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Sunday 6^th February

Thoragill Cave

Mick Melvin dived in the upstream sump for 15ft and surfaced in a 10ft high stream passage which he followed for 40ft to a boulder fall. He then returned through the sump and together with Mick Ormerod surveyed the remainder of the cave to CRG grade4.

Divers: Mick Melvin, Mick Ormerod.

Sunday March 13^th

Thoragill Cave

John Sinclair and Dave Roberts passed the sump and laid a permanent guide line. The passed the point reached by Mick Melvin and explored approx. 100ft of tight passage to an impassable bedding plane.

Divers: John Sinclair, Dave Roberts.

Sunday April 10^th

Thoragill Cave

Mick Melvin and Mick Ormerod once more passed the sump in very wet weather. Their attempt to pass the tight bedding plane was impossible as it was full to the roof with water. Some members of the Bolton Speleo Group filmed the dive.

Divers: Mick Melvin, Mick Ormerod.

Sunday February 20^th

Langstroth Cave

Three divers took diving gear to the sump but on arriving found the water level too high.

Divers: Mick Ormerod, Mick Melvin, Mick Bentham.

Sunday April 17^th

Skirwith Cave

John Southworth passed the terminal sump, a dive of 25ft. He entered a chamber 30ft long and then dived a second sump of 25ft to surface in a medium size chamber that contained another sump at the upstream end.

John returned to the downstream end after he had secured a line through the sump. He then dived again followed by Jack Pickup. The two divers then explored the chamber before Jack Pickup returned to the downstream side of the sump with two B.A. units.

John Ogden and Mick Melvin then dived sumps through sumps one and two.

John Southworth dived into sump 3 until his line ran out at 80ft.  John belayed the line in a small air bell and then returned to the chamber where the other divers were waiting.

All divers passed sumps one and two.

Divers: John Southworth, Jack Pickup, John Ogden, Mick Melvin, Mick Ormerod.

Sunday May 15^th

Langstroth Cave

Due to having a late start it was decided to go to Langstroth cave and attempt to fix up Mick Melvin’s Rawlbolt fixture. Soon after making a start it was decided that we could use scaling poles to get up the pitch without Rawlbolts due to a big ledge.

All the divers passed both sumps including a photographer.

Diver: Jack Pickup, John Ogden, John Southworth, Jim Cunningham, Mick Melvin, Dave Stewart.