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@@ -444,15 +444,15 @@ all the junk to the end of Quiz Rift then Earl supervised Dave rigging 03-29A wh
 then a rebelay bolt then drop down to sloping ledge (~10m) to rebelay off a <em>small</em> knobble then down to floor. Another pitch
 beyond this which Dave bolted but didn't have enough rope to descend.</p>
 
-<p>Meanwhile Becka was hand bolting a traverse to get to 03-30B - three naturals and five (yes, far too many) bolts later I got to the
+<p>Meanwhile Becka was hand bolting a traverse to get to 03-30B &ndash; three naturals and five (yes, far too many) bolts later I got to the
 muddy up-slope only to be told there was no time to check it out because I had to survey Dave's pitch. Actually I was pooped by the having
 spent half an hour suspended 5m above the floor in a rift far too wide to bridge, trying to get to the far side. I tried prusiking up my
 own long cowstail, putting slings for extra footloops into cowstails + sheer brute ignorance. It was also pretty exciting (i.e. dynamic)
-getting back - a free-hanging traverse. Surveyed Dave's pitches. Names: my traverse will be <b>The Generation Game</b>, Dave's first pitch
+getting back &ndash; a free-hanging traverse. Surveyed Dave's pitches. Names: my traverse will be <b>The Generation Game</b>, Dave's first pitch
 is <b>Gardeners' World</b>, and his next one is <b>University Challenge</b>. Way out up Gaffered was way, way, <strong>way</strong> too
-muddy - I'd had to do a welly-brake on the way down + both my hand + my chest jammer were slipping on the way up ... but I didn't have
+muddy &ndash; I'd had to do a welly-brake on the way down + both my hand + my chest jammer were slipping on the way up ... but I didn't have
 nearly as much fun as Dave who became an incandescent Mr. Angry + ended up prusiking twice as far as the rest of us. I left him to Earl's
-calming tongue. <i>[I think my jammers are knackered - the teeth don't bite like they used to.&mdash;DL]</i>.</p>
+calming tongue. <i>[I think my jammers are knackered &ndash; the teeth don't bite like they used to.&mdash;DL]</i>.</p>
 
 <g>T/U 11 hours</g>
 
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ leaving the ice squeeze for either a day later on in expo with less ice, or a da
 so I used a mostly convincing thread as a backup, and put in a traverse spit, then a Y hang out in the rift. The rift was a good 1.5m
 wide, and tall so things looked promising. I descended and traversed upstream, but just round the corner was a pitch up. Downstream
 dropped away and got narrower. Two rebelays later we were in the top of the rift, with a barely feasible squeeze into a lower level. The
-bottom appeared to drop into blackness through a small hole - small stones dropped for a second or two if they got through the hole. The
+bottom appeared to drop into blackness through a small hole &ndash; small stones dropped for a second or two if they got through the hole. The
 position is such that this is very likely to be dropping into the original 70s pitch series, so there wasn't much motiviation for
 desperate squeezes. Jenny tried to get through at a lower level, but that didn't work. So we surveyed out to connect to the previous Brave
 New World survey and went home. Jenny put in a better placed spit for the ledge end of the pendule on the way out.</p>
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ passage! (<b>Sweet Sight</b> passage.) Stomp stomp stomp for 150m or so. Walked
 addition to the previous day.</p>
 
 <p><i>[Continuation in Becka's handwriting]</i> Earl kept rigging the pitch but the drill battery ran out after the pitchhead + deviation
-bolts (part way through a Y-hang ~20m down from the pitchhead - probably another 15m drop beyond here). We then went back to Sweet Sight
+bolts (part way through a Y-hang ~20m down from the pitchhead &ndash; probably another 15m drop beyond here). We then went back to Sweet Sight
 passage + went up the left-hand roof tube QM just after the drippy aven with the bat skeleton. We surveyed 8 legs up there, past a tight
 thrutch into an aven with water coming in and a too tight rift off. Out + home.</p>
 
