Climbing, Caving & Hill-Walking
4th September 1935 This is one of several pots or swallets on the flat ground above Oxlow Cavern. Several of these holes were examined superficially and most of them gave every promise of opening out after a little excavation had been done. In August 1930 we concentrated on the most likely one named Nettle Pot …
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December 1909 The Oxlow Caverns are situated about half a mile beyond the top of the Winnats, on the Buxton Road, and about 200 yards past a small farm on the left approaching from Castleton. Very little was known of this place when the D. P. C. started to explore it, the men who went …
23rd May 1908 The meet at Peak Cavern on May 23rd was responsible for a twelve hours' spell of work, broken only by a short interval for refreshment. It had been arranged to investigate some cavities in the roof of the cavern's vestibule, for which purpose sundry ladders were requisitioned. These, when lashed together, were …
9th May 1908 By H. Bishop Although Castleton is famed for its caverns, the village has no monopoly of these underground passages and, shortly after the occurrences related above [An Exploration of Peak Cavern Roof], we found ourselves at Stoney Middleton, with Carl’s Wark Cavern (called also the Wonders) as our objective. Any previous remarks …
11th April 1908 April 11th was a very busy day for the Club, for not only were explorations conducted in the Peak Cavern, but also an entertainment was given in Castleton, of which particulars follow. In recognition of many pleasant visits to the caverns, etc., of the village, the Club's members, by means of voluntary …
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15th February 1908 By W. Smithard: The Golconda Lead Mine, near Wirksworth, with its 350 feet of stemple shaft and fine natural cavern, was visited on February 15th 1908. “Yo sweeten,” drawled old John Bacon, as he gazed at the perspiration streaming down our visages. And we did. But we had not heard ‘sweat’ pronounced …
7th December 1907 We commenced operations about 7.30 and embarked in the two boats with ladders, ropes, etc. We towed the collapsible boat behind us. The first job was to get down the Bottomless Pit where there was a great deal of water. We roped and then went down 30 feet of ladder through a …
16th November 1907 By H. Bishop On November 16th, 1907, thirteen members and friends spent a most enjoyable evening in the Bagshawe Cavern, Bradwell. Some surveying was done on the upper level, and later, a most fascinating and but rarely visited fissure below the Dungeon was examined. This is known as the Birdcage, or Bird …
21st September 1907 By H. Bishop On September 21st a most interesting meet took place at Elden Hole, near Peak Forest. Fourteen or fifteen men were lowered down the shaft, which is almost 200 feet in depth. Descending the steep scree slope at its foot, and passing underneath a low part of the roof, operations …
18th - 21st May 1907 The Whitsun meet was at Curzon Lodge Farm, Brassington, near Matlock. A water swallow in the neighbourhood was explored, and members also climbed on the Brassington and Harborough dolomites, and visited Dovedale. H. Bishop Exploration of Water Low Cavern - By W. Smithard Between the splendid west Derbyshire dolomite ridges …
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