| Name
| Club/
Country? |
Comments |
Date | | | | |
d.m.y | |
Paul and
Eddie |
(Eng) |
|
30.12.04 | |
Graham
Dee |
(UK) |
Great fun and makes me want to get down there!! Sadly it
seems that it may never happen as I am not a member of a caving club and have
absolutely no intention of becoming one!! Do you entertain visitors? And what
hoops do you have to jump through to be 'accepted'??
Not
many hoops at all! You are welcome to get in touch and someone will take you on
a 'beginner's' trip. Or to apply to join our club go to www.swcc.org.uk
and follow the "joining" link. Also look at
www.caving.uk.com for
loads of caving related stuff, plus caving clubs all over the UK. |
24.12.04 | |
|
|
I lost and baffled, but really enjoying the visit.
See
clue by e-mail ! And Happy Christmas/Happy Holidays and PEACE to all! |
24.12.04 | |
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|
Magnificently done, but I still haven't got the key to
The Columns.
Where do you get stuck? |
23.12.04 | |
Mason
Davis |
(Wales) |
Some great pictures and a really good way of capturing the essence
of the cave. The navigation through the site has been improved since I last visited
and it has really inspired me to hassle someone to do the real trip up to Smiths
Armoury! | 22.12.04 |
|
|
(USA) |
Can't wait to come visit. Ended up on the site just because
my name happens to be Pete Colling as well and found all these amazing things.
See ya soon! Pete, San Francisco. :-))
Nice one! You had me worried, I thought I had been writing to myself. So I'm not
the only one to look himself up on Google. Haven't stopped laughing yet! |
20.12.04 | |
Steve
Roberts |
(UK) |
Very nice! It would be useful to be able to turn round
and retrace one's steps more often (or have I missed something?). Rock on...
You're right, but I think I would have assitant mutiny before
I got to that level of detail! |
19.12.04 | |
John
Schwenk |
(USA) |
Fantastic cave & wonderful virtual tour. Congratulations.
I'll be recommending this to noncavers who want to know what it's like. Thanks! |
19.12.04 | |
|
(UK) |
Excellent way to do a through trip (no walking back up that
hill) thankyou. |
19.12.04 | |
|
Beds
(UK) |
Great - well done. I'll be back. |
17.12.04 | |
|
(Wales) |
Fantastic brought back some great memories. a great idea!
I did the through trip only a couple of weeks ago but it is all a bit hazy as
there was so much to see. This has made me re live it! |
16.12.04 | |
|
Lancs
(UK)
|
Excellent trip, one I always wanted to do years ago. I started
caving with Axebridge Caving Group 1953 when in RAF and progressed to NW Caves
1977-1990. Thanks for trip, knees and other joints will not allow real thing nowadays. |
13.12.04 | |
Richard
Thompson |
Missouri
(USA) |
Really nice cave system and a fine website! Enjoyed the
tour very much. Thank you. If you are interested, you can visit www.carrollcave.org,
and check out Missouri's largest ongoing cave project. I had the privilege of
manufacturing the stainless steel gates/airlocks, for the 120', man-made entrance
shaft. This system has enormous potential. Have a great holiday season. Regards,
Richard |
12.12.04 | |
|
(Italy) |
Great work! And great cave too: looks like a mix between
Doviza and Trebiciano (two lovely caves here in Friuli Venezia Giulia). Too bad
i can only pay a virtual visit :-( |
10.12.04 | |
|
(USA) |
I think this was a great idea. A good way to see what the
cave is like and have a little fun while you're at it. I think that a better tie
to some detailed maps as you progress could be good? I
do show some maps, but also wanted the experience to be rather like a game where
folk had to learn their way through . . |
06.12.04 | |
|
|
Thanks for a superb site.I have used it as a tool for helping
find the way on by visiting the site the day before a trip into the cave. Its
much more satisfying than "following a leader" |
| |
|
Cerberus
CC |
Great website, excellent photo's, would love a trip down OFD.
| 03.12.04 |
|
|
(Alaska) |
Excellent Website! All great caves should be exploited in
such a manner. Lower-48 Americans' should take note and develop more websites
like this one! Thank you Alaska! (By the way, I am
available to do the same for any cave around the world!) |
01.12.04 | |
|
|
I have been caving plenty of times but not yet become a
member of any club yet can you help me. You are welcome
to apply to join our club - we're a friendly and only slightly mad bunch, with
our own well -appointed cottages directly above the OFD system! Go to www.swcc.org.uk
and follow the "joining" link. Also look at
www.caving.uk.com for
loads of caving related stuff, plus caving clubs all over the UK. |
30.11.04 | |
| |
Great job Peter,don't think i found all the new pics yet
but rest assured i will in time. See you next year hopefully....you definately
have earned a pint or two for the inspiring tour. Jo |
27.11.04 | |
Pete
Clewes |
|
Enjoyed the trip after last weekend down OFDII and then come
back home and find the key (No18). Thanks Peter
Will be back with MUSC in
Feb05 hope to catch you then. |
26.11.04 | |
|
|
A great site and tour. I managed to navigate most of the
way through OFD1. Not bad as I was going on memory from my last trip in 1964.
It certainly brought back loads of memories.
Have the radiators in the clubhouse
still got drinks bottles as individual header tanks? I wonder whether anyone will
know what I'm talking about. |
|
| |
|
Great idea, excellent photos. Almost thirty years since
my last trip but I still think I recognise a lot of places (not Dip Sump though!).
In those days we (UCWCC) usually had to enter via Cwm Dwr, owing to a bit of friction
with SWCC - despite many hours in the cave I never got to OFD3. I am looking forward
to Cwm Dwr and the sound being added.
Ian. |
|
| | (NZ) |
Hi Pete
I just got to the columns - took
a bit of work!! Cheers, Jane |
20.11.04 | |
Brendon |
|
I pity your fellow cavers on the photography trips, however the effort seems
well worth it and you have produced an amazing virtual trip.
Well done. :-)
I do have to pay in chocolate and beer! |
17.11.04 | |
Andrew
Brander |
|
Great site, excellent tour. I'll visit for real soon. |
01.11.04 | |
Kevin
Laurson |
(USA) |
Great job on the site!! Nice pictures and a magnificent cave. If only we could
come and check out the cave. We're from Centerville High School at Centerville,
Iowa at the center of the United States. Near the Iowa southern border. We have
no caves in southern Iowa, just farmland. Thanks again from the Earth Science
II class at Centerville High School, class of 2005! :-) |
26.10.04 | |
Chris
Graham |
(USA) |
Hello there good site, it let me blow off a whole hour in school, and it was
fun! | 26.10.04 |
| Curt
Wallin |
(SWE) |
I am impressed by the pictures
|
22.10.04 | |
Matthew |
|
brillant i would love to do somethink like that |
18.10.04 | |
Gemma
Jones |
|
Absolutely fantastic photography! Really enjoyed my virtual trip! What a brilliant
idea! Caving without the bruises, dampness and mud! Feeling less peeved about
not being able to cave this weekend as i'm at work now that i've indulged in this
website! :-) |
18.10.04 | | Birger |
(SWE) |
Very nice web, i'll be back! |
17.10.04 | Pete
Clewes |
DCC |
I'm doing better this time round Peter?? . . . .
