In Nidderdale Low Eglin’s is a finely decorated and sporting stream cave that goes east from How Stean Gorge. The stream disappears off into a too low bedding to reappear at the Stean resurgence. Going left from this bedding an older passage, Flood passage heads towards the village of Lofthouse...

Tourist Trip, Surveying and Digging ALL in ONE Day March 9th Team Nick, Phil, Howard, Tony, Ian, Chris, James & Bella Everyone met at How Stean Gorge café for breakfast. It was good to see the return of James and meet his girlfriend Bella. After some chatting and planning etc we opted for three...

It seems after each full flood of Goyden Pot more of the Main Chamber (top area near to entrance) is peeling off. Further huge blocks have been observed here after the recent winter floods. Cavers be aware and use routes around eg short bypass to First window or if traveling through don't hang...

Tony, Chris, Phil and James have now installed a traverse pole across Deep Well just off Mud hall to replace the thick rope that was there for eons but finally got taken away by flooding. They have also widened the way into Upper Nurgatory that connects with Mud Hall. This crawling phreatic...

Close to the Nidderdale Goyden cave system is Limley Lead mine. The portal is used as a gear storage area such as boards, old rope and buckets etc. We dug the mine adit to find a very small extension. The way on from there was not only blocked worth fill but missing the walling. Research found...

Hi folk has anyone info on 1. Discovery of Mud Hall and Telegraph Aven Goyden Pot 2. Exploration/survey of Blayshaw Gill pots and Death of caver in Blayshaw Gill pot

The BSD are pushing a number of leads in New Goyden at present. 1. A 25m high aven just beyond the Planetarium - this was climbed to a chamber at the top with nasty steep mudbank. In the roof was small tube that after digging opened into standing height passage with choke roof and wall very...

Stump Cross show cave looking to fund new lighting. Crowdfunding link here chance also to win a home in Pateley Bridge. Thought people might be interested. https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/win-a-home-pateley-bridge

Thought it might be useful for people to know two routes are now open again in Goyden. 1. The route to Telegraph Aven and beyond is open. The sumps have dried out as they often do each summer. 2. Timber passage and Cap Left crawl were inaccessible due to huge pile of wood. This has been cleared...

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Guscott Pot - small breakthrough Black Sheep Diggers have pushed Test of Faith passage heading towards North Choke in the New Goyden system. For their effort they were rewarded with approx 15m of new passage. When first entered the stream disappeared off south from a junction down a long 10cm...

SCOUR TEST NOTIFICATION TO DOWNSTREAM ABSTRACTORS We are contacting you as part of our commitment to keep downstream abstractors and interested parties informed about our planned reservoir scour tests.  Just to let you know we are making some changes to the way we communicate this...

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Smug Bunch - Have Another Good Digging Session in Guscott Pot (Smug Bunch...nickname we gave ourselves since that how we felt when taking selfie after previous digging session here) Nick, Chris and Tony after their last session in Guscott choke eagerly returned to the dig. It was good to get...

On the final weekend of Sept Black Sheep Diggers organized a digging/diving weekend. With all the caving gear, cooking gear (to make our infamous full English breakfasts), sleeping gear/tents, digging gear, diving gear and more it looked like an exped hence the name of the weekend. Friday night...

Hi all does anyone have records or know of any records of any dye testing having been done in Nidderdale, Yorkshire?

Numerous times when taking people around New Goyden they look up into the large avens and ask me 'have they been climbed?'. Each time I say 'I assume must have been' but so far not found any records of people climbing them. So this year a couple of us are determined to go and have a look for...

I have to admit that the key reason for me joining a forum like this is to hear about exploration. To get reports of finds and hear about plans to try and get them. Don't get me wrong there is a lot of useful information however what gets my heart racing is the breakthroughs or potential...

I have lost a head torch at Goyden car parking area opposite the picnic tables - anyone found one?

BEWARE.......A block has fell out of the roof between the entrance and first pitch and another is on the move.