21/01/2018 With John E unable to lead the walkers, Syd was co-opted. With a poor weather forecast for snow and then turning to rain. Snowflakes began falling as we set off to Cutthroat Bridge, then up the shooting track to Jarvis Clough. The ground was frozen with a dusting of snow and picking our way …
Xmas Cave
16/12/17 - 17/12/17 Cavers descended R** R*** in Calver, which is one of the mines the Club explored in the early 1900’s. On the Saturday night they did a Streaks through-trip by candlelight.
Christmas Candle Cave Part II – Streaks Pot
17/12/16 After wriggling our way through the Dynamite Series with naught but candles last year, we decided to go for something a little wetter to make things a bit more interesting. Seeing as we've done Streaks Pot at least 40 times, we guessed we could probably do it with our eyes closed - or at …
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Streaks Pot tidy up
28/11/16 Whilst the others were at Rob's Rift, I headed down Streaks top entrance on a solo trip to bring out an assortment of stuff we'd left down at Alex Aven last year. Items included: 1 x shovel, 20 x sandbags, 1 x garden hoe, 1 x bucket, 2 x drag trays, 4 x krabs, …
On to the Next One
25/02/16 Just the two of us on a cold Thursday evening this time. We'd previously been back and removed what was left of the hanging death slab earlier in the week, so we could now finally have a proper go at the choke at the end. I set off up Alex Aven as Rob went …
How to Nearly Lose A Drill in Streaks Pot
14/02/16 Arrived at the hut shortly after 11 to find Sam with his car bonnet up having just decorated the adjacent wall with half the liquid contents of his engine. Glyn then joined us and we headed up the dale to find the overflow from Cavendish Mill pouring down Farnsley Lane and into the the …
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Alexander the Small
04/02/16 Back to Alex Aven to have a proper look at the inlet, minus SRT kit. Climbing up with a shunt on the rope as a backup, I managed to squeeze up into the tube properly this time. The inlet itself is a classic miniature keyhole passage, and after standing you can squeeze up into …
Alex Aven
31/01/16 Back down Streaks Pot. It’s been a long time, but it felt good to be back. We parked up in the boulder layby as usual, although Steddy made a valiant attempt to drive all the way to the upper entrance like he was on Safari. Our plan was to re-climb Alex Aven in order …
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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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 …
Derbyshire Pennine Club 