Balch Cave
Info
The Digging Log Archive
Thrupe Archive - Words &
Pictures
Pictures: From the Digging Log
ATLAS Annual Reports
Gonzo's Art Gallery
Sounds and Songs
Info / Links
Thrupe Lite Extra
THRUPE LITE
Thrupe Lite was originally dedicated
to the cave dig at Thrupe Swallet (the "original" 1930s
dig site) and Thrupe Lane Swallet, on the Mendip Hills north west
of Wells, in Somerset, UK. Unfortunately, neither
site yielded its secrets to the diggers. ATLAS
members now are now digging in Balch & Fernhill caves, in
Fairy Cave Quarry and, indeed, elsewhere.
Thrupe Lite has the sounds and sights
of a cave dig, but the discomfort and effort involved in
cave digging has been carefully processed out in our
laboratories. This makes it a healthier and much more
enjoyable experience than cave digging.
Thrupe Lite gives you the authentic
feel of cave digging without the need to go underground.
You can see and hear the diggers from the comfort of your
chair. Above all, it is clean.
After viewing Thrupe Lite, there is no
need to hose down your clothes to wash out the mud.
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If you have stumbled into this hole as a
non-caver, the best advice might be to back out now before
it's too late. However, if you really
must continue, then you may want something by
way of introduction.
If so,
don't get stuck like this man.....
Look at some basic
information.
For the rest of you, I am afraid that you are on your own.
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Before we start, how about a bit of culture?
"In Stygian cave forlorn,
'Mongst horrid shapes and shrieks and sights unholy,
Find out some uncouth cell
Where brooding darkness spreads his jealous wings
And the night raven sings;
There under ebon shades and low-brow'd rocks
You lie, while water slowly soaks into your socks."
80% John Milton (L'Allegro ca. 1630), 20% Tony Audsley
(2003)
If you want even
more culture read . . .
THIS !
Enough of that - What is there to see?
- Basic Info
- Answers a few basic questions, about cave digging and how to
get more information. Also "Why Ferret
Shed?", "What is the meaning of life?",
Etc.
- Balch Cave Information
- Background information on the current dig in Balch Cave,
article reprints and a couple of surveys.
(Latest: 02-Jan-2008).
- Ferret Shed
- The Ferret Shed was the home of the ATLAS
diggers and its name is used for the homepage of
this website. It contains the digging log and
sometimes general news items. The digging log contains highlights
from the cave digs in Fairy Cave Quarry and also snippets of
information about other Mendip cave digs. It does
not attempt to give a full coverage of cave
digging activity on Mendip; see Mendip News in
Descent for the broader picture.
- The Digging Log Archive
- The archive stretches back all the way to the dark days of
2002 and is a riveting read ~ if you like that sort of
thing.
- The Thrupe Archive
- Archive of words and photographs relating the Thrupe Lane
Swallet and Thrupe Swallet digs.
(Thrupe PhotoArchive relocated here: 17-Nov-2006
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- Pictures from the Digging Log
- A collection of photographs from the digging log, plus a few
extras.
Latest: 2 October 2007
- ATLAS Annual Reports
- The ATLAS Annual Reports, which summarise our digging
activity year by year. They cover the period 2000 -
2007. Print them out and read them in
bed. They are a better sleeping draught than 16 pints
and they do not overfill the bladder.
- Gonzo's Art
Gallery
- A collection of dig sketches by Mark (Gonzo) Lumley.
(Latest: 16-Oct-2007)
- Sounds and Songs
- Some singing and sounds of digging - you need a RealAudio
player to hear these
- External Links
- All external links are collected here.
- Thrupe Lite Extra
- Stuff which might be of interest, but which is not connected
with Thrupe.
Latest: 14-Sep-2008, Photographs from Chelm's
Combe Quarry Caves
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Real Timbering !
(Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland)
THRUPELITE EXTRA
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The Digging Log 1999 - 2009
THRUPELITE is a spin-off from the original
THRUPE website, which was started in 1999 to
chronicle the digging at Thrupe Swallet. Since that
time, a 'digging log' has been published on a more or
less weekly basis. I think that ten years is enough
and that it is now time to let someone else take the log on.
The ThrupeLite website will continue, with occasional
alterations and additions. The digging log updates
have been taken on by Paul Stillman (good man) and may now be
found at:-
Tony Audsley.
24-Feb-2009
See the NEWS ARCHIVE
for 1999 - 2009 log entries