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    On't scrounge for a skateboard

    Mature caver is an oxymoron
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    On't scrounge for a skateboard

    Hopefully I send one via caver post next weekend
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    On't scrounge for a skateboard

    Let me look in the shed tomorrow there might be. Can send it via GG post
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    Caving Illnesses

    Lymes is becoming a big issue in the Dales, especially for anyone that spends time on the moors or in wooded areas
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    Jackdaw Hole: nesting bird

    Nesting quiet nicely in Bradford and Keighley to.
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    BCA pros and cons

    just imagine if we had a forward thinking "national body" arguing the case for cavers access when CROW was at the drafting stage.........rather than a Federation of of organisations several with their own fiefdoms and agenders.
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    Progress capture pulley. Which one?

    The Spoc has a more efficient sheave than traxions, is lighter and will handle thinner ropes. Plus I seem to recall the krab hole is a bit bigger. And it's cheaper I've got an one but it's not been used. I tend to carry a roll n lock. I prefer the Spoc to the microtraxion I had
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    What size bag do I need to take kit on a plane

    Size of bag depends on what you are taking. Weight is the issue
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    Too Much " Foreign Stuff " In Caving Mags. and Journals ?

    May be it is also easier for the younger generation to explore forgein than some parts of the UK away from home.
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    What's this fossil?

    Solitary ciral like the one top right in second picture
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    Latitude of Clapham

    I read that as latitude of Clapham....Best break out the emergency cure 🍾
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    The Dump

    My understanding is that the Dump wasn't booked exclusively for the party of guests and there were members up there doing repair and renovation works.
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    First Aid Kits

    captive bolt gun --- stops them whinging too much
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    First Aid Kits

    SParky tape is great for keeping broken / damaged arms and shoulders in place instead of slings - and its waterproof.
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    First Aid Kits

    duct tape
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    Vegan food

    You said you avoid vegan cake after 1 bad experience nit you'd avoid that establishment
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    Vegan food

    Avocado is iffy for vegans as it can't be grown commercially without industrial scale bee keeping for pollution - the colonies then exploited for honey. Also massive involved of the Mexican drug cartels moving in and forcibly taking over production
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    Vegan food

    I assume you'll will be refraining from meat pies after you get a bad one then
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    Vegan food

    The yoga studio I go to have a vegan cafe. Bedtime cakes I've had in years. I'm not a big cake eater but I'd there as they are awesome
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    Montenegro caving

    Try the club library and the members that went as YUPC members
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