Dowbergill: Ian Cummins, Simon Beck, Ed Tapp (Durham Uni), Pat (BPC) (3rd February 2007). After a dry, sunny week in the North East, I was pretty sure water levels would be low enough for a good trip and Saturday morning saw me and Ed meeting up with Simon and Pat in the Kettlewell cafe. Pat had …
Bull Pot of the Witches by Steve Warren
Bull Pot of the Witches Meet (28 January 2007). I had just said to Genevieve "Well. If this is it we will just have to make the best of it and do what we can with Bull Pot", when a familiar red Landrover bearing Nigel and Jan appeared coming down the lane. Thus we were …
Kingsdale Meet by Steve Warren
Nigel, Jan, Ian & Steve Warren: Jingling Caves, Rowten Cave, Yordas Cave (14th January 2007). Doom and gloom in the weather forecast did not materialise, in fact, the day dawned bright with a little cloud and cleared to a brilliant clear day with a cold, cold, wind chilling the fingers of the four who turned out …
Juniper Gulf and Dow Cave by Ian Cummins
Juniper Gulf: Ian Cummins and Ed Tapp (Durham Uni) (22nd December 2006). Juniper Gulf had been on my to do list since I was 18. I had applied for a permit for the first day of the holiday, before Ed had to get down to Kent. Fortunately both permit and new harness were waiting at home …
Coppice Cave by Ian Cummins
Coppice Cave (Birkwith): Ian Cummins with Ed Tapp (Durham Uni) (21 October 2006) and Steve Warren (29 October 2006). After nine days climbing in the sun-drenched Mojave, I was ready for some rain-drenched Yorks. Dales, so I enlisted Ed from the lab to check out Coppice cave. This seemed to fit the bill, being through …
Sell Gill Holes by Caddy
Sell Gill Holes: Steve Henry, Paul Smith and Jon Cadamarteri (29 September 2006). The return of the 'Friday afternoon club' to favourite SRT / rigging practice trips as a prelude to the weekend. Set-off from the Horton-Birkwith lane north of New Houses in overcast weather expecting the deluge to arrive before we were safely underground …
Birkwith 1 & 2 plus Bar Pot by Ian Cummins
Birkwith 1 and 2 (27th August, 10th Sept) Bar Pot (24th Sept 2006) After a 20-year break from caving, what made me start again. Curious really - scouring Teesdale last winter for the bouldering motherlode, I came upon a sinkhole and felt the urge to investigate - but sensibly decided to go home instead. A …
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Bar Pot Stream Passage to Flood Exchange by Gary Rhodes
Bar Pot: Ian, Abby, Woody, Jill, George, Joe, Gary (24 Sept 2006). A caving trip went ahead on this day if not down either of the above. Ian came along to the mill on Thursday to try out a bit of S.R.T. under the guidance of Woody our training officer. As Ian had never done …
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Birkwith Caves by Steve Warren
Birkwith Area Caves (27 Aug 2006). An excellent turnout of ten completed the Calf Holes - Browgill traverse including the pretty upstream bits. A trip through the fearsome chasm of Gods Bridge (Browgill) was also completed as was Old Ing and Rough Hill Inlet with the watery bits bringing forth the customary 'Oooohs' and 'Awes' …
A Classic Meet at a Classic Site by Steve Warren, Gary Rhodes & Mike Brown
Birks Fell: Gary Rhodes, Abigail Rhodes, Peter Whittaker, Dave, Jonathan, Mike Brown, John, Steve Warren (16 July 2006). Very briefly - fuller report in next newsletter - this was a superb meet held in superb weather conditions by an absolutely magnificent team. Gary and Abigail Rhodes were accompanied to the true sump - yes, down the …
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Ireby Fell Cavern by Gary Rhodes
Ireby Fell Cavern: Abby, David, Peter, Gary (4th September 2005). Once more the phone was hot with the cry of the caving fraternity fighting and falling over each other, ready to kill their best friend, in their eagerness to go caving this weekend. HA! After a few e-mails and phone calls David and Peter wanted to …
Birks Fell Cave by Gary & Abby
Birks Fell Cave: Alan Martin, Steve Warren, Peter Benn, Genevieve Thompson, Frank Longwill, Gary Rhodes and Abby Clarke (8th May 2005). Equipment: 1 ladder / lifeline - it was decided that because of the water levels inside the cave we would only get as far as the cascades so wouldn’t require all ?6 ladders. Lovely April …
And Then There Were Three by Gary Rhodes
Simpson's Pot: Abby, Steve, Gen, Brian, Dennis, Jonathan and Gary (26th February 2006). As of late the trips have had a very good turn out since the new meets list. Sorry I have not written up any trip reports of late but the reason is that this confounded word thing compo machine is at the mill …
Wanderings in Gaping Gill by Gary Rhodes
Gaping Gill: Gary Rhodes and Abby Clarke (24th May 2005). It was noted in the meets list that Gaping Gill winch meet was on the agenda for the week so taking advantage of this, plus the fact that Bradford Pothole Club are a bloody good lot, unlike the bureaucratic jobs worth lot that …