'Tis a long while ago, and nothing to do with caving, but I remember watching someone in a laboratory deliberately put his hand into the blue flame of a Bunsen burner, then withdraw it quickly with the remark "Cor! That's hot!" As far as I know, the person in question had not received specific...

Nowt new in recycling...

Yes, well worth watching.

Do they have a date on them? Mine are stamped with the broad arrow and 1956.

I'm just reminded of Fred Dibnah's comment - "One mistake here and it's an afternoon out with the undertaker." (That was up factory chimneys, though.)

Our old pastor was dyslexic. He favoured Century Gothic, avoiding formats such as justified and distributed that vary the spacing of the words.

i suppose a suitable nose ring could always be used as an attachment point for an ascender/descender in an emergency?

Is that in danger of exploding inwards?

Somewhere I heard of Japanese tissue paper. Very thin, very strong. Can't remember more at this time of night...

There's Fisher's Wife's Rake on Clough Head. Don't ask me who Fisher was...

So 'tis. You've heard of rockwool...?

"It's like no cheese I've ever tasted, Gromit!"

Hmm. Thought that might be some sort of combined wheeled transport cum commode for superannuated subterranean excavators.

If I have nightmares tonight...

From another thread, "Practicing how to poo in a plastic bag is a vital expedition skill and should form basic training for all cavers."