Andy Sparrow, David Cooke, Peter Sanders

I've always been intrigued to see if the connection from Hillwithy to Hillier's is open.

With Andy's help the entrance was located without much difficulty. At Chert Chamber Andy then left us to join the other group possibly because the continuation was low and muddy rather than the spacious passage it had been. The way on wasn't his squalid as we had been led to believe with only a couple of puddles that you had to get to close and personal with. Largely following our nose we arrived at the boulder choke.

Cookie squirmed through the bottom but no continuation could be found. Had it collapsed? We had noted a vertical climb up out of the passage and into boulders some 15 meters before the boulder choke. Consulting the guidebook and local experts this is probably where we should have gone. We turned around and headed back to the entrance and then to join the other team in Balch Cave.

The connection remains elusive.

— David Cooke 24/11/2024