03/11/16 In Gin Entrance - Rift Sump - short round trip - into Merlin - Shag's Sump - up out Merlin adit entrance. Think we might have broken David. (Mike, Rob, McBain Andy, Ed Samp, David)
Climb, Cave & Walk from the Hut
19/03/16 - 20/03/16 Rob P & Mike P went caving down the Big Dig Series in Carlswark on Saturday afternoon. Food, and a session in the Moon followed. Staying at the hut were Hood, Clowes, Shawcross brothers, Peppit brothers, Walker & Boswell. Sunday’s weather was better than the forecast, and it was truly sunny and …
Carlswark
19/03/16 Quick trip into Carslwark before heading to the hut for food and beer. Rob and I soloed down Eyam Dale shaft and headed off towards Big Dig. Last time we’d been down there we were doing it by candlelight, so the whole place looked quite a bit bigger today. The stream out of Big …
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)
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 …
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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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 …
An Exploration of Carlswark Cavern
9th May 1908 By H. Bishop Although Castleton is famed for its caverns, the village has no monopoly of these underground passages and, shortly after the occurrences related above [An Exploration of Peak Cavern Roof], we found ourselves at Stoney Middleton, with Carl’s Wark Cavern (called also the Wonders) as our objective. Any previous remarks …
Derbyshire Pennine Club 