Author: Colin

Cromhall Dive

As the weather had destroyed any chance of getting any interesting caving done over the weekend myself and Andy headed off to a flooded quarry in Cromhall, Gloucestershire. The aim was to test some kit configurations for use on holiday and also test some recently serviced equipment. All the kit worked well. My new configuration

P8

Marcus wanted to go and have a look at sump six in P8 (Jackpot) in Derbyshire. Several years ago he did some work towards sump ten but had always by-passed sump six which branches off between sumps five and seven, both of which drain into six. With sump six being the lowest point in what

Rebreather Test

Rick asked me along to the Coventry swimming pool to act as official observer whilst he tested his new micro rebreather. The rebreather is a pendulum type semi closed design purpose built to minimise size and weight. Containing only 600 grams of absorbent it gives a duration of up to one and a half hours