You really are taking the piss  :coffee:

Was only yesterday talking to Jack Pickup as I passed though Jangletown. Apparently Tom Lambert is now a fully fledged member of the Grumpy club / table at Bernies so pop in and ask him.  :coffee:

Human waste looking at those bones.  :coffee:

Last time I was in the Eldon as in NCCC with the Eldon PC must be 45 years ago and there was a snow plug in Summer at the bottom. How is that decent and exit as I would love to wander down this Spring and pull out a bucket full for old times sake.  Or would that be trolling.

BMC paid me out years ago for missing skis after a flight into the UK with no quibble and AAC have paid for a helicopter or two for friends when needed ski touring in Austria and France. I can recommend New Zealand for no bill  :-[ Was it really that long since Alan died?  Tempis F*ckit.  :coffee:

The Austrian Alpine Club (UK) may cover you for cave rescue in certain areas of the World if you become a UK member, a guy in Austria confirmed to me I am covered for Caving Third Party Liability in UK. No point talking to the UK office though you really need to contact the insurers/club in...

That brings back a few memories of when we carried diving bottles in on NCC pushing trips all those years ago.  :coffee: Yes a very interesting spot that defies normal logic in respect of rainfall.

Well nothing changes I guess, the NCC in the 1970's had to go at night and dig it out to start with until we found the scar entrance. Is the scar entrance open still ?

You would get a bigger crick in your neck Alex getting there via the original entrance in the next valley with diving gear. :lol:

Well Monday is a NCC pensioners caving day so who were all those buggers on Leck Fell today? Badlad as me down as an old git, certainly a git but they eyes still work. How many on the Fell spotted the guy with Yellow paint on a Krab ? CRO types, PM me if you feel its relevant. Oh and in...

Ray - Agreed.

Likewise meeting up. I was referring to subscriptions in a book not any hut use-age and one "old" bloke would still have a house in the area then ??? We had a Chartered Accountant keeping tabs on us (as well as the CRO) who was ex WRPC / HW then NCC (Mick Watson sadly went far too young with the...

Love to see that in the flesh. No such book in the NCC ever in my time ! I Wonder what Lugger did with the money every-time he said you can join to the current younger crew? As of my later message yesterday I said a HW generation leap and not seen in decades explains the first message as landed...

My first source is HW impeccable. So is HP ! To be sure I have just had a word with another that really knows that period and could have claimed HW status but prefers not too. Picking through between the two Mick was around caving with others for a short period and the HW and then dropped off...

Thanks for the offer Andy. You need to record Lugger some time as the one that has caved under the NCC banner non stop for over 50 years.  I am just a lightweight compared to him for unbroken caving years underground as my time has been split with going up as well.  As for Mossdale I suggest...