Made the loop. Excellent
virtual tour Pete, keep up the good work. |
16.10.04 | | Jeff |
|
great visit via web . great visit last saturday...on eric's birthday |
13.10.04 | Jock
and
Marguerite
Williams |
(USA) |
A very enjoyable armchair trip without the bruises. Good work. A fun cave,
we miss OFD (and DYO) much. |
12.10.04 | | Phil |
|
Nice one |
08.10.04 | |
Si | |
Nice one, top little adventure I just took the kids on from our front room.
thx very much. Been a climber for years, but u have just inspired me to underground
;o) | 07.10.04 |
| John
Osborne |
|
Oh I C no 3 2 C. It's coming! Sometime b4 Christmas
I'll get a team together to go across the Traverses to III. |
04.10.04 | |
Margot and
Philip |
|
Excellent trip, well done! It must have taken you a fair amount of effort,
so now it takes us none. It must be 17 years since we went down OFD, now we can
go whenever we like from the comfort of our own computer chairs. The ultimate
armchair caving trip. Margot and Philip |
01.10.04 | |
Reynard | |
Oh what fun. I've poddled around some of the nearer bits in the last few years
but this makes a great break from work. Can we have the Northern Lights to play
with as well sometime. It took us five real trips to find the enterance. I wonder
if I can still rememeber it?! |
30.09.04 | |
Terry Boorman |
(Can) |
This cave reminds me a lot of our Vancouver Island caves, but of course it's
a great deal larger, it's nice and wet, just the way we like them. |
26.09.04 | |
Rick
Sage |
(Can) |
Absolutely brilliant! Mind you, I bet your "models" on the photography
trips must have cursed you something fierce (of course they always do). Thank
you so much for a lovely tour. |
24.09.04 | |
John
Osborne |
| Made
it! Had to go through the sump but so what. Super! |
23.09.04 | |
Chris
Angell | |
Great tour...really takes me back (or is it forward?).
Well
done Chris, you are the first to find the Key and get to the Columns! |
21.09.04 | |
John
Osborne | Up
to the
top? |
Wow, I met up with some old friends from the SWCC tonight & they told me
what I was missing! A few year have passed since the Ogof FFynnon Ddu breakthrough
and our ways have diverged.
Was it 1966? Paddy O'reilly seems to have appeared
on 17/8/04 but wonders where the rest of us are. Well poor Colin gave up some
years ago and I went off to Africa for a while. The rest of us are around (?)
and I was touched to see some of the gang at the latest funeral.
I have had
the best time with the Club and dived 9 times through the sump before the Cwm
Dwr breakthrough (one over the 8 was an easy way to remember it). I was also the
lucky one to first make it through to Cwm Dwr which really opened things up.
Now I will try the virtual trip. Well done!
Thanks
John. Here
is where he dived! |
19.09.04 | |
Jon
Allison |
(Can) |
Great looking cave. Bigger then anything we have here in Ontario. |
10.09.04 | |
Chris
Szwandt |
(Wales) |
I well remember the hours spent exploring this cave under the dubious tuterlage
of the master[llllaaaa loydy.]great times were had following his stumbling bumbling
footprints through increasingly longer and sometimes airy trips[midnight passage].great
site for armchair cavers like myself,have to look for my kit and phone the master
for a quick run around aggy or darren alright.bye bye and safe innit |
08.09.04 | |
Tim
Fowkes |
| Pete,
Enjoyed the tour and no bruises! Got a bit confused in the streamway as i reached
marble showers but managed somehow to turn round and head back upstream to top
entrance?. Will explore further! |
30.08.04 | |
Jim
Dovey |
(Wales) |
Excellent virtual tour Pete,keep up the good work. |
28.08.04 | |
Hoyt |
(USA) |
Adam sent me the link and it was excellent. In my thinner days I used to do
a fair bit of caving in Arkansas with a large revolving group of folks. Had a
wondeful site where we would camp overnight in a small cave, then spend 8 to 10
hours in the larger one. Brings back very fond memories viewing your site. Truly
wonderful job with the mapping and photography. Thanks! For the mapping I have to credit Paddy O'Reilly
(4 entries below) for much of the early work. |
26.08.04 | |
Adam |
(USA) |
Wow, what a great idea, and a great job. Makes me want to go get covered in
cave slime again. |
25.08.04 | |
Bernard
Lynch | |
an excellant site. |
19.08.04 | |
Barry
O'Reilly | |
Well done swcc. easier than the real thing! Just read visitors book and saw
Paddy O'Reilly's message (not related just a coincidence). Went caving on Sunday
in Ofd2 - first trip in almost three years. Three detached retinas and five eye
operations had kept me out of caving for a while. Unfortunately I caved for the
first time in glasses and steamed up in no time at all. I stumbled around with
Dave Wadsley for a while and made it to Gnome passage. I could see very little
and wiping my specs on my fleece (the only clean thing at hand) only made things
worse so we decided to return to the entrance before I broke my neck. Not exactly
an auspicious return to caving but I had broken my duck. I'll try next time with
contact lenses! Your virtual tour was much clearer/easier and bought back many
fond memories of numerous trips. Thanks Pete. |
17.08.04 | |
Paddy
O'Reilly |
(Can) |
What can I say? The images brought back fond memories of a night in 1966 when
Clare Harvey and I hauled maypoles upstream from the Confluence
and left them there for the following weekend. How Colin Fairbairn and I then
forced our way up Maypole Inlet and peered for the first time into the dry passages
above. The days when Susan O'Reilly and I camped overnight at the Trident (no pool of water back then) and our discovery
of Gnome Passage, and the
huge Chamber that we initially called the Vatican - but just a week or two later
renamed The Big Chamber Near The Entrance - when three
hours of digging revealed how close to the surface we really were. Then the push
across the Traverses into an OFD III in high flood.I'm amazed that my original
survey is still doing service some 35 years later! I could, even today, traverse
from OFD I to Smith's Armoury without getting lost-and-believe it or not sometimes
actually awake from a dream of doing so! Where are the old names today ? Terry
Moon? Mike Coburn? John Osborne? Charlie George? Clive Jones? Mick Day? Paddy :-) Thanks
Paddy, it's an honour to have you visit and share your memories of those early
discoveries. I will soon be adding pictures from your Maypole Inlet, hope to be
there this weekend! |
17.08.04 | |
Brian
Sutton |
Lincoln
Scouts
CC |
I have been in the cave many times but never done the 11 -1 trip. Now I have.
Thanks The real thing is even better! |
10.08.04 | |
Graham Nevett | |
Bloody brilliant! Well done :-) like
your address "@aledrinkers.co.uk"! |
07.08.04 | |
Tim | |
Sitting in a hot office in smelly London dreaming of cold wet caves... ahhh! |
05.08.04 | |
Bob
Smith |
CCC |
Well done Emma! our fantastic guide for the day, hope you got your ticket!
Fantastic trip, been down the whole cave, was knackered when i got back out...really
enjoyed it, hope to see you soon, coming back in September to do full trip! Anyone
up4 it? After a guide! Pretty plz!! dont want to get lost! All the best, great
virtual tour,
Bob Smith of Chairman of Chesterfield Caving Club |
05.08.04 | |
Tim
Bogar |
(USA) |
Brilliant, just brilliant. One of the most fun things I've come across on the
web. I'm not a caver, but it sure is tempting. Thank you for all the work you've
put into this! Thanks! |
03.08.04 | |
Jack
Carter | |
Great although my caving experience is almost non-existant I have had the pleasure
of taking a trip to The Cango Caves near Oudtshoorn in South Africa. However the
virtual trip through these caves was also very interesting. It is a well presented
site. | 29.07.04 |
| Dave
Howells |
(Wales) |
Hi, I only live down the road,about 1 mile away. I know a little about the
caves, but not too much. My daughter attends Penycae C.P.School, and I know they
have been using this site at school. So, I had to check it myself.WOW!! How IMPRESSIVE!!
