Ten years in the dark

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  1. Chapter 1: A tiny acorn

    Click to view the full sized pictureTarquin in Upbeat, Hexamine Highways, Ogof Draenen. Flash by Tarquin, camera by Ian Wilton-Jones, setup by both.

  2. Chapter 2: The next corner

    Click to view the full sized pictureDraebridge Rift in Downbeat, Hexamine Highways, Ogof Draenen. Flash by Tarquin and Ian Wilton-Jones, camera by Ian Wilton-Jones, setup by Tarquin.

  3. Chapter 3: Facing my fear

    Click to view the full sized pictureMalcolm Reid in White Arch Series, Ogof Ffynnon Ddu. Flash and camera by Becky Wilton-Jones, setup by Tarquin.

  4. Chapter 4: A leader of men . . . oh, and women

    Click to view the full sized pictureTarquin in Padlock Passage, Waterfall Series, Ogof Draenen. Flash by Tarquin and Ian Wilton-Jones, camera by Ian Wilton-Jones, setup by both.

  5. Chapter 5: Caverns measureless to man

    Click to view the full sized pictureAdam Whitehead, Huw Groucutt and Tarquin in Old Illtydian's chamber, Ogof Draenen. Flash by Huw Groucutt, Tarquin and Adam Whitehead, camera by Ian Wilton-Jones, setup by Tarquin and Ian Wilton-Jones.

  6. Chapter 6: Finding the way

    Click to view the full sized pictureMalcolm Reid in White Arch Series, Ogof Ffynnon Ddu. Flash by Tarquin and Becky Wilton-Jones, camera by Becky Wilton-Jones, setup by Tarquin.

  7. Chapter 7: Filling in the blanks

    Click to view the full sized pictureTarquin in Powel's Lode, Milwr Mine, Halkin Mine Complex. Flash and camera by Ian Wilton-Jones, setup by Tarquin and Ian Wilton-Jones.

  8. Chapter 8: Joining the republic

    Click to view the full sized pictureA chamber in Dogleg Complex, Dollimore Series, Ogof Draenen. Flash by Tarquin, camera by Ian Wilton-Jones, setup by Tarquin.

  9. Chapter 9: Capturing the stillness

    Click to view the full sized pictureAdam Whitehead in Hearts Of Olden Glory, Galeria Garimpeiros, Ogof Draenen. Flash by Tarquin, camera by Ian Wilton-Jones, setup by Tarquin.

  10. Chapter 10: That sinking feeling

    Click to view the full sized pictureTarquin in a passage in the limestone workings in Milwr Mine, Halkin Mine Complex. Flash by Tarquin, camera by Ian Wilton-Jones, setup by Tarquin.

  11. Chapter 11: Gaining an appreciation

    Click to view the full sized pictureThe minicolumns in White Arch Series, Ogof Ffynnon Ddu. Flash by Tarquin and Malcolm Reid, camera by Becky Wilton-Jones, setup by Tarquin and Becky Wilton-Jones.

  12. Chapter 12: Not a good welcome

    Click to view the full sized pictureTarquin in the waterfall in Gilwern Passage, Ogof Draenen. Flash by Adam Whitehead, camera by Ian Wilton-Jones, setup by Tarquin and Ian Wilton-Jones.

  13. Chapter 13: A light at the end of the tunnel

    Click to view the full sized pictureHelictites in Dogleg Complex, Dollimore Series, Ogof Draenen. Flash by Tarquin and Ian Wilton-Jones, camera by Ian Wilton-Jones, setup by both.

  14. Chapter 7: Filling in the blanks

    Click to view the full sized pictureThe three pages of the Crescent Cave survey; left: plan view with overlapping levels separated, centre: plan view, right: profile. Survey by M W-J, I W-J, P W-J, MR. Drawn by M W-J. (c) 2000; Brynmawr Caving Club and Mark Wilton-Jones.