Sunday
Llygad Llwchwr 1 is a well visited cave and it was through a sump in that cave, that Llygad Llwchwr 2 was discovered by Martyn Farr and others in 2001. It wasn’t until last year however that some terrestrial humans dug into the cave providing access to non-divers like us. LL 2 is very well decorated compared to it’s sister LL1, which has been trampled beyond belief. It was therefore an obvious choice for a caving and photography trip.
LL2 really isn’t that long, but it is so beautifully decorated that we spent a good few hours admiring the formations and picturing them. Take a look at some of the views below (courtesy of our very own photographer, Brendan Marris):
After exiting Llygad Llwchwr 2, we were far too dry and so we headed into Llygad Llwchwr 1 for some sporty caving and watersports. It is a very fun cave…. and made all the more amusing when full of Wessex Cave Club members!
Monday
Again we went caving, but this time to carry ladders into Darren Cilau via Price’s Dig. Pretty hard work!
Well that looks like an amazing long weekend of caving in south Wales! Rhyd Sych in particular sounds like fun… I’m so glad that, as you say, you’ve done it so we don’t have to. Thanks for the pix. 😉
It must have been a hard choice though – all this adventuring, or staying home and watching Pippa’s bottom. 😈
But who could have predicted the bottom thing? R&R were still not fully up to date with that nationally significant event on Wednesday night 🙄
There are some good looking lights in the pictures :zip:
Where is Llwchwr – is it the same a Loughor, which is just to the north of the Gower?
Yep, north of the Gower
http://www.ogof.org.uk/Black_Mountain_west_map.html
Thank you – it’s a bit further N than the Loughor I know – I have a cousin who lives there & I bet she’d have been astonished if there had been such a cave beneath her!
Looks brilliant – and the photos are amazing as always. :star: :star: