Lot 2014

Another good trip to France a week in the Lot and then a few days near Lyon with a slow run       home via hotel stops.

 

Here we go again

  

Friday evening stop

  

Base for the week (you could of course camp if you like that kind of thing!)

Sue

Chris (eldest son who lives in France called in to see us) and Thomas

Bears + Hedgy

Nick and Landy

Ready for breakfast

 Post evening repast

 Pumping

Thomas at the Truffe

                                                                       Me at the Truffe

                                                               Nick       Me      Thomas

    Me ready for a ride in a great cycling area. If I could find a local gliding club to fly with what       more  could I want.

Thomas and helicopter

                                                                       BBQ time

                                                                  Fun on the river

                                            Sue holding position while we look at a cave

                                                                   Sue in Gramat

                                                                                Gramat

                                                                            Me

                                                                         Milking time

Steve who joined us (briefly) seen here heading over the wire to freedom????

Run forest run :-)

Nick at the Biel

                                            The source Salmiere (abandoned) 300M from base house.

                                                                             Crazy golf

Cabouy and below

 

Sue and Maureen Igue hunting

Map reading (checking out the nearest patisserie)

                                                                     Maureen

 

Gary in the Machpied

Second week heading over to see Chris and Maud (well Chris did visit us:-)

 

                                                                 Maud, Chris  and Sue

                                    A visit to the Facteur Cheval Ideal Palace well worth a visit
                                                                     Facteur Cheval

Alf ?

Hotel stop on the way home

Sue and Alice
 Hotel source bleue

Resurgence Source Bleue under the scum the bluest water I have ever seen

 View from are room ( we had  a nice eight course meal in the restaurant) a highly recommended hotel.

 We  visited the General de Gaulle memorial on the way home.
memorial Charles de Gaulle

                                                                   Time to go home

As always we will be back (soon).


Andrew

Coaley Rift

Coaley Rift

 A good example of a Gull cave the only larger one in the Cotswold's is Sally's rift near Bath

 

Sue (not caving) in the main quarry near the entrance.

 

Joe on the way to the entrance. 

     

 Entrance

Home time.

Ogof Glan Hepste

A dive in Ogof Glan Hepste to try and get past a blockage and into the main Tucks rift sump. We can no longer use the Tucks rift entrance as access permission is no longer given. We want to get back into the main Tucks sump as we have a good dig at the end.

 Bernie working hard (land owner and a caver)

 Rangy with Nick and Brian

 Dry river bed for a change after a very wet winter.

 Entrance rift

 Dry passage to the sump

 Brian and Nick kitting up

 Sump pool

 Entrance behind the boulder on the left

 Me

 Entrance

Brian and Nick after a good dive. although the blockage was still there. We shall return to have another go via the Raining Rabbit entrance. 

All in all a good day (during the hotest day of the year so far) thanks to Nick and Brian for the effort.