diff --git a/core/forms.py b/core/forms.py
index ff75872..907f6ce 100644
--- a/core/forms.py
+++ b/core/forms.py
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ class CaveForm(ModelForm):
     def clean(self):
         if self.cleaned_data.get("kataster_number") == "" and self.cleaned_data.get("unofficial_number") == "":
             self._errors["unofficial_number"] = self.error_class(["Either the kataster or unoffical number is required."]) 
-        if self.cleaned_data.get("kataster_number") != "" and self.cleaned_data.get("official_name") == "":
-            self._errors["official_name"] = self.error_class(["This field is required when there is a kataster number."]) 
+#        if self.cleaned_data.get("kataster_number") != "" and self.cleaned_data.get("official_name") == "":
+#            self._errors["official_name"] = self.error_class(["This field is required when there is a kataster number."]) 
         if self.cleaned_data.get("area") == []:
             self._errors["area"] = self.error_class(["This field is required."])
         if self.cleaned_data.get("url") and self.cleaned_data.get("url").startswith("/"):
diff --git a/core/views/caves.py b/core/views/caves.py
index fed3614..efccd8f 100644
--- a/core/views/caves.py
+++ b/core/views/caves.py
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ def rendercave(request, cave, slug, cave_id=''):
         else:
             editable = False              
         #print(f" ! rendercave:'{cave}' svxstem:{svxstem} caveid:'{cave_id}' svx3d:'{svx3d}'")
+        if not cave_id:
+            cave_id = slug # cave.unofficial_number
         try:
             r = render(request,'cave.html', {'cave_editable': editable, 'settings': settings, 'cave': cave, 'cavepage': True, 
                 'cave_id': cave_id, 'svxstem': svxstem, 'svx3d':svx3d})
@@ -335,6 +337,8 @@ def edit_cave(request, slug=None):
                     myslug =  "%s-%s" % (myArea, form.cleaned_data["unofficial_number"])
             else:
                 myslug = slug
+            # Converting a PENDING cave to a real cave by saving this form
+            myslug = myslug.replace('-PENDING-', '-')
             cave.filename = myslug + ".html"
             cave.save()
             form.save_m2m()
@@ -389,7 +393,12 @@ def edit_entrance(request, caveslug=None, slug=None):
         if form.is_valid() and (slug is not None or entletter.is_valid()):
             entrance = form.save(commit = False)
             if slug is None:
-                slugname = cave.slug() + entletter.cleaned_data["entrance_letter"]
+                if entletter.cleaned_data["entrance_letter"]:
+                    slugname = cave.slug() + entletter.cleaned_data["entrance_letter"]
+                else:
+                    slugname = cave.slug()
+                # Converting a PENDING cave to a real cave by saving this form
+                slugname = slugname.replace('-PENDING-', '-')
                 entrance.cached_primary_slug = slugname
                 entrance.filename = slugname + ".html"
             entrance.save()
diff --git a/parsers/caves.py b/parsers/caves.py
index a263182..8ccaa9d 100644
--- a/parsers/caves.py
+++ b/parsers/caves.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import re
+import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -44,24 +45,28 @@ def readcaves():
         # Do this first, so that these empty entries are overwritten as they get properly created.
         
