15/12/18 - 16/12/18 “You can come caving if you want. The cave has even been picked with you in mind!” said Rob. “We’re doing it by candle light and everyone will be frisked to make sure no one has a torch.” Whilst living in Sussex as a child, I could not begin to understand why …
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 …
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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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 …
Derbyshire Pennine Club 