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. …
Stoney Walk
19/02/2017 Route – We left the hut promptly at 9:15 the route took us through Stoney Middleton passed the Baths and thence up the track leading to the Grindleford – Eyam road and then upwards towards the woodland formerly owned by Derek and Angela G at Top Riley. We then entered Stoke Wood at which …
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 …
Deer Hole
30/01/17 Rob recently spotted a hole in the north side of Stoney Dale just below the final pull up out of the trees towards the Foolow junction, so we headed out on Monday eve for a quick look. It’s a sizeable open hole halfway up the cutting about 10m up from the road with an …
Nickergrove
26/01/17 After checking out the shaft on the west end of White Rake on the Monday we decided to have a look at the collapse in Nickergove which is blocking the level heading pretty much straight for it. We understand the level essentially ends at a forefield inches away from White Rake but there was …
Wharf – Hillocks
19/01/17 Quick evening exchange trip through Wharf - Hillocks and some more rigging practice for McBain. Down the engine shaft via the balcony route then up out the short pitches into Hillocks. (Rob, McBain, Syd)
Derbyshire Pennine Club 