The site is easy to use,fun and exhillarating. I`ll never walk or cycle past there
again without wondering about the marvels beneath. Dave Howells |
26.07.04 | |
Rhodri
Meredith |
(AUS) |
Congratulations on an excellent site. I spent many happy weekends in OFD as
a University College Swansea student in the early eighties. This brings it all
back. We've been living in Australia for four years but are heading home soon.
Those grey skies and misty, rain-sodden South Wales mountains; ah, I can hardly
wait. :-) Its been really hot here recently! |
26.07.04 | |
Chris
Osborne | |
Very impressive, just did the escape route for the first time in about 5 years
- but (very minor criticism) it's much easier to find the tunnel out of the rawl
than in the real thing, and you should add the bit where everybody (well, maybe
it's just me) forgets to turn left after bolt traverse to get to the dugout. |
23.07.04 | |
Slug | |
Lovely cave, lovely pictures. I just wish it was in the Dales and I didn't
have to go down the M6 to get there. Glad you're better Mike, and good to see you last week! |
22.07.04 | |
Debs
Mitchey | |
Caving is such an exhilarating experience. I wish I could do it more. I should
try South Wales but Organica has a much more sentilating appeal. Thanks!,
but could you explain Organica and sentilating for us Brits? :-) |
15.07.07 | |
Jo Croot | |
Hi folks,had a great time,loved the cave only wish we could have done more.
Thank you to Bethan and Hywell who were our guides. Can't wait to get back an
have another go at a different section soon. |
11.07.04 | |
Sam
Wood | |
Country: Sheffield (Not a country really, but good enough!)
Tremendous!
virtual caving is infinately warmer, drier and almost easier then the real thing.
Your light works a fair bit better than mine too! |
07.07.04 | |
Simon
Browne | |
Very Nice - I've got one too. Its only small mind and every summer the Rhubarb
covers it over. Still it's big enough for Miner Bees. Si (Still alive). |
05.07.04 | |
George
Cheshire |
BPC |
Absolutely brilliant. Almost as good as being there without getting tired and
damp. | 04/07/04 |
| Karen
Rich | |
Brilliant im just a beginner- cant wait to see it for myself |
01.07.04 | |
Buddy | |
As confusing as the real ofd |
01.07.04 | |
Vincent
Hendrikx |
(NL) |
Heel erg mooie reis de aarde in. Ben zelf ex-speleoloog van "club speleo
orcus" te Zolder België. Krijg er weer de kriebels van als ik deze virtuele
reis maak en hoop samen met mijn Engelse "(ex-)caver" vriend snel weer
eens een echte trip te kunnen maken. Wie weet wil mijn zoon http://www.xippe.nl over enkele jaren wel met
zijn vader mee onder de grond. (my English friend told me to write in dutch <:o)
just for fun) Greetings from Holland from Ank and Vincent (and little Xippe).
Thanks (I just need help with one or two words
. . . .!) |
13.06.04 | |
David Poolton |
SWCC |
Absolutely brilliant. I've just relived the through trip from top entrance
to OFD1. Next time I'll get properly kitted out!
PS.are you planning a v2
with streamway sound effects? Best wishes for the next 'trip'. Yes,
just need to get some recordings! |
11.06.04 | |
Gareth
Davies |
(USA) |
Have been an SWCC/CODC member since 1968, I am so impressed - you really are
doinga huge service to the club and the conservation of OFfDd. I take trips anytime
my nostalgia/hiraeth strikes. I was over last summer doinga standard novice round
trip in OFfDd1 witha friends neice - its the best first caving trip on earth and
I have seen a few caves in my life... keep it up you are credit to the club :-)
Thanks! |
10.06.04 | |
Jo
Croot | |
Brill, we're coming,don't care what the rest of the club wanna do, I've made
my mind up. Fantastic photos, brilliant way to show caves to the non-cavers. Jo. |
06.06.04 | |
Stanley
Bridges |
(USA) Up
to the
top? |
I have been caught up in a phenominal amount of work, shortly
followed (or actually interupted by) 2 surgeries and a case of pneumonia. I am
currently recovering from my second surgery. I used to go caving a minimum of
one to two times a month, and would often go every weekend for several months
in a row. Now, I have only been twice in the last year due to circumstances. Thank
you! I was going through depression and withdrawal. This was a pretty good fix.
It has also inspired me to go ahead and plan for some upcoming trips as soon as
I am able. By the way, consider adding some common sense safety info. (Minimum
of three lights, helmet with chin strap, layered clothes or appropriate clothes,
ankle supporting boots, use three points of contact at all times on climbs, etc.)
Also add in conservation info. Take nothing from the cave, kill nothing, etc.
Overall, your cave is great! Best caving site I have seen in the last 10 years
or more. Glad to have helped in your recovery!
I do intend to add a page about conservation /geology/safety etc. Thanks! |
04.06.04 | |
Phillip
Howells | |
Terrific tour, loved it and well done. Brings it all back, years ago went down
OFD with Wolverhampton Caving Group. We still keep in touch and some still cave
I think - I'm into marathon running now. Superb evocative journey underground
though, many thanks. |
03.06.04 | |
James
Grimbleby |
| Brilliant - it
really takes me back around 40 years to the time I did the 1-2 through trip. RUCC
came to OFD intending to do the Cwmdwr to OFD2 trip, but the 1-2 route had been
opened a couple of weeks previously and a member of SWCC offered to lead us. The
photos are really evocative of my thro trip, particularly Dip Sump, Pwll Twll,
the boulder squeeze and the Letterbox. Thanks for setting this up. I look forward
to more routes appearing (eg Cwmdwr, OFD3, Columns). |
02.06.04 | |
Dominic
Sleeman |
(Wales) |
I am a relative novice to caving (only a couple of easy trips 15 years ago)I
was taken into the Caves by Tarquin wilton Jones on Sunday 23rd may 04 And WOW
I was extremly impressed by the cave decorations, the sheer size and complexity
of the system and the efforts of the South Wales caving Club to preserve the integrity
of these magnificent monuments to nature.Although I was completley Exhausted by
the end of our trip I remain awestruck and will return soon with any luck.Keep
up the good work SWCC! |
25.05.04 | |
Bill
Hawkins |
| Terrific!
I don't get underground as much as I'd like these days so the virtual tour is
a real bonus! I shall e-mail the details to the Wolverhampton Caving Group Veterans
- I'm sure it will bring back many memories! Thanks |
07.05.04 | |
Greg |
(USA) |
Nice Job! Looking forward to seeing more. :-) |
07.05.04 | |
Peter
James |
| My
son told me about a visit he had made to the caves, so I had to come and look
at the sights - and how wonderful they were !! If I could overcome my claustrohpobia
!!!!!!! Great tour for an old duffer like me, thanks for the experience |
04.05.04 | |
Chris |
(Wales) |
Fantastic tour of ofd :) |
27.04.04 | |
Danuta |
| Brought
back memories of a few caving trips I did as a student years ago. Enjoyed my armchair
caving this evening and laughed a lot while going round in circles in OFDI! Thank
you for a fantastic and very enjoyable website. It's great to get out warm and
dry at the end of it all - not muddy and soaked! And your cup of tea? |
25.04.04 | |
Pete |
(USA) |
Great cave tour. |
19.04.04 | |
Petra Maas |
(NL) |
Visited your cave today and had great fun. Many thanks for the splendid photos
and interesting tour! |
13.04.04 | |
Ken Walsh |
(USA) |
I wish my cave photography was even one tenth of yours. I'm also impressed
by the dedication of your models and sherpas. :-) Thanks! |
13.04.04 | |
Caroline
W. Logan |
(USA) Up
to the
top? |
OUTSTANDING! What a neat "trip" for an old retired caver. Almost
(ALMOST!) makes me long for the wet and cold and dark and discomfort and - well,
YOU know! Without a doubt this is the finest cave trip I've ever taken insofar
as bruises, fatigue, muddy equipment, wet everything, etc., goes. My caving these
days is only in my memories and in the stories we all trade so well among fellow
cavers. I've been a member of the USA's National Speleological Society since about
1959, as well as a member of the Potomac Speleological Club (PSC) in Arlington,
Virginia, my original home group. I learned of your site in the PSC's newletter.
