We were going to have a look at the holes on the south side of the dale (Hangover Hole etc) but last minute extra recruits meant it was more practical do something we already knew; save us all wandering round the hillside trying to find entrances in the dark. So the ladder was dropped down …
Crock Pot
02/12/15 Back to Waterfall Swallet, this time to have a look down Crock Pot. Now a bit more familiar with the place, we wandered down to the shake hole to find the water much higher than last week; there now a very obvious lake forming in the base of the doline. It was forecast to …
Waterfall Hole
18/11/15 First time down Waterfall Hole. Not sure why it's taken us so long to get round to it! After heavy rain all day yesterday, we found the entrance in the right hand wall and wriggled through the entrance crawls pushing various ropes and ladders in front of us (not sure what was needed, so …
Dynamite Series, Carlswark
21/10/15 Wimped out of groveling to the end of Born Slippy in Streaks for another week, so decided on a late evening trip into Dynamite via Flower Pot. Through Porth Crawl into Clog Passage and into the mine workings beyond, then wriggled through the awkward keyhole shaped passage into the final aven(s). Clocked what must …
Nettle Pot – Derbyshire Hall
18/10/15 Due to Andy T’s ongoing Achilles problem, Syd was elected to be the caving organiser, with Rob & Mike subsequently picking the venue – Nettle Pot, with the intention to visit Derbyshire Hall beyond the Flats. Parking at Oxlow Farm in the layby, Mike, Rob & Syd were the only takers. Caving gear was …
Watergrove Sough
09/09/15 Took advantage of the dry weather to have a gander down Watergrove Sough as neither of us had yet been (too wet last time we tried), and fancied an easy warm up to get back into the swing of caving again. Water was nice and low (but cold, very very cold) and we headed …
Waterways Swallet
15/03/15 As the meet was to be held Wetton way, the cavers decided that Waterway’s Swallet would be worth looking at. Being the deepest cave in Staffordshire at 125m, it’s vertical but climbable tortuous passages looked interesting. So did the entrance hole. Situated in a field not far from a stream, CotPD warns not to …
Bradwell Mystery Mine
21/02/15 Rob and I met up with Ed at the Throstle's Nest and drove up onto Bradwell moor in the dark. The aim was to find an old mine that one of Rob's colleagues had come across about 6 months before. It's located in one of the quarries up above Bradwell, and without too much …
Rowter Hole Extensions
06/01/15 Down to see the new stuff. Along the Ice Cream Trail, up Hourglass Aven, then over to Sunrise. Around 5.5 hours. Great trip! (Mike, Rob, Ed) Some pics if you follow title link.
Stoney Middleton Cave Crawl – By C. Dickens
Christmas Twothousandandfourteen It was the best of caving trips; it was the worst of caving trips. A damp morning greeted all those that travelled down dale on that Sunday morning to alight at Carlswark Cottage. It was a dark and foreboding morning, a morning that mirrored the apprehension of those that had arrived to see …
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