Caving & Exploration (1954-2020)
Main Photo - Ian after a successful venture into Kilnsey Cave. Photo Steve Warren July 2018 In September 2006 a new face appeared on the White Rose Pothole Club caving scene. Ian Cummins had done some caving in past years, he then went into climbing quite seriously, and now he was back to try his …
Rather quiet on the MWC front – just a couple of trips to report: Thursday 25th April 2019 Pillar Holes No 1 Jack, Fay, Bob Reilly, Martyn Soliman A forecast of thunderstorms ruled out our first choice, so instead a gentle trip down the less falling-apart of the 3 entrances to Pillar Holes. Long but …
Shark's Tooth Cave: Ian and Adele (15/05/2019) Despite having endured far too much crawling in Fairy Holes over the past couple of weeks, Adele accepted the invite to try to complete this tortuous little horror after our previous frigid and painful experience. We decided to start off the trip with a pint in the pub …
Shark's Tooth Cave: Ian and Adele (2/5/2019) It begins. I like the obscure; climbing at Goldsborough over Stanage any day – the same with caving - no crowds and a guarantee of a quiet day, has led me to explore and enjoy such little gems as Elph Cleugh, Hazel Bush Hill Hole, Yad Moss and …
Some years ago I decided to digitise all my colour slides, colour negs, and mono negatives. Many of these were deteriorating and others were worthless being total unidentifiable. I also had been presented with a boxful of 2 ¼ inch glass plate images by way of an old friend, Brian Smith, cobbler of Silsden, son …
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Mossdale - Kneewrecker and more. Ian and Adele. 20th April 2019 Watching the weather this past week has been torture for me, will the met office do that weird thing whereby they suddenly change the forecast?. It was looking good. February 2019 was the last time we visited this area; we have both been chomping at the bit to return. At …
Ian and Adele 17 April 2019 Having attended the most fabulous Paperless surveying course provided by Black Sheep diggers, Nick and Chris mentioned diving activity - our ears instantly pricked up. This was to be a three part plan; 1) Post Northern exploration event- discuss the potential of a cavers’ meeting with Nick and Chris 2) Help Cristian dive Beet Root Passage sump by carrying gear in for …
Yad Moss Cave: Ian and Adele (12/04/2019). This small cave had occupied my attention for several years, finding me combing the becks around Yad Moss, lying on the Durham Cumbria border, without success several times over the past 12 years. Turned out I had walked up every beck except the correct one! The perseverance of …
Wednesday 27th February 2019 County Pot – Wretched Rabbit Jack, Fay, Phil Stunning weather for February on Leck Fell. Followed another party down past Confusion Corner to “Spout Hall” – except it wasn’t, merely a 30cm drop. We led on, to the real SH and went right, up to Battle of Britain Hall. …
Mossdale Caverns: Ian and Adele (26th February 2019). It may have been a scorching day for February, but we soon learned that the water in Mossdale was still very cold. Most of my forays into this fine cave have been focused on the Marathon Crawl, Stream End, High Level Mud Caverns area, which had yielded …
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Sleets Gill - Hyperthermia: Ian and Adele (19th January 2019). I felt totally deprived of caving having missed the weekend just gone, we had a quick evening trip to Redmire mid week - to stay familiar with the project. We fancied a superb weekend trip - so firm plans to visit Magnetometer Pot were made. A quick breakfast stop …
Swildon's Hole: Ian and Adele (January 2019). This place holds a lot of nostalgic memories for me, going back to my first visit back in 1979! On a visit a few years back with Leif in tow, I managed to get down to sump 9 and with Adele making good progress with the BSAC training, …
Thursday 10th January 2019 Marble Steps Pot Jack, Fay, Bob Reilly (Earby), Martyn Soliman (Bradford, ex WRPC) We’d expected the pot to have been de-rigged since our trip in November so it was a bonus to find a rope still on the Gulley, making it a quick journey down to the Lower Main Chamber. …
Lancaster Hole: Jack, Fay, Bob Reilly, Alf Latham (both Earby) (12th December 2018). A chance to look at a less-frequented bit of Lancs (actually, totally un-frequented by me, at least – 10 trips down Lancs and I’d never been into the Master Cave). First stop, The Chasm - left off the trade route to Fall …
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