dwarrowdelf
13 years ago

Below is a photo taken last week (May 2012) of the drainage tunnel out of chamber 31, at the end of Leval Ffrench. If I remember rightly, it actually looked worse than when we last saw it in October 2011? The other end comes out on floor DE just before the Cwm/Oakeley boundary collapse. According to the plans, it is, not surprisingly, shown to be blocked by falls.
Under no curcumstances did we attempt to enter it and I have submitted this photo to see if anyone can confirm if the entrance has indeed suffered further deterioration in recent months


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simonrl
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13 years ago
That does look like it could be a bit worse, although I could well be wrong because it's been a while since I was there. It was always completely blocked though.
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