@@ -557,14 +557,14 @@ thrutch into an aven with water coming in and a too tight rift off. Out + home.<
 
 <hr />
 
-<d>24/7/04</d>	<t>Eislufth&ouml;hle - rigging down 70's route to Keg Series</t>	<w><u>Jenny</u> + Olly B</w>
+<d>24/7/04</d>	<t>Eislufth&ouml;hle &ndash; rigging down 70's route to Keg Series</t>	<w><u>Jenny</u> + Olly B</w>
 
 <p>We decided that today we would continue down the 70s route and see how far we could get with the rope + hangers we had. I wanted to
 play with the drill, so set off down to the current end of the rigging (the next ledge on from the Test Tube passage) and put in a nice
-Y-hang. Meanwhile Olly swung around on the snow plugs below to retrieve my spanner he had lost. The pitch was really nice - the best so
+Y-hang. Meanwhile Olly swung around on the snow plugs below to retrieve my spanner he had lost. The pitch was really nice &ndash; the best so
 far, a lovely hang in a huge shaft, on down to the next ledge + some 1970s spits, one of which was used as part of the Y, a deviation
 later and I was at the bottom of "Plugged Shaft" on a bouldery floor with a huge bit of scaffold bar longer than I am! The next pitch
-wasn't far away, and as we weren't certain how solid the floor was we continued the rope round - this is where the 112m rope ended, so we
+wasn't far away, and as we weren't certain how solid the floor was we continued the rope round &ndash; this is where the 112m rope ended, so we
 tied on the 85m and Olly bolted down "Saved Shaft" with, as is typical of this cave, a deviation. We now arrived at a HUGE boulder pile,
 with at least one boulder bigger than a car! The way on was under these with the draft. The boulders actually looked quite wedged, but it
 is probably worth trying to get over the top sometime (a) to see if it goes anywhere new and (b) in the hope that it is safer. Olly rigged
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ rigging, and went back to teh base of Saved Shaft. We surveyed back till it conn
 
 <hr />
 
-<d>25/7/04</d>	<t>76 - Brave New World</t>	<w>Olly + <u>Jenny</u></w>
+<d>25/7/04</d>	<t>76 &ndash; Brave New World</t>	<w>Olly + <u>Jenny</u></w>
 
 <p>Olly fettled the rigging in the entrance to add a tight guide line above the rock bridge, and we went into the Test Tube, and onto
 Brave New World, this time turning right to the pitch, traversing round it (which I found scary as it was loose) and itno the oxbow on the
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ very fast.</p>
 
 <hr />
 
-<d>26/7/04</d>	<t>76 - Brave New World</t>	<w>Olly + <u>Jenny</u></w>
+<d>26/7/04</d>	<t>76 &ndash; Brave New World</t>	<w>Olly + <u>Jenny</u></w>
 
 <p>Decided to carry the drill through the Test Tube to bolt stuff in Brave New World. We decided it would be better to carry SRT kits
 rather than wearing them too. Carrying tackle made the Test Tube seem much smaller and more arduous... Turned right into BNW, and Olly got
@@ -620,18 +620,18 @@ then left the cave.</p>
 
 <hr />
 
-<d>27/7/04</d>	<t>76 - Brave New World</t>	<w>Olly + <u>Jenny</u></w>
+<d>27/7/04</d>	<t>76 &ndash; Brave New World</t>	<w>Olly + <u>Jenny</u></w>
 
