17/02/2019 The walkers met at 9.30 by Ladybower Reservoir and walked up to Derwent Edge passing various tors enroute including Whinstone Lee Tor and Back Tor, before heading to Lost Lad. The view was clear, with only some haze in the distance. We then walked down the track into the valley to have lunch out …
Some More Swinging About #2
11/11/17 Only the two of us again for a bit of a last minute trip. Rigged up the entrance pitch with some of the cast-off wind turbine rope and whizzed down with the drill and one very heavy bag full of various cave biggering devices. Through the choke and back up Ride of the Valkyries …
Vortex I
15/10/17 We met Sam at Yonderman's and after breakfast headed over to Bradwell Moor where we were just in time to intercept Matt, who was driving the wrong way down the track and appeared to be doing a runner in his Hovis van. After turning him around, we parked up and started getting sorted and …
Some More Swinging About
14/10/17 Rob and I stayed at the hut Friday night in an attempt to get an alpine start on the Saturday, but squeezing in a fryup, forgetting wetsuit socks and general faffing meant we didn’t rumble along the Titan track until after 10. There was just the two of us again today, and after dropping …
A Crawl About and a Tidy Up
26/03/17 Back for a flying Sunday trip to have a look at a few bits and bobs. It was just the two of us again for the full trip into FSE, but George and Ed had been lured over for a mini-trip down to the window and back out in time for one of their …
Side of the Valkyries
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. …
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. …
Titan & FSE
19/01/14 Went with George and Ed to Major Sump then they began heading back out. Meanwhile, Rob and I went up Calcite Aven/Vortex II/Western Highway/Balcombe’s Way. Will have to come back to do Ride of the Valkyries. Got to top of Titan bottom pitch just as George was starting the main hang, bad timing! They'd …
An Inspector Calls: George’s Trip through Titan – Peak
21/07/13 2pm on a Saturday and the phone rings. "Who’s this at this unsociable hour?" I ponder. (I was just having my breakfast). Picking up the receiver, an anxious voice hurtles down the other end. It’s the manager of Peak Cavern in Castleton, ‘The Devil’s Arse’; one of Derbyshire’s finest showcaves. “We’ve heard a loud …
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