Many thanks, Peter! I really enjoyed doing a new cave, even another wet, cold
one. | 08.04.04 |
| Larry
Enyart |
(USA) |
Great cave system, never been in such a huge system,wish I was there enjoying
it with you all, thanks much. |
03.04.04 | |
K.Stanway |
(Canada) |
Brilliant site. Excellent photos. I almost feel cold, damp, stiff, sweaty and
thirsty. Would love for you to come and do the same for us here in BC. www.codycaves.ca |
02.04.04 | |
Melanie
Lloyd &
Andy
Sparrow |
(Wales) |
We did the round trip today. First time for Mel, and first time for Andy since
1973. It's great to look at this site now and see what we did today and where
Mel got all her bruises. Superb photos.
FREE THE MEXICO SIX !!!!! |
27.03.04 | |
Robert
Froelick |
(USA)
Up to
the
top ? |
You've already been told a million times how great your tour is. I'm an older
caver from California and can't remember when I've had more fun on the Internet.
A gentle suggestion. For first time cavers or arm chair wanna-bees, your tour
is perfect. For more experienced underground route finders it was still fun, but
a bit too easy. How about two tours, especially as you add more scans of more
passage. One tour just like what you have now, but another one for experienced
cavers offering more choices and chances to get lost. Of course I'm assuming that
these are maze caves or at least have maze sections in them. If so, rooms offering
three or more choices would sweeten the adventure. Still it's only armchair critique.
What you have right now is wonderful! I can hardly imagine the amount of hard
work that must have gone into creating this "virtual" tour. Thank you
so much. Rob Froelick :-) Thanks Rob, you've made
my day! I do plan to add more sections (and there are miles and miles more to
shoot!) yes, enough work just getting it to this point! Please would you pass
the link around your caving colleagues www.ogof.net Have you found it all? Peter |
27.03.04 | |
Thomas |
(Germany) |
Hello from Germany. Excellent site and idea. I dearly remember my visit at
the SWCC in 1997, when I had the pleasure to be guided by certain Martin (?) through
your mavellous cave.
Have a look at http://www.untertage.com
to learn more about german mining heritage if you like. Heartily Glück Auf
from Germany
Thomas |
27.03.04 | |
Chris
Angell | |
Great tour, it's a long time since I did the real thing, all I need is to sit
in a cold bath of water with the lights off and an electric fan on while I follow
the tour and it'll be most realistic! :-) except
I don't reccommend electricity and baths! |
26.03.04 | |
Tony
Bond |
Cwmbran
Caving
Club
Wales |
In OFD II couple of weeks ago with Owen Clark and Steve Waters. Enjoyed the
virtual through trip from 2 to 1 and will get round to the real thing one day.
Congrats on a well thought out site Peter. Best wishes from all at Cwmbran Caving
Club | 19.03.04 |
| Margaret
Richardson |
| Brilliant
Peter, I really enjoyed my trip. I see Malcolm was the last previous visitor.
How ironic I know him very well and can only endorse his comments. |
14.03.04 | |
Malcolm
Craik | Up
to the
top? |
Great experience doing the through trip. Enjoyed it more than the real thing!
I think I did the through trip, with mud and water, Allan Richardson and Clipjoint
around 1998! I could get into this armchair caving. The photography is superb
and all involved are to be congratulated on a superb website. I'm looking forward
to exploring new passages as they come on-line. :-)
I see you did Top to Bottom, but you can also go the other way! |
13.03.04 | |
Niall
Filshie |
| Great
trip, don't think much of virtual beer though... |
04.03.04 | |
Harri and
Luke |
| It
was good, and I really liked the way you made it. |
29.02.04 | |
Alun
Freem |
(Wales) |
I am 12. I went through from Cwm Dwr to Top Entrance with my family. I thank
you for your pictures. :-) Well done, that's a
tough trip!, especially up the Maypole inlet! |
22.02.04 | |
David
Kingsley |
(North Yorkshire) |
Fantastic trip I hate caving but this way I can see the cave without getting
Wet !! How about Ingleborough Cave and Gaping Gill if you dare? |
14.02.04 | |
Steve
Hammond |
| Great
caves have just met up with Bracknell Caving Club so will be seeing them first
hand HAPPY CAVING steve |
13.02.04 | |
Christian
Saxtoft |
(Denmark) |
Fascinating |
10.02.04 |
| Name |
Club? |
Comments |
Date | |
Trish
Caines |
(S Wales) |
I live in Wales and didn't know how interesting the caves are, will be visiting. |
07.02.04 | |
Volker
Scherrer |
(Germany) |
Hi Peter !, what a nice trip under the surface of our blue planet, maybe one
day you will discover the caves from the red planet. I'm sure your photographs
will be perfect like the images on that page....
best regards have fun Volker |
28.01.04 | |
Hans Øivind
Aarstad |
(Norway) |
Hello Peter! Nice to meet you at HE 03! Very fine and professional page!! Greeeat
work!!! Good luck with the future work... Waiting to fight myself into the most
remote part of OFDII! I'm going to visit David in the Dales in week 10. Great
country AND folks! Greetings Hans Øivind |
23.01.04 | |
Bob
Gregory |
(Wales) |
I was a club leader for OFD1 about 40 years ago (in Peter Harvey's and John
Barrows' days etc). I love this "virtual tour" - jolly well done to
the website creator(s) ! Thanks! Alas John Barrows
is no longer with us, but Peter
Harvey is still caving! |
08.01.04 | |
Andrew
Toye |
(Wales) |
Good reminiscing. I will be back! |
05.01.04 | |
L.M.S. | |
What a wonderful way to go caving when the knees give out. Thanks |
28.12.03 | |
Chris
Binding | |
Superb site; it's nice to virtually revisit this cave and retrace various routes
taken around it - very useful, too, for remembering the route(s) - I really ought
to get a survey! |
26.12.03 | |
Helen
Brooke | |
that was a great! we atemted the throgh trip in october 2002 with Idris Willams
but were defeated. OFD is my favrate cave and i would like to atempt the trip
again next year the tour is ace and but is showing me what i am missing! the photgraph
are brillent cheers guys |
26.12.03 | |
Tiggy | SMCC |
Brilliant. Who should be working on Christmas Eve anyway! |
24.12.03 | |
Andy
Mather |
| Excellent
site. Ideal for showing the family were I went over the weekend of 13th-14th Dec
03.My first but by no means my last visit down a cave system. |
17.12.03 | |
Maggie
Cainen |
(Wales) |
I really enjoyed the virtual trip through OFD1 and saw a lot more from better
angles than I ever did fifteen years ago when I did it for real. the only thing
missing is the smell. Well done! |
16.12.03 | |
Tom
Lounsbury |
(USA)
Up
to the
top? |
Most excellent cave. I am a caver here in the U.S. and dream of finding the
stone like you guys have over there. Do you guys have a newsletter I can subscribe
to? I would like to be informed as to how exploration is going. If you guys come
to the Ozark region let me know I will show you a thing or two. Member NSS, Middle
Ozark lower Earth Society. M.O.L.E.S. Hi Tom, there
is a newsletter for members, have a look at our club web-site www.swcc.org.uk |
13.12.03 | |
Andi
Smith | |
Great site but not as good as the real thing. Agreed,
but with all the recent rain in the valleys, you won't get up the stream this
weekend! |
13.12.03 | |
Paul
Dummer |
SMCC | Good
trip. Cave and drink Beer at the same time from a chair. Excellent.