 <p>Didn't feel like carrying tackle through the Test Tube again, so took survey gear to tick off some leads (hopefully). The first lead we
 looked at was the tube on the right around halfway along, near the probable 99 connection. It got progressively narrower, and then there
 were some small pristine white stals. We decided that it would be hard to get past them without touching them, so surveyed out. Continued
 into Brave New World, and turned left to survey the oxbow passages, these are small and crappy and the 3 passages end up uniting and going
-to a pitch in a stream canyon - we surveyed to here and attempted to plumb the pitch. It is ~6m deep. Still had time left so went the
+to a pitch in a stream canyon &ndash; we surveyed to here and attempted to plumb the pitch. It is ~6m deep. Still had time left so went the
 other way along BNW, round the pitch and to the cahmber we started surveying from on the 25th. Looked down the passage on the right, this
 gets bigger for a bit raising our hopes of this being the Train Tunnel passage we had been looking for, but it got lower and a crawl led
 to a big aven chamber which looked not too hard to climb. From the chamber it was not obvious where we had come from as it all looked
 small, so Olly named it "No Ways Chamber" though in fact I found another crawl out near ours that became vadose passage of a reasonable
-size to an aven - this is still to be surveyed.</p>
+size to an aven &ndash; this is still to be surveyed.</p>
 
 <g>T/U 4.75hrs</g>
 
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ Earl Teflon-Jammers Merson was, of course, fine + blamed it all on my poor techn
 <d>26/7/04</d>	<t>Rerigging Gaffered + Gardeners' World</t>	<w><u>Becka</u> + Earl</w>
 
 <p>Earl was all for going straight back down to push Subsoil but I'd promised myself not to go down there again until there was fresh rope
-on it so we carried in a 100m and a 65m and rerigged from Tape Worm all the way down (I replaced the top 91m - again - whilst
+on it so we carried in a 100m and a 65m and rerigged from Tape Worm all the way down (I replaced the top 91m &ndash; again - whilst
 Earl Mud-Doesn't-Stick-To-Me Merson zoomed down on the slimy rope + replaced the bottom one). Then Earl went off to have a third attempt
 at re-rigging Gardeners' World whilst I draped conservation tape around Sirens, Bracket Fungus, the Crystal Pool + Quiz Rift. I then got
 cold + grouchy waiting whilst Earl put in deviation after deviation on Gardeners' World plus fresh pitch-head bolts + then had two
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ hang bolt on Gaffered, I found the rope really tight. Having a handy Earl, I man
 a mini-plunge + then he said that seemed to have sorted it.</p>
 
 <p>Right down to Subsoil, rigged the tiddly 4m pitch (8m rope) off the boulder then started surveying out of Subsoil up Heavily Soiled
-passage (very muddy - <u>again</u>) (need a 15m rope rigged off obvious natural to get down to it) with a good draft. Initially large,
+passage (very muddy &ndash; <u>again</u>) (need a 15m rope rigged off obvious natural to get down to it) with a good draft. Initially large,
 steepish passage ending in a broken down area then popped out on edge of a large chamber. We were on a bank of mud only ~2m above the
 chamber floor but we had no gear. The mud was crumbly and Earl was very cold so we stopped there. Also a drippy aven ahead there, again
 trickly to get there despite being very close given the dubious tensile strength of banks of undercut mud. Stopped the survey + stomped
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ back to Subsoil. Earl then took the drill to put in too spits (last, highest one
 this is the best Hilti I've ... oh dear") Meanwhile I conservation tabled some crystals + the mud floor at the start of Hippo Hollows +
 the mud banks + spires at the bottom of the Subsoil chamber. Then we went up Earl's new 17m traverse into Earthenware passage, + we
 surveyed as we went in, past various mud pretties + pools, stepping over a large + wet rift pitch + lots of QMs until Earthenware passage
-reduced in size (but sill drafting? hard to tell - draft is <u>very</u> strong into your face at the start of Earthenware). At this point
+reduced in size (but sill drafting? hard to tell &ndash; draft is <u>very</u> strong into your face at the start of Earthenware). At this point
 we decided tos urvey down the large passage off left that led steeply down + twisting (<b>Stoneware</b>, as we finally lost the mud), +
 ended in a muddy aven + then a drippy wet aven at a convenient 6.55pm, time to go home. Took the drill battery out. For two people it
 takes ~ 1 1/2 hours to get to the bottom of Subsoil and ~ 2 1/2 hours to get out again, if carrying no real load.</p>
@@ -742,9 +742,9 @@ undersuit proved futile (not helped by rushing up the hill in the dark and rain
 callout time for the Eisluft team). So at 8am I pulled on soaking wet undersuit prior to a 10am trip start. Twenty hours later I took it
 off again, and for most of the intervening time I was too cold.</p>
 
