Wilf Taylor's Passage, downwards

Wilf Taylor's Passage, downwards

From the junction at the top of Portcullis Passage, Cross Passage soon reaches a T-junction with a large passage, Wilf Taylor's Passage. The passage contains a stream trench, normally dry. [Upstream, to the left, is a pleasant march along a large phreatic tube. The roof soon lowers to a sump.]

Downstream, to the right, is a very pleasant vadose passage, containing some standing pools and short climbs. After a few minutes, a pair of climbs, Double Decker Pot, is met. Each climb has an in-situ handline (June 2016). The first climb is 2m and undercut, and lands in a large chamber with a large pool. Across the chamber, a hole in the floor is the top of the second climb: the climb descends 3m to a traverse on a ledge, and then a final 3m drop into a chamber. [Alternatively, passing the climb leads to a traverse, at the end of which a pitch can be rigged into the same chamber.]

From the bottom of Double Decker Pot, a pair of rifts continue, which soon reunite. A meandering vadose passage descends a few climbs. After a few minutes, the passage suddenly meets the Lancaster Hole Main Streamway.

• Downstream soon reaches the sump;
• Upstream soon reaches Fall Pot.