United Cavers Exploration Team
Cave and Mine Exploring => Trips and Events => Topic started by: Tony Salusbury on May 06, 2014, 10:30 AM
Trip: Ogof Hesp Alyn
Location: SJ191 655, Cilcain, Flintshire
Directions:
From the car park at the Cilcain Bridge over the River Alyn, walk up the hill towards Pantymwyn (away from Cilcain) until you see a public footpath sign heading down a steep hill on the left. Follow this down to the River Alyn (skimming the side of a caravan park) and follow the footpath for around 300 metres where you will see an obvious entrance (hands & knees) in the rock face on the right, this is Poachers cave. Continue along the footpath for another 200 feet (ish) and, located by the bank of the river (and down a slope to reach it) you will see what appears to be a manhole cover. This is the entrance.
Suggested Equipment:
Electron Ladder(s) & full SRT (SRT if venturing down the cliff beyond the canal)
Cave Attributes:
30ft vertical entrance descent, plenty of walking passageways with plenty of (optional) off shooting crawls, a sand crawl tunnel, pitches & pots, a 200ft mud crawl, a “canalâ€, 2 sumps and many passages to explore and numerous sporting crawls.
Meet point: Cilcain bridge
Meet time: 18.30
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I will be there but may be a bit late, as will need to swap my shift in work.
i'll be there
Have cleaned all the ropes and will bring them on Thursday
[quote="WelshSossy" post=22884]Have cleaned all the ropes and will bring them on Thursday[/quote]
:kiss: :kiss: :kiss:thanks luv
I'll be there (or not) depending on how i get on with murph wed night.... either way i'll be at the pub (glan) later.