15/10/17 We met Sam at Yonderman's and after breakfast headed over to Bradwell Moor where we were just in time to intercept Matt, who was driving the wrong way down the track and appeared to be doing a runner in his Hovis van. After turning him around, we parked up and started getting sorted and …
Some More Swinging About
14/10/17 Rob and I stayed at the hut Friday night in an attempt to get an alpine start on the Saturday, but squeezing in a fryup, forgetting wetsuit socks and general faffing meant we didn’t rumble along the Titan track until after 10. There was just the two of us again today, and after dropping …
A Crawl About and a Tidy Up
26/03/17 Back for a flying Sunday trip to have a look at a few bits and bobs. It was just the two of us again for the full trip into FSE, but George and Ed had been lured over for a mini-trip down to the window and back out in time for one of their …
NPC Hut, Yorkshire Dales
17/03/17 - 19/03/17 The meet was held at the NPC hut near Clapham (the Yorkshire one). The forecast was for rain all weekend and the forecast was correct. On Saturday the cavers were forced to abandon plans of a Dihedral - Disappointment Pot exchange trip which was frankly disappointing and searched the rigging guide from …
Side of the Valkyries
19/02/17 Day 3 and we allowed ourselves a bit a of lie in, but it wasn't long before all the rowdy walkers arrived at the hut and invaded what had been our private house for the weekend. After a slow breakfast we set off and met Syd at the end of the track at 10am. …
Up & Under
18/02/17 After an early breakfast at the hut we soon found ourselves driving back along the track to Titan. It was just the two of us today and around 9am (far too early) we trudged across the field and headed on down the entrance shaft with three bags between us. We had two objectives today, …
Ride of the Valkyries – A Speedy Friday
17/02/17 Tonight was going to be a dual purpose trip. Bob had been wanting to do Titan for a while, so after a bit of refresher training in the days before, Rob had agreed to escort him down whilst I bimbled off to rig Ride of the Valkyries in order to make tomorrow’s trip easier. …
Halls Old Grove Mine
09/02/17 After waiting for McBain, who was running late, we got up to the lay-by around 8pm and kitted up in the cold. Rob and Ed had no trouble finding the entrance after their brief explore a few years ago and we headed on down the short first pitch and entered the impressive stope via …
Waterfall Hole – Great Gunn’s Rift
04/02/17 Whilst everyone else was watching the rugby, three of us bobbed down Waterfall Hole to have another look at Great Gunn's Rift. Sam has either grown a bit or the entrance crawl's gotten tighter since we were last there, but after a bit of effort he was through. Down the pitch and the fun …
Deer Hole #2
02/02/17 Back to the deer hole. We rigged up a tension line this time, so we could ab straight down the middle of the ~15m deep rift and avoid the loose top. Rob and Ed set to work in the small chamber they’d dug into last time off the bottom of the rift and Sam …
Derbyshire Pennine Club 