The club's recent application to Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale (South Lakeland) Community Grants Fund was successful and a grant of ?400 has been awarded in respect of funding improvements to the access track to the club?s centre at Bullpot Farm and improvements to parking either side of it. The parking area has been increased on either side of the track and this results in less congestion on the public highway approach to Bullpot Farm and blocking of the bridleway over to Barbondale, especially at weekends. The area is a popular parking spot for cavers visiting the Ease Gill Caverns system and for walkers on Casterton Fell area. The work consisted of hiring a mini digger and dumper truck to clear and level off the area. We then had a wagon load of road stone delivered and distributed by hand and then consolidated using a wacker plate.

One of the conditions of obtaining the grant is that Red Rose Cave & Pothole Club  give publicity about the grant in the local press.

Looks a proper job, no more slipping in grassy and muddy ruts!

Why bother? The permit prevents cavers from driving up a public road that their council taxes pay for to park there...

... I guess the walkers and anyone who isn't a caver with a permit can use it though

.... oh noes, not another CROW debate

... sorry to piss on your thread and seriously, good effort by all concerned 

The Bitter End, bitter and twisted

The BitterEnd: There is NO restriction on cavers or anyone else driving up the public road to Bullpot Farm.

Not according to the permit I have

Why, what does ot say.