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PHOTO ALBUM SLIDESHOW

Matienzo 2024 August 2024  picture      album      1. Looking into a potential cave site 2. After digging open, the site was blocked by a boulder area but surveyed and photographed 3. Introducing Dave P to Matienzo by a visit to Tiva Cave, 10 minutes walk from the Bakers 4. In Tiva 5. Main passage in Tiva 6. Returning to the surface in Tiva 7. Beginning the dig at 2101 in 2023 8. Capping in 2023 9. The way on found in 2024 10. Pete through the way on 11. In the new passage 12. Looking at the source of the draught in the new passage 13. Fiesta in Sel de Suto, part of the Matienzo valley 14. Tourist trip in Cullalvera, a show cave in the town Ramales 15. Cultural visit to a historic Spanish cannon factory half an hour away 16. Jivero II cave, an easy through trip in an active stream cave 17. Streamway in Jivero II 18. Another day out to a park with the resurgence of a massive cave system: Valle 19. Tourist trip to El Soplao show cave - magnificent formations linked to an old iron mine 20. Descending into El Soplao 21. Bear skeleton in the shop at EL soplao 22. Leaving Santander LOADING PHOTOS