The golden age of cave exploration falls well within living memory. Veteran caver Jim Eyres, of the British Speleological Association, relives the last great Pennines discovery - the Lancaster Hole - which allowed access to miles of river-ways, caverns and grottos beneath the western dales.
Jim Eyres
Self
George Cornes
Self
Ron Bliss
Self
Ken Cooper
Narrator
The golden age of cave exploration falls well within living memory. Veteran caver Jim Eyres, of the British Speleological Association, relives the last great Pennines discovery - the Lancaster Hole - which allowed access to miles of river-ways, caverns and grottos beneath the western dales.
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