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Descent (298), June 2024

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Caving in the City
Accompanying photos by Steve Sharp, Graham Mullan describes Pen Park Hole – a highly unusual cave located next to a housing estate in north Bristol.

Blunders Into the Unknown
There is a great crescent of limestone sweeping around Morecambe Bay, from Barrow to Lancaster, but the area contains few known major caves. Andy Walsh recounts rare tales of significant finds in the area from 60 years ago.

Competition Time
We have teamed up with the QI Elves, and hosts of the podcast No Such Thing as a Fish, to bring you a unique competition. To be in with a chance of winning a great prize, we are asking you to send us some facts about caves and underground exploration. We also reveal the winner and correct answers from the Descent 297 quiz.

The Greater Horseshoe Comeback
Chris Scaife has been underground with the Sussex Bat Group, looking for Greater Horseshoe bats, which have recently returned to South East England after an absence of 100 years.

The Caves of Peruaçu
Brazil will host next year’s International Congress of Speleology. Anyone unsure about whether to attend could well be swayed by Martyn Farr’s two-part article about the country’s exceptional caves.

In Memoriam
The caving world has lost some great characters in recent months. We have obituaries for Dave Gill, Pete Rose, Andy Sewell and David St Pierre.

Cymmie’s Rucksac Edition
Alan Jeffreys has uncovered a draft copy of an unpublished guidebook: A Guide to the Yorkshire Caves and Potholes (The Rucksac Edition) by Eli ‘Cymmie’ Simpson, dated 1932.

Cover: Judith Calford in Ogof Ffynnon Ddu 1, South Wales. Photo: Chris Howes
Back cover: Gruta do Janelao, Brazil. Photo: Martyn Farr

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