Hidden Earth 2017

Forest of Dean Round Up

30 minute Lecture|Mr Taylor Paul

Abstract

The Forest of Dean is a relatively small caving area yet it contains many significant Caves and Mines. To gain access too many of these sites digging has played a significant part over the years and is still the tool for progress today. Paul will provide an update on these activities over the past year from Green Moss Pot, Cowshill Cave and others. What GCRG has been upto on the equipment front with the purchase of a New Mobile Control Room and also give an insight into the long standing Otter Hole Filming Project that he has been fronting for the past 4 years and provide a glimpse of what is to come in the final film. Along with a report on the ongoing pollution problems being experienced in Otter Hole and the work that is being undertaken to find the souce of the problem