20/12/14 Went to check out Hope Shaft with Rob and stash mince pies and beer for the following day’s Cave Crawl. Picked up all the ladders we could carry and made our slippery way up the hillside. Took us a while to connect all the ladder’s together and sort them out (because we’re useless with …
Level 7
07/12/14 Last little recky for the Cave Crawl. Headed into Level 7 with some old rope to rig up a handline and have a look around. Went in via the middle entrance which involves going down quite a tight rfit into a cartgate-like level. Lots and lots of stacked deads above you to avoid at …
Lay-by Pot
30/11/14 Another solo recky for the Christmas Cave Crawl. Not done Lay-by Pot before so thought it would be best to work out the route before we all pile down there in December. Lobbed the ladder down the shaft (10m works fine) and headed off along the passage at the bottom. A bit of hands …
Measuring up Longcliffe
10/11/14 TSG Dig. Stopped off on the way back from working in Glossop and met Phil W at the Chapel. Jumped in the van and headed up the hill. Plan was to measure up the first ~5m of the shaft/pothole for the installation of an entrance pipe by the TSG hopefully later this year. Phil …
Yoga Cave, Streaks Cave, Streaks Pot
19/10/14 Was supposed to be joining some of the TSG guys on a trip down JH, but too much Saturday night beer ensured I didn’t make it. Headed out to Stoney in the afternoon to do a bit of a solo recon for the Xmas Cave Crawl. After faffing around trying to find a place …
JH West – Butch Pitch
19/10/14 TSG Dig. Met Glyn and Phil W about midday to help with their JH West project. Glyn was finally plucking up courage to descend Butch Pitch for the first time. I was there as another eye witness for the inquest. We descended the entrance shaft then headed west along the cartgate, almost immediately to …
Merlin – Carlswark
17/09/14 Not rained for a while, so decided to have quick peek down Merlin to see if the sumps were clear. First time down to the streamway, quite an impressive place (stoney-wise), sump 4 was a bit sporty in the water, but made it to sump 5. Had a poke about then took a look …
Winnats Head Cave
13/08/14 Quick evening trip on a wet Wednesday. Glyn showed us round his old digs at the top of the up sections. Pretty good up there, would be a great through-trip if it ever linked to the surface. The tight vertical tube before Glyn's old dig looks like the safest place to make upward progress …
Yorkshire Weekend, Clapham
16/05/14 - 18/05/14 Friday Mike P and Ed Samp arrived at Clapham hut around 13:00 to unload supplies and sundries, to be joined by the Wolf 15mins later. There had been rumours of Rod, having left the hut just that morning, suggesting the inadequacies of cookware and the need for better pans for frying. One …
Lathkill Head Cave
11/05/14 Back down top entrance for a quick trip. Dry as a bone, no raging torrent this time. (Geoff, George, Mike)
Derbyshire Pennine Club 