Caving & Exploration (1954-2019)
Robinsons Pot (2nd June 2018). Club Trip - Andy Cole, Ian Cummins, Nigel Easton, Adele Ward, Elise Ward, Peter Whitiker, Steve Woods. Pub Trip - Chris Camm, Joe Parsons. I don’t know about anyone else who caves but the plan in my head is; wakeup, cave, pub, and basically nothing else that happens I am …
Steve Woods & Peter Whitaker, (16 Feb 2018). I had always heard tales of caving in the coldest depths of winter. When I first went a CPC club caving trip on 01st January 1995, my bootlaces froze, so did my belay belt, as they were called then. The trip was Great Douk in Chapel-le Dale, …
Great Whernside appeared to hover in the twilight that evening. A pleasant approach it was, but one preferably done after as opposed to before. The sheep obviously bedding down for the night scattered as I approached, the few that remained were like curious gargoyles atop the Scar. It was pitch black as I organised things better done in the daylight. Strange sounds are carried to the Scar by night, reflections of the world left behind..
Bar Pot: Simon Beck, Ian Cummins, Fay Hartley, Dennis Bushell, Leif Andrews, Adele Ward (January ‘17). Over the last half decade or so I've probably only attended a small handful of official club related meets. I was reminded of this today as the experience felt rather alien and I seriously racked my brain to remember …
Langstroth Pot: Simon Beck, Ian Cummins (Spring 2016). The photos below were taken over the course of two trips during the spring of 2016. The first of these, a trip to photograph the beautifully well decorated inlet leading to straw chamber was undertaken rather impulsively one evening during very dry conditions. The inlet leading to …
White Keld: Martyn Soliman and Graham Huck (1997-2001). Recently for their 250th edition Descent published an article by Emma Wharton about the recent attempts being made to push White Keld towards Mossdale Caverns and Langcliffe Pot. The first divers to enter and push White Keld were White Rose members Martyn Soliman and Graham Huck. Here …
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Small Mammal Pot: Jack, Phil, Fay, Peter (15th March 2017). It was the simplest bit of route finding; it was the most complicated bit of route finding. It was a tale of 2 guides - Phil’s covering a side of A4, highlighted to thread the way through a maze of passages; Jack’s barely 4 sentences long. …
Great Douk Cave: Jack, Pete, Gen, Fraser, Erin, Dillon and Zachary (26th October 2016). Mild weather and a short walk…ideal for the kids. Down into the Great Douk shakehole and we all stared down the dig, then over to the entrance. Enough water was pouring out to encourage most of the party to take the dry …
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Caseker Gill: Steve Warren (2nd June 2016). Pic by Steve Warren.
Dowbergill: Richard Gibson and Steve Warren (14th July 2016). Pic by Steve Warren.
Hagg Gill Pot: John Wootton, Steve Woods, James Wheeler and Carmen Falla (29th April 2016). Pics by James Wheeler.
Pic by Steve Warren.
Gaping Gill, Small Mammal Pot: Denis, Faye (29th August 2015). Faye and I met at Clapham Reading Room café at 10 a.m., where Faye introduced me to her son, up from ‘The smoke’ – London. He did not cave but helped us carry the load up in 2 rucksacks, being a good son, allowing Faye to …
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Cherry Tree Hole: Denis, Jane, Ian. (11 April 2015). We met at Kettlewell, had breakfast and a look at the surveys. It was a ladder trip making it a pleasant change from the clutter of SRT. Ian working his magic with farmerÕs wife allowing us to park at the farm, more sheltered. It was a …