I can assure you that no stal has been knocked off the ceiling. The broken stal was present when the cave passage was discovered and has been left in situ. Broken stal is present throughout this cave, the reason is unclear but it all pre-dates exploration by cavers. The probable explanation is that it was caused be a (small) eartquake - Mendip does have them from time to time, the most recent was in about 2004 or 5 ( 2 or 3 years before this passage was found)
Just looked up the details of the small earthquake: A series of four tremors in and around Taunton on 29th January 2004, all measuring around 3 on the Richter scale. The first was at
1056 GMT; then one a minute later and the other two at 2023 GMT - just six
v good shots pity ree piano music it was just right good trip
frankcave123 5 months ago
Hi SuperHappyanarchy
The music is chosen from Youtube’s audio replacement ( as the original music I used, from the film "Neverland" is copyright so had to go)
Awaken
artist: SOURCE
album: holiday remixed: Reworked classics and originals from the Mistle
genre: Easy Listening
mendipian 1 year ago
Excilent vid what an amazing place! Just wondering what the music is?
SuperHappyanarchy 1 year ago
amazing! do you need permission/ a key to enter this cave and how easy is it to get this far into the cave?
AliceGoneStatic 2 years ago
@AliceGoneStatic
Access controlled and technically difficult.
Google "Mendip Caving Group" for website (sorry, can't post links here for some reason)
mendipian 2 years ago
probably shouldn't have pictures of all the stalactites knocked off the cave ceiling...not the best of recommendations
irregulardan 2 years ago
@irregulardan
I can assure you that no stal has been knocked off the ceiling. The broken stal was present when the cave passage was discovered and has been left in situ. Broken stal is present throughout this cave, the reason is unclear but it all pre-dates exploration by cavers. The probable explanation is that it was caused be a (small) eartquake - Mendip does have them from time to time, the most recent was in about 2004 or 5 ( 2 or 3 years before this passage was found)
mendipian 2 years ago
@irregulardan
Just looked up the details of the small earthquake: A series of four tremors in and around Taunton on 29th January 2004, all measuring around 3 on the Richter scale. The first was at
1056 GMT; then one a minute later and the other two at 2023 GMT - just six
seconds apart.
mendipian 2 years ago
Amazing pics, how beautiful
rowofashes 4 years ago
nice video people
porthyrogof 4 years ago