.
Helen's Daren Hen Weekend - A HRC camping weekend that included a digging trip a tourist trip
and a hen party.
August Daren Camp Round Up in Numbers - 15 to 1 countdown of the interesting events of the
August 2018 HRC Daren camp.
Little Neath River Cave - Trip to Little Neath River Cave.
Caving Log Books - An entry from Steve Milner's Log book about digging the Hard Rock
Extensions in June 1986.
Daren HRC Sound System - Gear review for the new speakers, bass bins and home-made
gadgetry that currently comprises the Hard Rock Café Sound System in Daren Cilau.
Milwr Tunnel - A trip Milwr Tunnel from Rhyd Alyn Lead Mine visiting Powell's Lode Cavern and
the Limestone Workings.
Nos. 10-12, October-December 2018
Watery Fouls - Four Very Different Trips in The Dales - With SRT trips to Lost John's Cave and
FOUL Pot and aquatic adventures White Scar and Notts II.
Recharge Passage Dig and Flood Levels in Aggy Main Stream - Further progress on the
Recharge dig and signs of surprisingly high water at North-West Junction.
Capes and Caving - Uses of capes in caving and instructions on how to make your own.
Draenen Round Trip - The classic Draenen Round Trip done as part of the 2018 South Wales
Cavefest weekend.
Cave Rescue Practice - Report from a SMWCRT rescue practice in Agen Allwedd on 8th
September 2018.
Mallorca 2018 - Trip reports plus location and rigging info of some of trips undertaken on the CSS
Mallorca Meet 2018.
Mina de Son Creus, Mallorca - A trip to mine near Bunyola on the CSS Mallorca Meet October
2018.
Spectacles or Bra - Agen Allwedd - Part of the Agen Allwedd survey is shaped like spectacles or a
bra, the aim of this trip was to follow that route.
Sunday School Progress - Work undertaken on The Old Daren Sunday School during October and
November 2018.
Ogof Dwy Sir - A trip to re-start an abandoned dig near Queen of Hearts Chamber.
Index to Volume 60