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)
Lay-by Pot
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 …
Derbyshire Pennine Club 