The South Wales Caving Club

Newsletter No.118

Contents

  1. Foreword by Peter Harvey
  2. The Discovery of Ogof Ffynnon Ddu by P.W. Harvey and I. Nixon
  3. Penwyllt Village: Growth, Development and Decline by Helen Matthews
  4. The Discovery of the RAWL Series by C. Lewis Railton
  5. Photographs by Peter Harvey
  6. Experiences in Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, August 25th -27th 1951 by C.L. Railton and W.H. Little
  7. The Gents' Dig by Les Hawes
  8. SWCC at Penwyllt by Roger Smith
  9. Obituary: Charles Freeman by Clive Jones
  10. Photographs from the Collection of the Late Charles Freeman
  11. 101 Great Caving Trips, no.7: The Milwr Tunnel by Eric Inson
  12. The Search for Ogof Ffynnon Ddu II by Brian de Graaf, Charles George and Clive Jones
  13. Extracts from the Personal Logbooks of John Osborne
  14. The Connection of Ogof Ffynnon Ddu I and II by Bob Radcliffe
  15. Photographs by David Hunt
  16. Through Trip by Clive Westlake
  17. Top Entrance: A Personal View by John Harvey
  18. The People, the Techniques and the Wet Bits of Ogof Ffynnon Ddu by Steve Thomas
  19. Reflections on the Aberfan Disaster by Frank Baguley
  20. Photographs from the Collection of Mrs. Lena James
  21. How Old is Ogof Ffynnon Ddu? by Keith Ball, Gareth Davies and Derek Ford
  22. Berger or Balinka? by Clare Jones
  23. Photographs from the Balinka Pit Expeditions
  24. Balinka: Photographs from Frank Baguley
  25. The Chemical Investigation of Cave Waters by George Bray
  26. Photographs from the Collection of Les Hawes
  27. Dan-yr-Ogof: The Breakthrough of 1966, A Personal View by Noel Christopher
  28. Photographs by Dot Williams
  29. You Are What You Eat! by Dr. Lisa Williams
  30. Overexposure by Caitlin Day
  31. Photographs by Chris Howes FRPS
  32. Speleothem Dates from the Upper Tawe Valley by N.S.J. Christopher, P.L. Smart, J.N. Andrews and J.Gunn
  33. The Speleotaff by A. Nonimous
  34. The Boa Constrictor by Pete Francis
  35. Photographs by Denise Knibbs
  36. Obituary: Miss Winnie Williams by Gary Jones
  37. The Formation of Helictites - Answers? Or Questions? by Dave Edwards
  38. Photographs of Tunnel Cave By Bill Clarke
  39. Carmarthen to Hong Kong by Train by Seaton Phillips
  40. Photographs by Gary Jones
  41. Measurement of Cave Air Temperatures by Mel Davies
  42. Thirty Years in the Fault Aven Series by Bob Hall
  43. Photographs by Bob Hall
  44. The Same, Only More So by Bill Little
  45. Growing Old Gracefully by Dr. Alison Maddocks
  46. Photographs from the Collection of Mrs. Joan Coase
  47. 101 Great Caving Trips, no.8: No Picnic at Ogof Craig-ar-Ffynnon by Martin Hoff
  48. Photographs from the Collection of Mr. John Barrows
  49. Rock Falls by Keith Ball and Clive Jones
  50. Photographs from the SWCC Library
  51. A Flint Find in Ogof Gofan, Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire by Mel Davies
  52. Photographs of Digging at Waen Fignen Felen, from Clive Jones
  53. The Lava Caves of Lanzarote by Keith Ball
  54. SPECIAL SECTION: Current Projects
    • Ogof Gwynt yr Eira by Pete Francis
    • Ogof Carig Cadno/ Stuart France's Dig Chas's Dig by Chas Jay
    • Bog Passage, Dan-yr Ogof by Tony Baker
    • The Greensites Resistivity Project by Neil Weymouth
    • Was Sir Isaac Wrong? by Clive Jones
    • A Game of Two Halves: Ogof Twyn Tal Draenan 1992-6 by Tony Baker
    • Babysitters' Dig by Sam Moore
    • Steel Drum Update by Clive Jones
    • Somewhere Under the Black Mountain by Nig Rogers
  55. Dissent, 2046 by Tim Clark and Others
  56. A Vision of the Future? by Dave Edwards

Front cover photograph: Pete Glanvill in Ogof Ffynnon Ddu II, by Chris Howes FRPS

Back cover photograph: Traverse, Ogof Ffynnon Ddu I, 25/10/52, by David Hunt