The Crumbles
Over
the past few years Sam Lieberman and I have tried pushing this cave, surveying
it and now it’s time to try to save it. It is nestled under a small cliff face
about thirty metres downstream of Mistral and just where Ease Gill gets very close.
So close that sometimes the water flows in the entrance, not a big problem
except it carries logs, leaves and dead things
with it. With this in mind I decided to make a
lid to cover the entrance, however, I miscalculated the size. Actually I didn’t
even calculate it, I guessed, badly!
The
first conservation visit took about 4 hours and then the finishing off took
only a couple of hours. I was lucky to enlist (strong-armed) the help of some
students to carry the first lot of planks over there from the farm, thanks for
that CHECC. Bill and Sue Osborne helped carry the remainder over on the next
weekend, thanks both of you. So now there’s a lid on the cave with a hatch to
get in through and room for the bats to get in and out. Hopefully the wood will
attract attention and more people will have a look in there as there are two
chambers that seem to have disappeared over time and we want them back.
(photos by: Sue Osborne)
The Crumbles
Ray
Duffy
As thick as three short planks!