(at
10.00 am??, shouldn't you be working? :-)) |
12.12.03 | |
Stacey |
| Cool!
Try the Bull pot Farm virtual tour on the Durham uni caving website. Not quite
as exciting... but funny anyway. www.dur.ac.uk/speleological.association/ |
09.12.03 | |
Rex
Hendricksen |
(Wales) |
Did the through trip in 1973 with Mary Galpin when she was sec. of SWCC. This
brings it all back. Great |
08.12.03 | |
Jon
Croxford | |
Brilliant adventure! As a climber who thinks cavers are mad, this could actually
convert me... |
08.12.03 | |
David
Newson |
(USA) |
I went to OFD with Bruce and Anne Foster in Summer of 1982 and was very impressed. |
02.12.03 | |
Martin |
Mendip
CG |
Cheers Pete, brillant through trip, only got lost 6 times!! I owe you a pint
next time I see you. Pint of Black Sheep please! |
29.11.03 | |
Stuart
Taylor |
(Wales) |
I love your site. I am an ex caver who is fat and crippled to do it now, but
I have had so much fun and enjoyment on your tours. Thanks
:-) |
26.11.03 | |
Jane
Furkert |
(NZ) |
Hi Pete, just me looking in again, seeing if anything new is happening on the
site. I've caved three weekends this month - the sun is out and it is caving weather! |
19.11.03 | |
Marijke
Teeuwissen |
SWCC
(Holland) |
Thank you very much. Now I can show my friends in holland what a cave looks
like, and they can all see were I've been. And it's also good fun to go in a virtual
cave when you are at work. |
17.11.03 | |
Claire | |
grow up u lot (excuse me?) |
11.11.03 | |
David |
(USA) |
This was very cool. This is the way I wish all cave sites were like (virtual
tour). I especially liked the detailed photos of featured things in the tour.
Very very cool. I enjoyed it a lot. Thanks for the trip! |
06.11.03 | |
Brian
Goodgroves |
| Well
I have signed up for a temp membership to the Orpheus Caving Club today and just
got back from south Wales after taking that giant leap from show caves to the
real thing by going round (a small part of) the Ogof Ffynnon Ddu (or better known
as the Cave of the Black Spring). All I can say is WOW, the guys were great and
the cave was amazing, who would have guessed that jumping over pits that seem
to have no bottom to climbing almost sheer waterfalls would be so much fun! I
think the best part for me was standing under one of the many underground waterfalls
and looking up getting covered in fresh clear spring water, amazing. Some of the
formations were also astounding and I can not find the words to express the feeling
of turning around and looking down the 'hole' that I had just spent 45 mins climbing
up to find that there is no way I would be able to get back down... Overall the
whole experience was like nothing I have ever done and I will be coming back for
more without a doubt. Thank you to Doug, Boyd, Paul (or was it Phil) and Pete
for introducing me to a wonderful the world of caving. |
02.11.03 | |
Chris P
Brown | |
Excellent tour - when are you doing some from the cross rift? |
02.11.03 | |
James
Thorne |
Croydon
CC |
It's almost like being there! I can't wait to go again. |
29.10.03 | |
Sam Smale | |
Loved the virtual tour. Brings the whole thing alive. Shame about the green
suit thought :-) Must come and do it for real sometime. |
29.10.03 | |
John
Laughlin |
(USA) |
Very nice site. Keep up the good work. |
29.10.03 | |
Jess Eades | |
I used to go to the South Wales headquarters every weekend when I was younger.
It's been a while since I last went and I've recently been thinking about going
again. I'm so glad to see the website is doing so well. I remember when it was
in its first stages of developement. It's nice to see that the cottages haven't
changed a bit. I hope some of the old regulars are still going. Thanks, please drop in! |
26.10.03 | |
Benbler |
South
Wales |
Have not been in Ogof Fynnon Ddu yet but seen some wonderful pictures on it
and cannot wait to get in there ! YEAH BABY ! ! |
23.10.03 | |
Simon Bennett |
Peak
District |
Did the Cwm Dwr - top entrance through trip last weekend, only 3rd trip in
S Wales, very impressed, will definately be back for more! Like the virtual tour,
great idea - you will make armchair cavers of all of us! |
21.10.03 | |
Tonbridge
School
UVI Maths
Set 1 |
| Our
first caving experience with Mr Pinkstone! We especially like Pi Chamber!! So
sad...
I hope to find further maths-related features
for you ! . .Alas we don't have the Epsilon Streamway, or the Laplace Boulder
Choke. |
18.10.03 | |
Steve
Casey | |
Absolutely brilliant, have done this trip would love to do it again somday. |
13.10.03 | |
Alan
Jeffreys |
GSG
Scotland |
Brilliant idea. Saw your lecture at BCRA and enthused especially about the
work one can do in PhotoShop armed with a bunch of digital pictures. I must have
a go! I agree with Trevor Faulkner - some day, add on OFD3 to complete the memory
tour. | 08.10.03 |
| Rob
Murgatroyd |
| Great
idea, I may steal it for my site if I can get enough pictures in a sump traverse,
JNC are you out there? :-) |
06.10.03 | |
Jim
Sloane | |
Saw your Sat lecture at the BCRA and was inspired to perhaps have a go with
some digital underground photography.If you are ever about up in the Dales and
need a hand - let me know. Jim Thanks! |
06.10.03 | |
Footleg | |
Fantastic site. Now I can go caving at work! This project is a superb effort
and features a huge number of excellent photographs. |
06.10.03 | |
Peter Glanvill | |
It's as good as it looked. I have some shots of Marble Showers traverse region
and above there plus some stuff in the Labyrinth I took years ago when you could
walk to the columns. (Do send me some and I'll find a place
for them!) |
05.10.03 | |
John Wellbelove |
| Had
fun trying to trace last weekends route.
First time down OFD. First time caving! |
29.09.03 | |
Fatos Katallozi |
(Kosova) |
Your pages are fantastic, all the best in future explorations,
regards
from a caver from Kosova...(currently living in U.K.) |
22.09.03 | |
Peter
Smith | |
A good bit of fun. The veiws in the system are as spectacular as I expected
them to be. |
15.09.03 | |
Mal
Shepherd |
(Aus) |
Great site! Great pics! All the fun without the mud and water. Have a trip
planned to Bungonia caves next weekend,we are in the middle of a drought and it
has just started pouring rain. Typical. Keep up the good work. Cheers Mal. :-) |
24.08.03 | |
Bob
Pyke |
WCC
Up to the
top? |
You did for Noel's suit, and boots alright.. I'm just about to take him out
new ones for the Wessex Trou de Glaz trip! Well done..got the feel of the place
brilliantly. Many memories from the early days in the 70's, when we could walk
into unstomped passage by accident in OFD2.