-<p>Uneventful trip as far as the start of Razor Dance, wehere the water level was higher than I've ever seen - probably double the usual
+<p>Uneventful trip as far as the start of Razor Dance, wehere the water level was higher than I've ever seen &ndash; probably double the usual
 levels. The wet climb was unpleasant but passable so we elected to carry on. Most of the pitches were fine: an extra waterfall had
-appeared at Mash Tun, but it was OK. The bottom of Copper was <u>very</u> wet - borderline dangerous. The rebelay on Yeast is in a star
+appeared at Mash Tun, but it was OK. The bottom of Copper was <u>very</u> wet &ndash; borderline dangerous. The rebelay on Yeast is in a star
 place for avoiding the water (shame about the pitch head bolts, which need a tector). In conclusion, Razor Dance will be OK in the wet
 with an extra couple of bolts: one on the first wet climb, and another for a water avoidance deviation on Copper.</p>
 
@@ -752,11 +752,11 @@ with an extra couple of bolts: one on the first wet climb, and another for a wat
 rebelay bolt on Pepper Pot) while Dave + Dour surveyed. Dave couldn't read the instruments so I was forced to peer through the murk. SOme
 creativity was required to fabricate some data. Much tedious dicking about in the rift to find the right level and a 6m pitch later we
 reached the deep point (204 now 544m deep) where the water goes down a tiny slot. Round the corner an ascending traverse goes to a much
-wider bit (~4m wide) - looks like a weak bed has been exploited to make the widening - the bed is visible cutting across the passage. A
-line is needed where the traverse gets muddy and slippy - lots of brown mud with a black crust with dessication cracks (at least there
+wider bit (~4m wide) &ndash; looks like a weak bed has been exploited to make the widening - the bed is visible cutting across the passage. A
+line is needed where the traverse gets muddy and slippy &ndash; lots of brown mud with a black crust with dessication cracks (at least there
 was before I stomped/bumslid across it). The drill battery had done its usual trick of going from 4 bars to none in no time at all, so a
 Martin special pushing rig was put in place. Cartoon laws of rigging apply: the naturals are sound so long as you don't look at them too
-closely. More bolts needed next time. At the end is a pitch that we couldn't get close enough to see down - estimate 20m on the basis of
+closely. More bolts needed next time. At the end is a pitch that we couldn't get close enough to see down &ndash; estimate 20m on the basis of
 throwing one rock down it (i.e. it could be any length at all). <i>[Incidentally, this point is around 10m above the level at which the
 stream was last seen.&mdash;DL]</i></p>
 
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ there are enough (i.e. more than 4) moderately hard (but not necessarily bionic)
 
 <hr />
 
-<d>22/7/04</d>	<t>2004-11 - "In Your Face"</t>	<w>Martin, Nial, and <u>Stuart</u></w>
+<d>22/7/04</d>	<t>2004-11 &ndash; "In Your Face"</t>	<w>Martin, Nial, and <u>Stuart</u></w>
 
 <p>"Come and look at our great new cave" they said. "Could be a new 204 entrance" they said. "DON'T YOU DARE FIND THE END OF IT" they
 (Becka) said.</p>
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ gear. Olly M kindly came along for the walk and to help me carry. (Perhaps also
 plateau forever more.)</p>
 
