January ?     Ogof Dreanan

Dave, Cheg, Pat, Nigel, Barry , Ceily and maybe others
An early start on Saturday for a rendezvous at the Little Chef in Gilwern. Ran into rain at Raglan which gradually got worse as we approached the Welsh valleys.

After breakfast set out for the high tops and the cave. With the increase in height came the wind which blew away the enthusiasm to get changed. With the surface streams in spate we changed our plan and set out for 'Big Pit' the Welsh coal mining museum which was located in the next valley.

January is the month of maintenance and only pre booked trips were available so we set off for Bristol! Alas although the journey across the bridge would have been free, it had been closed because of the high winds and a lorry which had been blown over. We retreated to Chepstow to seek an hostelry.

A later attempt at the free crossing proved successful and after a grand feast at Pat's the activities continued in The Swan with Two Necks. Pat fell over in a large puddle on the way home when he attempted to 'jump the sump' the only caving achieved in the weekend.

 

February ?      Forest of Dean

Nigel, Pat, Cheg, Dave, John Cooper, Barry & Ceily
Another wet weekend. Nigel and Pat had camped in the Miners Arms garden on Friday night and found his shoes missing in the morning. The pub opened early on Saturday and what better way to spend time whilst waiting for Barry and Ceily.

Made a visit to a stone mine and visited a coal mine adit but John had stayed at the Miners enjoying the quaint environment.

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