From here the usual route is to shuffle along Battleaxe Traverse at a high level protected by rope, and descend a safe distance from the water.

From here a short passage and another pitch leads to Groundsheet Junction where the Leck Fell Master Cave is entered.

Upstream leads to the high-level passages of Lyle Cavern and a connection with the Notts Pot system.

The main streamway continues to the NPC Avens, where Boxhead Pot and It's a Cracker enter the system.

Downstream leads through several neck-deep pools past several inlets, including one which links with Rumbling Hole, and another which links to Death's Head Hole, to a sump which, after 800 metres (2,600 ft), connects with Pippikin Pot.