By Jim Hanwell, Duncan Price and Richard Witcombe
Published by the Cave Diving Group, with financial assistance
from BCRA.
Price £15 (plus a 20% discount to BCRA members). Order Online.
368 pages (A4), fully-illustrated with
maps, diagrams and photos in colour and monochrome.
Since the Middle Ages, visitors from all over
Britain and beyond have been drawn to the magnificent cave system at Wookey
Hole in Somerset where the River Axe flows through a series of grand chambers
before emerging at the head of a rocky ravine. For the last 75 years, ever
increasing numbers of tourists have been joined by an adventurous band of cave
divers whose aim has been to explore the subterranean Axe and follow the river
ever deeper into the Mendip Hills towards the feeder swallets on the plateau
above. This book chronicles the saga of exploration from the hard hat, lead
booted pioneers of the 1930s through the post-War "frogman" era to the
high-tech, deep divers of the present generation. A story of triumph and
occasional tragedy, it is told by the divers themselves and those who knew them
well.
- Hardback (ISBN 978-0-901031-07-5).
£15. Weight 1.1kg. Spine width 28 mm. Format 178 x 247mm (7 x
9.7in). Sewn binding.
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