During the recent heatwave I found myself with a free couple of hours so went for a walk around the top of end of Ribblehead, more specifically around the gorge walk of Thorn Gill, in the gorge Thorns gill cave can be found which has a large entrance and takes a lot of water from the gorge, even though I didn't have a light this was enough to perk my interest. Once in the cottage library a quick search of NC2 and the CDG logs showed a sump which hadn't been dived since the early 80s along with a number of other caves in the area which seemed to be worth a look. 

A few weeks later I went back with David Rigby and caving gear, the first cave we looked in was Katnot cave higher up the southern bank, this starts off in excellent big passage with some very old graffiti from 1880's, the cave carries on and gets lower alternating between flat out and crawling in water before finally dropping into a low sump 

We then headed into the gill and did Thorns Gill Cave, this is entered from the gill and leads down to the above mentioned sump, the way there is mostly large passage with a lot of flood debris, buckets high in the rift (Must take a lot of water) and leads to a sump which is apparently 35m long with a few air pockets and leads to flood debris. This is another interesting looking cave with a possible connection to Cove Hole and a blank space on the survey. We also rescued a frog from near the sump so one good deed done 

We then carried on up the valley and did some spot holing nothing being found of note, on the way back to the car we looked at Ribblehead cave which has unfortunately collapsed (entrance). Talking to other members it seems this cave is worth a project to reopen as it has a diver able connection through to Winshaw Cave and is a good trip in its own right. 

A lot of walkers and possibly cavers looking for a quick chilled explore probable stop near the viaduct, just up the valley maybe there's more to see, explore and dive in the future, I for one will be back to the area to have another look.