 <p>The walk proceeded quickly and with minimum moaning on my part (due mostly to my empty rucksack). Olly and I deviated from the path to
-invesitage a few cave entrances - turning out to be in the 80s. We were rejoined by Julian and Becka shortly afterwards, near the
+invesitage a few cave entrances &ndash; turning out to be in the 80s. We were rejoined by Julian and Becka shortly afterwards, near the
 beginning of the slabs.</p>
 
 <p>Towards the end of the slabs, I did the often done thing of slipping with one of my walking poles. I then managed to kick said pole,
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ rethreaded through the bomber natural instead of via the sling.</p>
 
 <p>Once out of Hauchh&ouml;hle, I found Olly hunting around on the edge of the hole for a second thread / natural belay. Tony appeared on
 his way to the bridge, and recommended rigging a scramble down the back end of the hole, where the drop was more, around 10m. We did this,
-rigged from the single bit of usefully fixed rock in the vicinity - a bomber thread.</p>
+rigged from the single bit of usefully fixed rock in the vicinity &ndash; a bomber thread.</p>
 
 <p><i>[Diagram, with captions including "fuckwit caver who throws his gear down holes"]</i></p>
 
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ etc, and to carry a bag of rope down to The Ledge ready for the next day.</p>
 
 <hr />
 
-<d>30/7/2004</d>	<t>76 - Keg Series</t>	<w><u>Jenny</u> + Olly</w>
+<d>30/7/2004</d>	<t>76 &ndash; Keg Series</t>	<w><u>Jenny</u> + Olly</w>
 
 <p>Went down to the top of Keg Series with lots of rigging gear + drill. Olly did some more gardening (but there is still lots of loose
 stuff around) and went down; rather than heading straight down the pitch like last time, he swung across into the passage ~ 1/3 of the way
@@ -924,12 +924,12 @@ ledge with (for the first time in a while) a solid rock floor. Olly went down a
 therefore significant this passage/pitch series was. At the bottom Olly found a sump and I felt guilty for wanting one earlier...</p>
 
 <p><i>[Editor's note: Blanks were left in the above description to be filled in later, but it seems noone did so. The above numbers are
-extracted from the survey data but it's not clear to me exactly where one pitch stops and the next starts - these are my best guesses.
+extracted from the survey data but it's not clear to me exactly where one pitch stops and the next starts &ndash; these are my best guesses.
 &mdash;DL]</i></p>
 
 <p>I climbed down to check it really was a sump (it was, and not a very impressive one at that) whilst Olly looked at a small passage
-going off the other way till it got small; I came out and looked there - after a short crawl (~5m) it met a small stream passage which I
-followed for a short way till it felt small + committing - the passage does however continue. Meanwhile Olly had found a more promising
+going off the other way till it got small; I came out and looked there &ndash; after a short crawl (~5m) it met a small stream passage which I
+followed for a short way till it felt small + committing &ndash; the passage does however continue. Meanwhile Olly had found a more promising
 lead by climbing above the sump and following a tortuous vadose canyon downhill until it got bigger and became another pitch series; we
 decided to leave this for next year and surveyed out to the top of Keg Series.</p>
 
@@ -968,9 +968,122 @@ space marked "GPS".]</i></p>
 photoed by Olly and GPSed. <i>[Another arrow into the blank space.]</i></p>
 
 <p>We then walked back to where Tantalus Schacht should be and didn't find it, but did allocate <b>2004-09</b>, which is a shaft with "a
-good drop and rattle" - sorry no photos or survey, but it was GPSed.</p>
+good drop and rattle" &ndash; sorry no photos or survey, but it was GPSed.</p>
 
 <p>P.S. Olly's GPS seems to have lost these coords, so we'll have to refind them next year.</p>
 