         # For those caves which do not have cave_data/1623-xxx.html XML files even though they exist and have surveys
-        # also needs to be done *before* entrances so that the entrance-cave links work properly.
-        pending = ["2007-05", "2007-06", "2007-12", "2009-01", "2009-02", 
+        pending = ["2007-06", "2009-01", "2009-02", 
                 "2010-06", "2010-07", "2012-ns-01", "2012-ns-02", "2010-04", "2012-ns-05", "2012-ns-06", 
                 "2012-ns-07", "2012-ns-08", "2012-ns-12", "2012-ns-14", "2012-ns-15", "2014-bl888", 
                 "2018-pf-01", "2018-pf-02", "haldenloch"]
+
         for k in pending:
             url = "1623/" + k
             try:    
+                # default for a PENDING cave, ooverwritten if a real cave exists
                 cave = Cave(
                         unofficial_number = k, 
     #                   official_name = "",
                         underground_description = "Pending cave write-up - creating as empty object. No XML file available yet.",
                         survex_file = "caves-1623/" + k + "/" + k +".svx",
                         url = url,
-                        notes="_Survex file found in loser repo but no description in expoweb <br>\n"+
-                            "INSTRUCTIONS: First open 'This survex file' (link above the CaveView panel) to find the date and info. Then <br>\n" +
-                            "search in the Expo for that year e.g. <a href='/expedition/2007'>2007</a> to find a relevant logbook entry, then <br>\n" +
-                            "click on 'New Entrance' at the bottom of this page as we need to create the entrance *first*.")
+                        notes=f"_Survex file found in loser repo but no description in expoweb <br><br><br>\n"+
+                            f"INSTRUCTIONS: First open 'This survex file' (link above the CaveView panel) to find the date and info. Then " +
+                            f"<br>\n - search in the Expo for that year e.g. <a href='/expedition/{k[0:4]}'>{k[0:4]}</a> to find a relevant logbook entry, then \n - " +
+                            f"click on 'Edit this cave' and copy the information you find in the survex file and the logbook"+
+                            f"<br>\n - " +
+                            f"When you Submit it will create a file file in expoweb/cave_data/ " +
+                            f"<br>\n - but you have not finished yet. You MUST go and create the entrance: click on New Entrance. Then this will no longer be 'Pending' once the flag has been removed from the code")
                 if cave:
                     cave.save() # must save to have id before foreign keys work. This is also a ManyToMany key.
                     #print(f' ! - READ CAVES:  cave {k} {cave}')
@@ -73,7 +78,7 @@ def readcaves():
                     
                     try: # Now create a cave slug ID
                         cs = CaveSlug.objects.update_or_create(cave = cave,
-                                  slug = "1623-PENDING-" + k,
+                                  slug = "1623-" + k,
                                   primary = False)
                     except:
                         message = " ! {:11s} {} PENDING cave slug create failure".format(k)
@@ -289,13 +294,13 @@ def readcave(filename):
                 if slug in caves_xslug:
                     cs = caves_xslug[slug]
                 else:
-                    try:
+                    try: # we want to overwrite a PENDING cave if we are now importing the 1623-xxx.html file for it
                         cs = CaveSlug.objects.update_or_create(cave = c,
                                   slug = slug,
                                   primary = primary)
                         caves_xslug[slug] = cs
-                    except:
-                        message = " ! Cave update/create failure: %s, skipping file %s" % (slug, context)
+                    except Exception as ex:
+                        message = " ! Cave update/create failure : %s, skipping file %s\nException: %s" % (slug, context, ex.__class__)
                         DataIssue.objects.create(parser='caves', message=message)
                         print(message)
                     
@@ -331,7 +336,7 @@ def readcave(filename):
                     #c.save()
         else: # more than one item in long list
             message = f' ! ABORT loading this cave. in "{filename}"'
-            DataIssue.objects.create(parser='caves', message=message, url=f'/cave/{slug}/edit/')
+            DataIssue.objects.create(parser='caves', message=message, url=f'/cave/{slugs}/edit/')
             print(message)
 
 def getXML(text, itemname, minItems = 1, maxItems = None, printwarnings = True, context = ""):
diff --git a/templates/cave.html b/templates/cave.html
index 8d382c0..7e8e09e 100644
--- a/templates/cave.html
+++ b/templates/cave.html
@@ -442,15 +442,17 @@ div#scene {
 {% block contentheader %}
 <table id="cavepage">
 <tr>
-    <th id="kat_no">
+    <th id="kat_no"><!-- why is this not showing unofficial_number??-->
         {% if cave.kataster_number %}
             {{ cave.kataster_number|safe }}
             {% if cave.entrancelist %}
                 - {{ cave.entrancelist|safe }}
             {% endif %}
-            {% if cave.unofficial_number %}
+            {% if cave.unofficial_number %} 
                 <br />({{ cave.unofficial_number|safe }})
             {% endif %}
+        {% else %}
+        <br />{{ cave_id|safe }}
         {% endif %}
     </th>
     <th id="name">