I can't member if it was the Lister or Enfield but it ground to a halt one day and when the timing case was opened, all the innards fell out in a broken mess - terminal. It's interment was up on the moor but I wasn't around to note the burial site other than in later years, odd cogs would come...

The film has all the hallmarks of the late Len Cook who produced a significant number of caving films. Sylvia, his wife, is the lady in front of the camera. Hugh Bottomley appears quite regularly and the other caver in action in Pool Chamber looks to me like the late Bob Powell. Bob was in the...

I had this conversation about a month or so back regarding cover for caving abroad once past 75 (it's rapidly approaching me). Two suggestions were to join a Spanish Caving Club and access insurance cover through them as their scheme is not age restricted. Similarly, Republic of Ireland Cavers...

See draft minutes of the May Council Meeting when Zac was co-opted https://british-caving.org.uk/about-bca/bca-council/official-documents/#

Yes - he was always in perpetual motion - a human dynamo!

BCA joined SRA by agreement of Council at this month's meeting file:///C:/Users/rmyer/Downloads/DRAFT-BCA-Council-Minutes-14-May-2024.pdf Now we need a caver to step forward and take the lead !

Hard to believe that Denis has gone, he was one of the fittest people I've known. I gave him a lift back from the Berger in '94 and arriving back at my housie in Hellifield crashed out for a sleep after a long drive promising Denis I would drive him in to Skipton where he had left his car...

Quite appropriate that an old dog is driving an old dog of a winch compared to the "Rolls Royce" (in more ways than one) offering from the superior winching club that is the Craven Pothole Club ! Put August in your diaries and see the CPC website for details https://www.cravenpotholeclub.org/...

About 10 years ago, I was startled by the lady in my Google Maps sat nav directing me to "Barlick" Road on my way from Barrowford to Barnoldswick. "Barlick" being the the locals pronunciation of Barnoldswick. How did a computer think that one up? It still does it!

The open shaft of Alum makes it prone to freezing up in winter so the freeze/thaw effect may have come into play with the pebble you encountered when it decided just at that moment to let go but it clearly didn't have your name on it! From observations of winters past, after about 9-10 days of...

Dave passed away on Tuesday 2nd April after a long illness. Dave's funeral ceremony will be held at Skipton Crematorium on 22 April at 1.20pm, with a wake at Stirk House (off the A59, Nr Gisburn) at 2.30pm. There will be Web coverage of the ceremony for anyone who cannot attend in person. When...

Hard to believe he's gone after spending the afternoon with him in Miri whilst waiting for our connecting flight back home. I knew of Dave rather knew him personally, a legend in his own lifetime but that afternoon, we could have been lifelong mates, one of the best.

Rees Mogg ain't happy which must mean it is "the right thing to do" !

There is a willingness to hold HE but the problem is finding a venue. The previous venue is being coy at committing due to Covid, Les told me they need a site with 500, 300 and 100 capacity areas for the various activities.

Worth emphasising the flooding risk - many moons ago I arranged to meet some mates who were on a trip to scale Aven 2. They weren't at the pub which meant something serious was going on - it had rained most of the afternoon and when I got to the entrance it was under water. Not much decision...