 <hr />
- 
+
+<d>1/8/04</d>	<t>76 &ndash; to the Tap Room</t>	<w><u>Jenny</u> + Olly</w>
+
+<p>Went back down to the top of Keg Series, but this time continued down the 70s route, down a short climb to a small chamber. The route
+continued down the rift; we used a chockstone (a big one) as a backup and Olly suggested a good place for a spit. I climbed round and
+started to put the spit in; I got as far as it nearly being set when I gave up (sore ankle + leg cramp) + let Olly take over. Olly was
+impressed at how far out I had managed to place the spit and didn't call me a wuss for not finishing it. A deviation got us to the next
+ledge where Olly put in a backup spit and got started on a Y. Over the space of a couple of minutes what was a very distant small water
+trickle became very loud + sounded very close - I was concerned that a raging torrent along with loose rocks would appear from an aven
+above; fortunately it didn't and we didn't die. It transpired that it had started to rain about 40mins earlier. Olly carried on down the
+pitch and got to a narrowish rift; this widened out where a passage joined from the right into a chamber with big boulders (the Tap Room).
+This was very drippy and wet so we left rigging on for another day and looked at the other inlet, reached from a small climb. This soon
+intersected a big pitch, with the passage continuing on - it looked reasonably easy to swing across, but we left this for a later date. We
+surveyed and derigged out; I greased the spits as well, until the grease ran out at the bottom of Plugged Shaft, which was good as we had
+far too much to carry already.</p>
+
+<g>T/U 10hrs</g>
+
+<hr />
+
+<d>19/7/04</d>	<t>2003-02 (Blaudrachenschact)</t>	<w><u>Brian</u></w>
+
+<p>Went in 2003-02 with Earl's drill and rigged to the bottom of the pitch. Abbed off pitchhead bolt put in 2003 down 6m to rebelay then 2
+rebelays on far wall to main drop. Dropped a few stones to find best hang through a narrow rift 13m below; didn't quite judge it right so
+put in another bolt as a deviation when I got down to the rift.</p>
+
+<p>Then a 43m hang to a rebelay where I wibbled a bit, feeling isolated and wet, then down to the floor. Bollocks! No way on. But wait, a
+short climb up the side of the shaft and another hole. But no more rope, so I went home.</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<d>21/7/04</g>	<t>2003-02 (Blaudrachenschact)</t>	<w>Tony + <u>Brian</u></w>
+
+<p>Surveyed to bottom with short rope to investigate rifty hole at base of shaft: it closed down after a 5m climb down through boulders.
+Went home.</p>
+
+<d>22/7/04</d>	<t>Surface bash</t>	<w>Tony + <u>Brian</u></w>
+
+<p>Started out walking to the NE of 204 area until we met the big change in slope overlooking the valley with the Stogerweg at the bottom.
+Then walked along side of valley until we found two entrances of note: GPSsed, tagged and photographed them.</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><b>2004-12</b>: N47&deg; 41' 06.1'' E013&deg; 49' 38.8'</li>
+<li><b>2004-13</b>: N47&deg; 41' 02.0'' E013&deg; 49' 38.7''</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>Went back via Damoclesschacht.</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<d>30/7/04</d>	<t>2003-02 bolting</t>	<w>Tony + <u>Brian</u></w>
+
+<p>Using club drill + blue dynamic rope, bolted around corner from pitch head bolt (2003-02-01 survey station #8) and up wall on right
+side of chamber to small window. Squeezed through to small chamber (~5m) with no way on. Derigged + exit.</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<d>31/7/04</d>	<t>Skinny Festerers</t>	<w>Tony + <u>Brian</u></w>
+
+<p>Rigged in to base of pitch. Tony put in 2 bolts to climb A lead in right wall of chamber. Revealed short passage to corner; left way on
+blocked by boulders - persuaded downwards - revealing a climbable rift to a tube again blocked by removable boulders, to narrow low
+awkward passage to pitch head blocked by large boulder. Needed persuaders. Went home.</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<d>1/8/04</d>	<t>Skinny Festerers</t>	<w>Tony + <u>Brian</u></w>