Now we wait for the Traverses
on the way to OFD3! |
13.08.03 | |
Peter
Burgess |
| Excellent
work. Just 'completed' the top to OFD 1 trip - brought back many memories. I'll
get back down there soon if I can! |
07.08.03 | |
Dave
Smith |
(USA) |
As a caver myself, this is a really great site, nice job on photos! Have to
have some non-cavers see what it's really like underground. Thanks for the tourist
trip! JOB WELL DONE!!! |
06.08.03 | |
Mike
Binns |
(Aus) |
A really good tour, and good use of the Web as a medium. The first (and last)
time I went down OFD1 was in 1950, when I was 5, with my father Peter Binns, and
Lewis Railton. Regards, Mike. |
05.08.03 | |
Dave Stanford | |
Excellent. Brings back memories of struggling to find a way through the system
in the early 70's. Any chance of buying a version on CD so I can run it at work
when the boss is not looking. |
31.07.03 | |
Sharon
Keener |
(USA) |
WOW! Thank you. Now I can go caving during work hours! :-)
Please tell everybody about it (except the boss!) |
29.07.03 | |
Phil
Heller |
(USA) |
Tremendous job on an awesome cave. Peter, thanks very much for the tour. |
29.07.03 | |
Richard
Årlin |
(Swe) |
Great job. I found it easier do go downstream, I think there is a missing link
problem at the junction in OFD 2, I only find various routes back to OFD 1 or
into dead ends. Sorry I was on a modem when you had your 1000th visitor's jubilee,
I did not have the time then. (Looking into it) |
29.07.03 | |
Geoff
Beale |
SWCC | Thanks
Pete. A fantastic through trip your photos are supurb. Perhaps your next project
could show me what I have been missing on the traverses to OFD3 |
27.07.03 | |
Rick
Hodgson | |
(Flash-holder & male model) Does that oversuit make my bum look big? |
24.07.03 | |
Trevor
Faulkner |
| Brilliant.
It was real nostalgia, bringing back memories of 20-30 years ago when I used to
know all the routes. You really must take us to OFD3! That should be pretty gripping;
there are lots of interesting bits on the way to Smith's Armoury. (Later,
later, I'm still recovering from the Otter Hole rescue!) |
19.07.03 | |
Dunc | Black
Rose CC | Peter, Had a
great virtual through trip about a week ago, great site, keep up the good work.
Regards, Dunc |
18.07.03 | |
Mike
Warshauer |
NSS
(USA) |
This site is a fave of mine. Just baffling enough without becoming frustrating.
National Speleological Society Member. |
12.07.03 | |
David
Millin |
Devon
Speleo
Soc |
What a good trip. This is what I call caving. I did'nt even get my feet wet
this time and a cup of tea ready for me at the end! Well done.
PS
Visitor 1000 Congratulations and thanks! (Milli
= 1000th, spooky!) |
09.07.03 | |
Paddy
Newman |
(USA) |
Well Peter, you have been very busy with the digital camera. This is a very
interesting concept, well executed, and shows the possibilities of digital photography.
Unfortunately my knowledge of OFD is rather limited (I will rectify this some
day), and a weekend trip is not on for me just now, so the virtual tour fits the
bill nicely. (USA, but I'm a Brit) |
07.07.03 | |
Eleanor Flaherty |
(Irl) |
Wow Peter, you sure have been working hard. Just completed the through trip
and thoroughly enjoyed it! Seen some of my favourite bits of OFD without having
to get the least bit wet and muddy.
Keep up the good work and I will be popping
in from time to time to see what's been added. Cheers Eleanor |
07.07.03 | |
Gareth
Jones |
SWCC | Thanks
- good fun. should be obligatory viewing BEFORE people attempt the through trip
- would save a lot of rescue callouts. The new survey grinds its way on - not
ready for publication yet, though the old one is no longer in print. What next?
How about DYO - very few people are now registered leaders. Later!
I still have bits I want to do in this one! |
05.07.03 | |
Amy
Lawrence |
Up to the
top? |
I'm only 12 years old but I found the cave very much fun and interesting. My
dad is a regular caver, but he couldn't get past the entrance! I didn't think
I would get very far, but I finished the whole thing, with a small bit of help
from my dad but only a little bit! Well done! :-) |
23.06.03 | |
Dave
Ludlam | |
Excellent, as a long time cave photographer (occasionally successful) I know
how much work has gone in to create this wonderful resource. Well done and thanks. |
19.06.03 | |
Bruce
Sinclair |
| Saw
the article in Speleogy and thought I'd take a look. I'm taking some novices on
a trip next month to the Dales and this is an excellent tool to give them an insight
as to what it is really like. Fantastic work, don't forget to get away from the
PC once in a while an go caving for REAL! Any chance of adding sound recordings?
Yes I do still cave! In fact last weekend we did an
epic 10hr through trip for more photos, so keep a lookout for those in a few days.
Real river sound effects is another thing on my list.... |
18.06.03 | |
Ann
Williams | |
Fascinating!! ....and doesn't Felicity look the part, adding a bit of 'glam'to
the whole thing. :-) |
17.06.03 | |
Paul
Rivens | |
Good job Ped.........we are looking forward to the next installment ! |
17.06.03 | |
Steve
Murray |
Croydon
CC |
Excellent Peter. Will be a great help in trying to learn portions of the system,
thanks. | 17.6.03 |
| Brian
Harkis | |
A pleasant diversion on a wet and windy night.Gives an idea of route finding
before visiting the caves.Good fun. |
09.06.03 | |
Mike
Hopkinson | |
Fantastic website, I came across it in a roundabout way. It`s a real trip down
memory lane for me as I visited your club with the GSG back in 1975 and 1976.
You`ve unlocked a few happy memories.
Keep up the good work. Thanks. Mike. |
08.06.03 | |
Richard Årlin
(Swe) |
| I
loved it, great site and the springyness of the rope too. I've only been to the
Dales in 4 or 5 caves and "Little Nasty River Cave" in Wales as we renamed
it, never to OFD in the GB. Going out the other way I got the chance to write
a message in the book that did not appear what I saw, sad because the line below
was one of my best caving friends, the one who made a suggestion on the pint.
quite a coincidence as I just hit the link by a chance. Great fun, what a brilliant
idea. Now I'll go for my pint. |
07.06.03 | |
Jude
Tarran (Aus) |
| Peter
and all your helpers (I am sure there were many). Thanks for a brilliant trip.
And letting me check out some of the side passages while we were there. I have
been stuck at home for far too long. In the daylight.... The cave is stunning.
And your work enables us all to see it. |
07.06.03 | |
Soren
Larsson
(Swe) |
| Exellent
armchair caving! I made a downstream thoughtrip in 1982, starting from OFD I.
Almost as coming back to the slippery entrence, the tricky chokes and the sporty
mainstream! But link something nice to the beer! |
06.06.03 | |
Tank | |
Mike - these caves are fantastic. If that's all you've got to say, you can
- well, use your imagination. |
04.06.03 | |
Graham
Matthews |
| Long
time since I did OFD, your virtual cave brought back memories. |
25.05.03 | |
Ian
McKenzie |
Up to the
top? |
Nice idea, but some of the pics are so dark you can hardly make them out. It
is extremely easy to correct this with any decent photo software, most of which
allows you to brighten only the dark areas of the pic, etc.
I
use PhotoShop to adjust, and re-size the pictures, but do let me know which pages
seem too dark, and I'll have a look! Are you using Mac or PC? Some pictures
are meant to be low key, and lit from a distance away to simulate the real lighting
from a caver coming along the passage towards you, like here. Has anyone else found the pictures too dark,
or any other problems? - do let me know. Thanks for visiting! Peter. |
23.05.03 | |
Mike | |
Your caves are boring. |
22.05.03 | |
Julie
Morgan | |
Excellent site- I love the way you can change the view on the pictures. |
21.05.03 | |
Andy | |
Nice site, nice idea. I only had a quick look but I shall come back later when
I have more time. |
15.05.03 | |
Neil J.
