Monday 20 November 2006
Crowborough Caves
Crowborough Caves have now won the prestigious award for being the least visited cave system in the UK (November 2006) as voted by the SAS members (Speleologists Anonymous Society). The valuable contribution that the Crowborough Scouts had made was acknowledged in the citation. See http://www.southonscouts.org.uk/i.asp?page=Caves for more information and the full story.
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More amazing revelations from Prof. Chapman have revealed something very rare. Crowborough caves are made of clay and it is well known stalactites and stalagmites cannot form here. However the Prof. has found a few small nanomites and at the bottom of the Southon leg there is a pair of ladderedtites.
Hey have you seen the new Ashdown District Scouting web site at http://www.ashdown-scouts-east-sussex.org.uk/, it make no reference to the Crowborough Caves at all!
The web site has an increasing number of visitors intersted in all the research being done on Crowborough Caves
That's www.crowborough-caves.org.uk
SALT stocks are under less strain in East Sussex due to "Super Salt"
The county council this week said it had enough grit for main roads, but it was competing with other highways authorities for refills.
Crowborough Council has been able to replenish their from the local caves and have thanked the conservators cooperation in allowing the extraction of 23.7 M tonnes.
The unusual composition consisting of Bromide (Br-) 30.19%, Chloride (Cl-) 25.03%, Sodium (Na+) 20.59%, Sulfate (SO42-) 17.68%, Magnesium (Mg2+) 3.68%, Calcium (Ca2+) 1.18%, Potassium (K+) 1.11%, Bicarbonate (HCO3-) 0.41%, Borate (BO33-) 0.08%, Strontiumum (Sr2+) 0.04% and everything else 0.01%, has given it the nick name "Super Salt" as it is especially good at melting snow.
(This might also explain Crowborough's low birth rate)
The new web site is http://www.crowborough-caves.org.uk/
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