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Sunday 8^th May

Dale Barn Cave

Four divers arrived at the sump to find that the water level had dropped about one foot. Dave Stewart dived first into a very tight boulder strewn passage; he had to clear the boulders as he progressed through the sump. He passed the first sump into a 10ft long chamber a dive of 45ft.

The next sump was only 15ft into a large chamber where he belayed his line. John Ogden followed and together they explored approximately 1500ft of cave passage without reaching the end.

Divers: Dave Stewart, John Ogden.

Saturday 14^th May

Magnetometer Pot

Bill Frakes and Dave Stewart passed the first sump in the Styx passage a dive of 130ft. They followed the line that Bill Frakes had left the week before into 220ft of stream passage to another sump.

Bill Frakes dived into the second sump for a distance of 30ft and found it to be silted up. It was decided to return at a later date when the silt might have been washed away.

Divers: Bill Frakes, Dave Stewart.

Saturday 14^th May

Ogof Agen Allwedd

A Dive by Mike Wooding (SCDG) and John Sinclair into the upstream sump(for full report see report No.2)

Divers: Mike Wooding, John Sinclair.

Thursday May 26^th

Malham Cove Rising

4 divers arrived at the resurgence to try and extend the distance of 80ft that John Southworth had dived the previous week.

John Southworth and John Ogden dived together and managed to pass both narrow sections of the dive. At that point John Southworth’s reserve Siebe set blew an ‘A’ clamp, both divers returned to base.

Bill Frakes and Dave Stewart dived next and managed to dive as far as Southworth’s line reel. The divers made a decision to return to base because of lack of air. The first dive lasted 15 minutes and the second dive approximately 20 minutes.

It was noted that at the furthest point of the dive the depth of water was only 4ft.

Divers: John Southworth, John Ogden, Bill Frakes, Dave Stewart.

Saturday July 2nd

Rowten Pot-Kingsdale Master Cave

Two members of the group dived the terminal sump in Rowten Pot a distance of 30ft. The dive connected Rowten with the Kingsdale Master Cave. A stronger and more permanent line is to be laid at a later stage. It is also hoped to shorten the length of the sump by digging in Rowten Pot.

Divers:  John Ogden, Bill Frakes.

Sunday September 18^th

Keld Head

John Southworth dived to the air bell and continued to explore 30ft beyond a distance of nearly 200ft.

Divers: John Southworth, (Standby Jeff Morgan)