Rumney | |
Well... that's a hell of a way to spend 30 minutes of your afternoon and I
am still dry. I think I will go and have a beer. |
13.05.03 | |
Richard
Eley | |
Hi Pete - just remembering that trip! - excellent photos - hope all's well.
Cheers, Richard. |
09.05.03 | |
Geoff
Lloyd
(and Beth) |
| Wow!
This really takes you back: it's been some years since I was there. Now my 9 year
old daughter Beth is getting into caving. She found the round-trip so now wants
to know if she can be a leader! Would the addition of music and/or sound effects
(ie the river) be feasible? I like the idea of adding the
river sound on certain pages, must find a digital recorder for my next trip! And
Beth is certainly well on her way to being a leader! |
04.05.03 | |
Glenn
Trickey | |
Fantastic - My first caving trip in Wales!!!!! Most caving done in Peak
and Dales - it's now on my to do list - especially compared to some of the muddy
holes in the Peak. How about getting a virtual trip through the sump!!!!!! Or
whats beyond? - mind you the visability won't quite be that of the States or the
Blue holes! Thanks for the excellent work - might even get my other half to go
caving is she watches this. |
02.05.03 | |
Yvette
Turner | |
I became frustrated trying to get through the cave. I don't think that this
site is for my seventh grade students. Sorry to hear that! The tour was initially conceived
to give the feeling of exploring a cave for the first time. I would welcome your
comments on how to make it more accessible. |
02.05.03 | |
David
Kingsley | |
Brilliant Site this is the sort of caving I like, see yer soon David |
25.04.03 | |
Chris
Harrod | |
About the best way we New Zealand cavers can do some UK caving without spending
on the airfares! Brillant work! |
21.04.03 | |
Roger
Bowdon |
| Excellent!
It brings back memories of great trips and getting lost. Could I still make it
from Cwm Dwr to top entrance after 20+ years? |
21.04.03 | |
Steve
Visick | |
Hello from New Zealand! Magic site guys! |
21.04.03 | |
Steve
White | |
Excellent! how many times do I need to watch this before I get my LCMLA award? |
16.04.03 | |
Tony Rich |
| Stunning!
Wish all caving was this easy on the muscles! |
06.04.03 | |
Huw
Groucutt |
| Very
good idea, and well executed. Now all you need to do is do it for a decent cave,
like Draenen or Carno! |
02.04.03 | |
Rod
Davis | |
Excellent, brought back some fond memories of lads and lasses at Rhongyr-Isaf
back in the 70's, and trips into ODF1 and most of the other caves in and around
the area. Rod |
27.03.03 | |
Hywel
Evans | |
Excellent site,having been in OFD 2 only once about a year ago we did the classic
circular route, it all came flooding back (lucky we wern't in the lower series,
sorry!!)still got lost though, again, using your virtual site. Keep up the good
work. | 21.03.03 |
| Michael
Lee | |
Enjoyed the tour! Haven't been below ground for ten years!
Must go again
soon.... | 12.03.03 |
| Ian
McKechnie | MCG
Up to the
top? |
A well thought-out concept and excellent implementation; I'll add a link from
the MCG site. It gives a new depth to the principle of virtual caving. The discerning
virtual caver can now spend as long on your tour as he would have done underground,
without getting cold or wet. My only criticism is that the beer doesn't taste
so good afterwards! |
10.03.03 | |
John
Webb | |
Excellent idea and tour, great for a day like today when I cannot get underground
due to raindrops with no gaps between! |
09.03.03 | |
Ted
Coley | Devon
Speleo
Soc |
Another nice trip, having done it for real for the first time a few weeks ago.
(Top entrance to Cwm Dwr exit) when can we look forward to doing this on your
site? We plan a full II to I photographic trip
and then virtual tour in the spring (when the weather is more friendly to 6 hours
in the Main Stream!). |
09.03.03 | |
Martin
Donaldson |
| Brilliant,can't
wait for the rest of OFD 2 tour. |
08.03.03 | |
Roy
Kempston | |
Good fun for those of us that are semi-retired ! |
07.03.03 |
|
Jon
Whiteley | |
Excellent - what more is there to say... As I'm one of the team of Hidden Earth
organisers for this years conference - would you like to put this into a format
that can be shown at conference?
Hidden Earth 2003 - Midlands |
02.03.03 | |
Duncan
Jones |
Black
Rose CC |
Great site!! Did OFD2 through trip twice in 2002, looking forward to doing
it again virtually.. As for OFD1, I've done the virtual trip but now want to do
it for real. Keep up the good work. | 25.02.03 | |
Mike
Breakspear |
Cerberus S.S |
Good Site. I should like to have seen the traverses. |
16.02.03 | |
Gareth
Jones | SWCC |
Brilliant fun . Please continue. Better views than in reality. OFD1 title page
has top left pic mislabelled as bolt traverse, when it is the Toast Rack. Look
forward to the next installment. (Done, sack the editor!) |
12.02.03 | |
Peter | |
What a cave. OFD2 to the cwm dwr. My second cave and what an adventure. Getting
lost seems to be part of the caving experience unbeknown to me. Truly something
I wont forget. And dont mention the long crawl at the cwm dwr....!! |
10.02.03 | |
John
Kennett-
Young |
Newbury
& District CC |
Many thanks indeed for this most interesting and entertaining site. That's
the first time I've managed to do the round trip and keep dry, not to mention
the ease of climbing that chain.
Thanks again |
09.02.03 | |
Rod
Morgan | |
Thanks for the trip! |
08.02.03 | |
Alexander
Maier |
| Great! Looking forward
for the RESCON !*
Baden-Wuerttemberg Cave Rescue
Organisation (Germany)
*(RESCON03 International Cave
Rescue Conference July 21-25 2003.
South Wales Caving Club. Click here to find out more.) |
05.02.03 | |
Russell
Gardner |
Newbury
& District
CC |
Excellent site, good effort, I'll revisit when i have more time.try my site
if you like, it still needs more refining but has a few good cave shots. www.geocities.com/inkpen_martyrs |
04.02.03 | |
Ted Coley | Devon
Speleo
Soc |
First Time in OFD. Really interesting and helpful, just a quick visit this
time but looking forward to more . What a brilliant idea. |
31.01.03 | |
Comments
from some
cool
students in
the US ! |
| Neato
Spededo!!!!!!LOL
The Cave Quest was pretty cool, espessially how you can fall
of the passage and go into a bunch of pieces! :) It was also educational,
Outstanding Site!
I like your site a lot my teacher said to go on here I'm
glad she did Thankx- Great site, I would reccommend it to anyone who is a student
or adult.
This was really fun and it's good for class so students can understand
what caves look like. I think you should do this for lots of cavers and caves.
This is pretty cool.
This site is so COOL!! Normally I don't like to take
notes but u made it FUN!!!!!U r sooooo good at making things 2 learn really fun
Thanks.
This is a very cool site! Thanks for putting it up on the web.
Cool
I think that is the COOLEST website we ever had 2 look @ 4 school. Usually
we just have the facts in front of us, but u r making it fun!
