COW POT

A rarely used back door trip into the Main Drain of Lancaster Hole combined with an off-beat visit up the inlet of Maracaibo or Woodhouse Way.


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From Paul (Beardy) Swire (RRCPC/ULSA) - 3/3/07
Woodhouse Way is a fabulous and rarely visited part of the Lancaster Hole System with great potential for new discoveries in its far reaches. During the last 12 years of caving from Bull Pot Farm, I had not heard of a visit to this secluded corner of the system until 2006. I imagine only a few visits have occurred since the original explorations in 1980. In normal conditions the ducks rate as some of the most serious in the country, the crux being the second duck. The squeeze just upstream of the second duck is quite tight, but beyond the third duck the passage is varied with some entertaining climbs and some larger passages at the end. The RRCPC/DUSA/BUSS are currently working in the far reaches of Woodhouse Way and request that any tackle in this area be left where it is found. Recent discoveries here will be reported in due course.