21/02/16 Sunday trip down the shaft into Gentlewoman's Pipe, through into Old Jant Mine and out via Youd's level into Matlock. (Mike, Rob, Ed, Syd, Ian)
How to Nearly Lose A Drill in Streaks Pot
14/02/16 Arrived at the hut shortly after 11 to find Sam with his car bonnet up having just decorated the adjacent wall with half the liquid contents of his engine. Glyn then joined us and we headed up the dale to find the overflow from Cavendish Mill pouring down Farnsley Lane and into the the …
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Alexander the Small
04/02/16 Back to Alex Aven to have a proper look at the inlet, minus SRT kit. Climbing up with a shunt on the rope as a backup, I managed to squeeze up into the tube properly this time. The inlet itself is a classic miniature keyhole passage, and after standing you can squeeze up into …
Alex Aven
31/01/16 Back down Streaks Pot. It’s been a long time, but it felt good to be back. We parked up in the boulder layby as usual, although Steddy made a valiant attempt to drive all the way to the upper entrance like he was on Safari. Our plan was to re-climb Alex Aven in order …
Sidetrack
28/01/016 Met up with Sampo at the track to Eldon Quarry on a very cold, windy Thursday evening and chucked a ladder over the top tier. Soon found the entrance to Sidetrack and set to crawling… and crawling… and crawling until finally reaching the Litton Stroll. Went in both directions, past some very fine formations …
White River Series
17/01/16 Six of us made it to the chapel on a snowy Sunday morning and set off into Peak. Ed managed to stack it several times on his way through the Five Arches and The Wolf apparently "touched down", which probably means face-planted in understated Syd-speak. We wallowed, cursed and crawled our way through The …
P8
10/01/16 A quick, wet Sunday evening trip down to the bottom and back out. (Mike, Rob, Sam) P8 P8 P8
A Wet Knotlow
03/01/16 First trip of the new year. We originally intending to have a mega wet trip own P8 but thought better of it when we realised just how mega wet it actually was, so decided on a quick trip down Knotlow. You could hear Waterfall Chamber without even lifting the lid on the engine shaft …
Stoney Middleton Cave Crawl – Part Deux
20/12/15 This year's cave crawl wasn't really a cave crawl as such, nor was it in Stoney, it was more of a cave-followed-by-a-walk and it took place between Foolow and Eyam. Our plan was to descend Waterfall Hole then Crock Pot then walk back to the hut via the Miner's for a pint. We got …
Christmas Candle Cave
19/12/15 The night before the Xmas meet, four us laddered down Eyam Dale Shaft and headed out via the Dynamite Series through Flower Pot by candlelight. Nobody died, or set themselves on fire - which was good. (Mike, Rob, McBain, Sampo)
Derbyshire Pennine Club 