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1st August 2002 - from Dave Legg by email (after return to UK)

I dunno what you've heard, but I got back from Spain yesterday and wondered if you wanted the latest info...assuming no-one's sent you something already... Basically the pitch at the end of the streamway Fleur described has been dropped (its about 60m, with 5 rebelays (one hanging). From the bottom of this pitch a way was found into a fairly large chamber (survey puts it at around 100m long by 50m wide), and at this had a lead off into some upstream phreatic stuff (yet to be pushed when I left), a random pitch (again, yet to be pushed when I went), and a pitch called Saturday Night Fever which drops about 100m (maybe less, I'm not certain) into more streamway...I've no idea what the streamway at the bottom is like, but its all promising...

Go, explore, enjoy...