Thank you to everyone who entered this competition, I've really enjoyed reading the entries and have compiled a short list - of everyone (!!), as follows:
(I've included my favourite bit of each write up. If you haven't read any of the entries, make yourself a brew and take a look - I guarantee they'll raise a smile (or grimace, or reminder of when you've had an epic
)JoshW (Git)
Hall2501 I'm glad this is Mike's wetsuit
Mjenkinson We just parked up next to each other in the snow, wound the windows down and stared at each other
aricooperdavis apparently they'd got a testicle trapped in their leg strap
Cap'nChris The return journey out of the cave was interesting because it was like walking on someone else's legs
Chunky Poor Chloe!
Dregson I leant against the roof the of the car to pull off a boot then couldn't remove my hand. The frost had
seized my wet rubber glove and glued it to the metal
Steviet_scg tea and biscuits (nice). Sergeant Major type (not nice)
cavemanmike So it's official, there is a haunted passage in Bagshaw Caverns
Jackalpup Plural adjective would be a clown of cavers
Yorkshire Tea We were finally warm and safe INSIDE the cave
Tilster and eat a celebratory chocolate bar because we aren't dead
elfears day dreaming of my Lara Croft like agility & strength
AR wasn't generating enough warmth to stop me wondering if I had a future career singing soprano
MeshK Upon dubiously leaving the relative warmth of the cave we discovered that whilst underground we had
missed the start of the apocalypse
Over The Hill Thing was the grenade went ding, ding and more dings
Jenks
Dgreenwall admiring the spiders staring at us on the way in
Mrs Bottlebank One of our team had a fabulous old red transit converted into a camper / caver luxury changing
facility
Bratchley I noticed the stitching had mostly torn on the left leg loop connection to the central maillon webbing
(he was on a pitch!)
Frawlegh We had reached The Canal and that yes it was swimming time
Ian.P so I realised there was nothing for it but to strip off to my pants in a bid to warm myself
(He was at Clapham Station {Dales not London!})
The Wonderbull Some great phrases: Yorkshire exotic weather & razor rain + 'Caving definitely was for me'
(Note R Turnbull - you will be entered into the Spanset Gold competition as your entry was more of a trip report)
So that's 23 entries - and the winner chosen via random.org is..........23
(Posted with under half an hour to go!)Congratulations The Wonderbull!!
Once again, thanks to all who entered and thank you to Rab for supporting the forum and keeping one caver warm this Winter