§Thanks§
;] |
28.01.03
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31.01.03 | |
Pete
Hiscock | |
Great trip. thanks |
28.01.03 | |
Vicki
Farwell | |
Great site - graphics and logic. I'm a teacher, and my students loved it. Thanks
for posting it. | 27.01.03 |
| Tony
Rich |
| A superb
site. Congratulations!! |
26.01.03 | |
Carol
Linsenmeier |
| Great
website! Nice to see the cave my son visited. |
19.01.03 | |
Tony
Morling | CPC |
Excellent site I need to be back down OFD, last there in 1997. Thanks for the
views Tony Morling Craven Pothole club |
14.01.03 | |
Paul
Rayner | |
Wow, that was a tiring trip, look forward to others, anything in yorkshire-something
tight! | 14.01.03 |
| Paul
Sweet |
| Excellent slide
show. I've just started caving and have done a couple of trips in OFD2. Looking
forward to going back. |
11.01.03 | |
John Collings
-Wells |
| Incredible.Can such
things be? Lovely photography too. Look forward to seeing bigger pictures when
we see you next. |
09.01.03 | |
Martin Webster | |
Excellent web site. I wish all caving trips were this well organised! |
03.01.03 | |
Derek and William Webster |
Up to the
top? |
Came on again today and completed the loop. When I did the trip 40 years ago
the cave was in flood and I think we went in via the escape route. That was a
wonderful trip. We're off to OFD 2 now. . . Have now completed OFD 2. Great trip.
I'm looking forward to the through trip when it's completed. I have done quite
a lot in this part of the cave as recently as 20 years ago. I'd like to see it
again for real sometime |
31.12.02 | |
Derek
Webster |
| Great
Site. Wonderful stuff. Had a quick look at OFD 1.
Did this for real 40 years
ago with Oli Twist and Dave Judson. I'd love to come back for another look!!!! |
30.12.02 | |
Derrick
Guy |
| Even
the most sophisticated / experienced will be impressed by this. Is it a world
first ? If natural modesty allows, crediting the cavers / web designers involved
would seem to be well deserved. (My most dedicated
assistant is Felicity, who often appears more than once in the same shot in OFD
II! Tom also helped on one trip in OFD I. I am the modest photographer and web
designer. As for precedents, I once saw a simple version shot in Goatchurch, with
left/right/forward/back arrows. Has anyone seen any others? Happy New Year! Thanks
to all for the great feedback, PCW) |
30.12.02 | |
Colin
Woodley |
| Wow!
what a great site - been about 12yrs since my last OFDI trip - makes me want to
get wet again ! Thank you for producing a very entertaining site. |
29.12.02 | |
Mike
Warshauer |
| The
virtual tour was very enjoyable for a retired caver such as me. My wife took a
brief trip into OFD 1 in 1967 or thereabouts. Many thanks! |
29.12.02 | |
Lothar
Wlodarczyk |
| Very
nice virtual caving tour ! Most greatings from Fürth in Bavaria. |
29.12.02 | |
Juergen
Meyer |
| Very
very good. I think i will see this cave some time. Regards from Germany |
28.12.02 | |
Paul
Wakeling |
| Very
good site. Well thought out and interesting. |
28.12.02 | |
Richard
Gledhill |
| Having
caved quite a lot in OFD, it was a pleasure to show our two 80-year old dads what
it was all about! Excellent tour, thanks very much. Linda and Richard.
- The
elderly parents were quite content to view the cave from the comfort of armchairs
and a cup of tea! Tony and Viggo |
26.12.02 | |
Brian
Bowell |
SWCC |
Peter, Season's Greetings. Another brilliant tour! If I'm ever back in
Wales I'll happily be a flasher for you. |
26.12.02 | |
Kevin
Diffey |
SWCC |
Excellent tour. The easy way to go caving. For once the wife went with
me. | 22.12.02 |
| Rob
Pearce |
| Hi
Pete. This brought back memories. It's over 20 yrs since I've been in OFD1. Hurry
up with 2 & 3 please. |
22.12.02 | |
Allen
Vowles |
HCC |
Brilliant! I've done OFD I to II and what a trip! I can't wait for the
continuation. Keep up the brill work. |
20.12.02 | |
Mark
Hampson |
| Brilliant.
Not as much fun as the real thing but you can 'do it' anytime anywhere. Keep up
the good work |
16.12.02 | |
Mike |
| An
excellent warm and dry way to see a cave. Only the beer doesn't taste quite so
good afterwards! |
12.12.02 | |
Andy
Freem |
| Great
fun well done! I will get the kids to see how much they remember from their trip
round. ( Could do this for Danyo 2 - Ive got enough pictures Any hints on the
setup? | 09.12.02 |
| Pete |
| What
a lovely cave ! I look forward to visiting OFD 2 next summer....I might even be
able to find the way on one day. |
09.12.02 | |
Martin
Holloway |
Hades |
Hi Pete, Excellent idea!! Hope you're keeping well. Martin |
09.12.02 | |
Ian D | |
This was excellent. Thanks and well done |
08.12.02 | |
John
Finch |
| Just
done the tour. Great site - well done! |
07.12.02 | |
Choppers |
| Excellent
Site & I didnt spill a drop! Look forward to more of the same. |
07.12.02 | |
Frog | |
Been caving using OFD II & Cwm Dwr for years - always wanted to visit
OFD I, now want to even more! Many thanks for a great site. |
06.12.02 | |
Dave
Dobson |
SWCC |
Fantastic ! The pictures are excellent and the humour good too. You could
almost imagine you're there. |
06.12.02 | |
Toby
Stewart |
Up to the
top? |
I've just been looking at your site. If I didn't have so much to do today
I'd probably go on the whole tour... and probably will do over Christmas. It's
absolutely brilliant - at last I don't have to keep trying to explain to people
what it's like "down there" or why I'm obsessed with finding and exploring
new cave (particularly the Pant Mawr Master System - which must be similar???
- do you know what the theories are on this?). Are there similar virtual tours
on the www of other caves? If not then there should be. |
04.12.02 | |
Lady in
Green |
PCWCC |
Just call me the lady with the lamp (well, flash gun then!) |
27.11.02 | |
Phil
Hodges |
CCC* |
Barnsley based. *Crazy Climbers & Cavers |
20.11.02 | |
John
Day |
Hades |
An excellent achievement, if only all my trips were as warm and could be carried
out with a glass of wine in my hand. |
18.11.02 | |
Eleanor
Flaherty |
xSWCC |
Just took your virtual tour around OFDI on the SWCC web site.... Thanks
it brought back some fond memories of when I used to spend most weekends at SWCC.
Ah what a pleasant change at lunchtime to take a quick round trip of OFD1. What
about a virtual 1-3-1 trip for those really boring afternoons?? Keep caving |
11.11.02 | |
Brian
Bowell |
SWCC |
Peter good evening. I've just done the tour! What a brilliant site. I'm
an SWCC member who moved to NZ a few years back, and taking the tour brings back
fond memories. I'm going to recommend it to all the local Kiwi cavers. Regards.
BrianB | 16.10.02 |
| Paul
Tarrant |
CSS/
SWCC
Up to the
top?
|
Peter, really enjoyed your show. Do you think you can repeat for Daren
Cilau? I don't want to go down that place ever again and a slide show like your
OFD one would be just the thing needed to get me to retire! I did Cwm Dwr
to OFD1 via the escape route on Saturday so seeing this show with the cave very
fresh in my mind was really good. I think it's really great to see someone
doing something to portray our often maligned sport in a really positive way as
you have done. Clearly everone looked like they enjoyed their trip and your shots
showed everyone using the correct safety gear on the traverses. I liked this a
lot. | 14.10.02 |
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