+
+<p>Came back with lump hammer and crowbar and persuaded boulder to reduce in size. Tony forced a way through to place a pitch head bolt
+and descend to small chamber with a squeeze through a rift in the floor. Descended to rifty chamber with no way on. Went home.</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<d>30/7/04</d>	<t>Subsoil - Fat Worm Blows a Sparky</t>	<w><u>Becka</u>, Earl, Nial + Julian</w>
+
+<p>Off to rig + survey leads at the end of Hippo Hollows in Subsoil. Nial + Becka surveyed two tubes on the left at the end of Hippo
+Hollows. First just popped out to look over the rift that the main passage ended on. Further back, the tube went steeply up to a small
+pitch. Earl put in two bolts for a Y-hang. We put in a comedy traverse over the top of the pitch (not far, but rigged on feeble naturals
+on the far side, and passing over slippery mud) and continued the survey up the tube the far side to a small pitch with a possible vocal
+connection to the rift at the end of Hippo Hollows. Pitch a QM B. Then back to the Y-hang and I descended the short pitch. A
+<em>small</em> crawl at the bottom seemed to immediately open out onto a pitch. I didn't push it (needed to take SRT kit off) but another
+QM B.</p>
+
+<p>Meanwhile Earl had belayed Julian as he free-climbed down the rift at the end of Hippo Hollows to descend into <b>Fat Worm Blows a
+Sparky</b>. Becka and Nial surveyed down into FWBAS and started to survey there whilst Earl tried to drill spits for a more sensible rig
+down to FWBAS (and failed - we were using a rope dangled down the rift with lots of rubs so you have to free climb up and down). Found
+some weird white formations like plastic in a passage at the end of the survey, which Julian photographed.</p>
+
+<g>T/U 10 hrs</g>
+
+<hr />
+
+<d>31/7/04</d>	<t>Subsoil</t>	<w><u>Becka</u>, Julian, Earl, Frank, Nial</w>
+
+<p>Becka + Julian set off an hour ahead of the crowd + did some virtuous QM ticking by surveying up the sandy tube at the top of the
+Subsoil chamber where Gardeners' World / U. C. pitch comes in. The right tube closed down. The left one was small but straightforward and
+connected in to Earl + my Heavily Soiled survey so ticked off one of the sandy crawl QMs there too (still leaving another crawl QM off
+from Heavily Soiled to be checked). Back to Subsoil and met others. I went with Frank to continue the Earthenware survey, going straight
+ahead where Stoneware branched left. After a short while continuing straight ahead, I saw black space up to the right so we surveyed up
+there (<strong>care</strong>, nice calcite on left wall, we conservation-taped this route off on the next trip). Into <u>big</u> passage
+and surveyed left (north). The roof rapidly closed in due to massive collapse of rock from the roof to end in a boulder choke which didn't
+really draft.</p>
+
+<p>Back to Subsoil and Frank headed out. Earl was still trying to get a better rig into Fat Worm Blows a Sparky (see yesterday). Nial and
+I continued the survey off FWBAS from Julian + his survey until we'd run out of time + pretty well ticked off all the horizontal leads.
+The last bit of our survey down a thin rift only needed a handline to protect a climb down and was the deepest part surveyed. <i>[As far
+as I can tell from the survey this doesn't seem to be true - station 17 of the Fat Worm 2 survey is a good five metres
+lower.&mdash;DL]</i> Where Nial and I started to survey, beyond the dead bat, there was a freeclimb (QM B) up to the left which then
+needed protecting for the final few metres up to an enticing-looking lead. <i>[For some reason the description of the exploration of this
+three days later is written up here; I have restored it to its logical chronological position.&mdash;DL]</i> Earl then was removed from
+his rigging and we went home, letting Earl escape first to get the food on.</p>
+
+<g>T/U Becka 12 hours, Nial 11, Earl 10, Julian 9.5, Frank 8.5</g>
+
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