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Matienzo epilogue

Tuesday, 9th April 2013 by
A memorable end...

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The Dam Water

Thursday, 4th April 2013 by
Jim fording the riverOn Tuesday evening we attended the expedition dinner which, being held in a Spanish bar, started quite late.

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Return to the Dam Bypass

Wednesday, 3rd April 2013 by
Jim outside the Wild Mare with low water levelsAfter several months away from Spain Jim and I could take the suspense no longer. We returned to Matienzo, our goal being to find where the water flows into lake Buttermere in the Toca la Vaca system.

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(Not Really) Making New Ground

Thursday, 9th August 2012 by
Downstream side of dam.Having found a muddy chamber yesterday we dived in through to Whitworth series with only one O-ring related incident which was quickly sorted.

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Whitworth Upstream

Thursday, 9th August 2012 by
Surfacing out of the new bypass.Having had to walk away from the upstream sump in the Whitworth series in Torca La Vaca when we ran out of time on our previous visit to the Matienzo area both Jim and I were keen to return.

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A Wild Mare kicks out

Saturday, 28th April 2012 by
Or was it the rain?

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Using the back entrance

Wednesday, 25th April 2012 by
pGetting into the water the hard way...

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The rain in Spain…

Tuesday, 24th April 2012 by
Jim and Colin return to Spain to follow up on last years trip down Torca la Vaca...

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