Buxton Caving
Posted on August 6, 2009 - Filed Under Travel
I’m a caver, I explore caves. On this years trip, I’m exploring the Thirst House Cave which is not far from Buxton in Derbyshire. I booked a room, a year in advance I might add, at one of the Buxton Hotels, because this ensures I will, through out the year, make plans that lead up to me making sure I travel to the cave I want to explore next. Otherwise, if I don’t make reservations, my schedule is so busy, I’d probably forget about my desire to explore a designated cave.
I picked Thirst House Cave because it’s a natural solution tunnel which was formed in the bedding plane of Dinantian Limestone located in the country rock of the White Peak district. It was reported the at one time the cave had eight chambers which a waterfall and a stream was found inside one of the chambers. But, I’ve read current reports that there are now only two chambers and there is a small fleeting water spring located outside the entrance. That’s quite a difference, which piqued my curiosity, which is why I picked the cave in the first place.
The cave comes with it’s very own Folktale. The spring was struck by an elf Hob. The cave local traditional name is Hob’s Thirst House. There’s even a reference to Thor, the Norse Thunder God and smith. I assuming the spring was believed to be created by Hob’s hammering a nail into a miners’ boot which the nail sprung a spring. I’m not sure why Thor’s associated with the cave, could be something to do with Thor/Thursday/Thirsty? I’ll find out for sure when I get there. But, first I’ll need to get into better shape, the cave is a rough scramble from Buxton, through some thirty almost vertical meters of scree and scrub. At least I have almost a year to get in shape.
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