Hole in the Floor: Ian, Chris, Geoff, Matt, with Steve Warren and Maud calling by (24th January 2010). First meet of the year and I came prepared with a shovel in case I needed to clear a parking spot or dig out the cave entrance. Fortunately the thaw meant that snow was only lying in the …
Dow Cave by Peter Benn
Dow Cave: Andy Cole, Peter, Matt, Chris & Geoff Dudman (1st March 2009). The plan was to do 2 trips - that all went a bit tits up (sorry Frank!). Stuck halfway up Whernside with no car, no phone reception and a planned walk on the Saturday meant no trip to Illusion with poor Frank …
Cliff Force and Birkwith, again and again! by Ian Cummins
Cliff Force x2 and Birkwith x2: Simon & Jane, Ian, Beth, Steve Warren, Andy Cole, Chris, Jeff and Matt Dudman, Phil Ryder (14, 15, 21 and 22 March 2009). More dive practice with Simon and the aim of doing the round trip from Old Ing to Birkwith, with a few of Simon’s BPC chums, as …
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Cliff Force Cave by Steve Warren
Cliff Force Cave: Ian, Beth, Jeff, Chris, Matthew, Steve Warren and Andy (15th March 2009). This was an old favourite for me, a place where my old mate Arthur Champion bolted up into a fairy-tale land of shining crystals, and fossils etched out in the walls. Around that time, in the early 1980s, we took a …
Alum – Long Churn by Steve Warren
Alum Pot and Long Churn Meet (11 January 2009). On a cool damp day, all met up at Penyghent Cafe to discuss the plans for the day. There was lots of frozen snow on the tops and a thaw was imminent. Rain was forecast for later in the day and in view of the number …
Wharfedale Weekend by Phil Ryder
Hagg Gill Pot: Phil, Abi, Gary, Frank, Chris, Nigel, Jan, Steve Warren, Andy Cole (plus 3 guests), Harry Brisland, (plus his guest) (20/21 September 2008). It was cracking the flags. What a wonderful day for camping. Unfortunately only four souls braved the campsite at Kettlewell on Saturday. Gary and Abi, me and the irrepressible Frank Longwill, …
Hagg Gill Pot by Steve Warren
Hagg Gill Pot: Phil Ryder, Abi, Gary, Frank, Chris Camm, Nigel, Jan, Steve Warren, Andy Cole (plus 3 guests), Harry Brisland, (plus his guest) (21st September 2008). A full house of fourteen turned up for the Hagg Gill Meet on a brilliant day. Pics by Steve Warren.
The Vercors by Ian Cummins
Vercors Club Meet: Andy, Edward, Phil, Ian, Peter and Gen (23 May 2008). My first caving trip to France! Having climbed in Provence many times, I wasn’t relishing driving down alone, so it was great to have a lift down with the Coles and drive a nice motor for a change. Leaving Cowling just before 5 …
Albert Hall by Ian Cummins
Albert Hall, Dow Cave: Abby Rhodes, Gary Rhodes, Ian Cummins (20 April 2008). Another trip to Dow, more than 30 years after my first hypothermic caving experience as a scout and finally reaching the end. By a strange quirk of fate, I’d responded to Abby’s request for a look out after the club dinner and …
Alum Pot Meet by Steve Warren
Alum Pot: Abigail Rhodes, Gary Rhodes, Ian Cummins, Peter Benn, Steve Warren (October 14, 2007). With lots of water sloshing about in the hole, this was an excellent opportunity for a small group to enjoy this most classic of potholes. For one of the team, it was a celebration recalling the first occasion of bottoming …
Alum Pot Meet by Garry Rhodes
Alum Pot: Abigail Rhodes, Garry Rhodes, Ian Cummins, Peter Benn, Steve Warren (14 October 2007). After a long and most ardour’s protracted explorative and less longwinded than this most longer than shorter introduction to this description of the trip to the deep and wet sump at the bottom of Alum Pot, we can confirm that …
Black Shiver by Ian Cummins
Black Shiver Pot: Ian Cummins, Ed Tapp, Simon Beck, Duncan (BCC), (15th September 2007). It probably wasn’t the water I swallowed in the Echo Pot duck, but I felt pretty rotten the week after, missing a couple of days at work and I just about had the energy to go down Coppice Cave the following …
Smelt Mill Beck / Dent Camping Weekend by Phil Ryder
Smelt Mill Beck Cave: (10 June 2007). What a superb weekend, good camping, excellent caving and company - just a pity more club members didn't attend. I arrived at the campsite at 17:00 and put up the tent in glorious sunshine. Steve Warren had come even earlier on Friday night and had already done a …
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Clapham Bottoms Club Meet & Penyghent Pot by Ian Cummins
Clapham Bottoms Pot: Chris Smith, John Clarke, Gary & Abigail Rhodes, David Walker & Ian (23rd June 2007). I couldn’t find much information about Clapham Bottoms, since my Northern Caves had it listed as a BPC dig, although I gleaned from an old Descent contents page posted on the internet that it was a fine …
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