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We started the four-mile ramble at St Leonard's Church. From here we headed
towards Southerscales, and Phil Hudson gave members information about the
ancient possibly bronze age sites, before we reached Braithwaite Wife Hole. From
there we travelled across reasonably dry ground to the Douk Cave system before
crossing the main road again to visit Weathercote Cave.
This cave is not accessible to the public, but was one of the 'show' caves
in the Victorian era, and tourists travelled for miles to descend to see
the delights of this particular pot-hole. For this occasion permission
had been obtained for members to descend to the base of the 80-foot waterfall,
and it was extremely impressive even though we had not had rain for some
time. The walk concluded at St Leonard's Church, where Bill Mitchell rounded
off an excellent afternoon, by giving details about the Church and artefacts
in the Churchyard. R.K.G.
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