Summer 1951 Good work has been done at Mountbatten this summer, chiefly by Carr and Hastings. Wood, Grainger, Sissons and others have lent support, morale and physical at sundry times.
Mountbatten Pot – Summer 1951
Nettle Pot – By M. H. Chantry
16th April 1950 Present: Grainger, Roberts (visitor), Howes, Carr, Hide, Wood, Haythornthwaite, Jewell, Hastings, Chatburn, Colley, Chantry (leader). The Leader and a select few having reached the hole an hour before the appointed time, a good start was made in getting the Club tackle installed. When the remainder of the borrowed ladder was seen on …
Mountbatten & Kinder – By M. H. Chantry
21st August 1949 There is a belief, sedulously fostered by certain senior club members, that in the Golden age it was customary for the leader to arrange a meet and for the followers to adhere to his programme. This meet must in that case be deemed to have been in the true modern style; slipshod …
Yorkshire Cave
15th May 1949 Leader R. S. Howes The leader of this meet being illiterate, no explanation is forthcoming as to why it was held at Mountbatten, what secret orgies took place in the three tents the night before, or why certain members visited (clandestinely) the back precincts of Pevril Castle without paying. It is also …
Mountbatten
June 20th & August 1948 June: Leaders - Grainger & HowesAugust: Leader - Chantry Present: GR Pryor, F Colley and visitor, HE Chatburn, HG Sissons, MH Chantry, BM Grainger, RC Jewell, GL Travis (plus son and visitor), GD Hide, J Holtom, RS Howes, AA Thrippleton, KW Wood, D Breakey, R Hastings. The June meet was …
Mountbatten
20th July 1947 Photos only. No report.
Nettle Pot – By M. H. Chantry
From the second published journal of the DPC, November 1936 In the High Peak, the more important joints in the limestone run approximately W.N.W. and E.S.E. They are by no means perfectly parallel, but radiate slightly as though from some distant centre. In this series are to be found all the great mineral veins, Odin, …
Nettle Pot – By G. L. Travis
From the first published journal of the DPC, November 1935. My first recollection of Nettle Pot is fortunately that of its discovery. A somewhat abortive Oxlow Meet was held in August 1930, but lack of energy and organisation found us on Sunday with only sufficient ladder to do the first shaft. Possibly the meet was …
Nettle Pot – By Mrs R. Bryant
22nd September 1935 It was a day of thick wet cloud when we stooped to enter a hencoop looking structure, on a wild and lonely hill top. There in the middle of the floor was a small square opening, beneath which a dark cavity yawned. While waiting one’s turn to descend, one peered down into …
Nettle Pot Diary – By M. H. Chantry
9th September 1935 Prior to 27th August 1932 unknown (by me). 27 Aug 1932: Present. Cannot remember except Paul Maurer, Henry Chatburn and John Hind. Condition. Chamber being evacuated. Depth about 8 feet below the Alcove. A shot had been fired on the previous occasion and it was doubtful whether it had exploded! The day …
Derbyshire Pennine Club 