Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Storr's Cave, Ingleton

Storr's Cave, Storr's Common

Storr's Cave has two prominent entrances close to the road east of Ingleton. A large passage joins the two with smaller passages leading off. A low passage to the south descends to a dried up streamway. A narrow passage leads north, waiting to be explored another day ;-)

A hidden third entrance used to be an easy climb to a dry chamber full of small bones. However, the entrance has been enlarged and the chamber strewn with clay and debris from a new passage that's being excavated. I can't help wondering who's digging and what they've discovered :-)

Storr's Cave, Storr's Common

19 comments:

  1. WOw... they are just open and people can go in and explore?

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  2. Giant mice? I'm afraid serious caving doesn't much appeal to me; although I'll happily make the odd excursion underground. Generally, I'd rather be out in the open air.

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  3. The ancient dwarfs...err, maybe. They are the only people who are so crazy about digging and caving.

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  4. It has been a long, long time since I last ventured into a cave. Not sure if I would be so keen nowadays...the joys of getting older, but I guess my curiosity might just force me in for a wander around...

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  5. Hmm, looks very mysterious. I would be scared even to make a few steps into it, though I'm curious by nature.

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  6. very cool!

    I don't fare too well in caves. I once went into a bear cave (guided tour) pregnant, of all things. I almost got stuck coming out. Talk about claustophobia! Never went into a cave again!!!

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  7. the pictures of the entrance of the caves are really great. did you enter there?

    by the way, thanks for the visit to my blog. :)

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  8. We're off to Cumbria for the day tomorrow, so I will be up early. If it's clear, I will have a look for Jupiter's moons. Thanks :)

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  9. I wonder what is inside those caves?


    Out of the blue

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  10. IS the area protected? Been to one cave here near our place but it houses 4 Million fruit-eating bats. It's somehow amazing to see. I wonder what is inside the caves here in the photos.

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  11. I'm bouncing between wanting to dive in and explore or run screaming but I'm bipolar so that makes sense.

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  12. I'd be happy to camp out there if I knew it was safe, dry and relatively bat-free but I'm not sure I'd go near it without that knowledge!

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  13. I'm attracted to the caves in an unusual way. They seem mysterious and exciting, a little bit scary and a secure shelter at the same time. Go figure...

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