Whilst up at Bull Pot Farm enjoying tea after caving at the Easegill Open House, I saw three parties of boulderers traipsing back from the Easegill beck. Apparently its a fairly new "crag" and a bit wet today. One determined climber carried a battery powered Makita fan to my amusement...

Cavers of the north! We’d love to invite you to Easegill Open House – a 10 day caving festival at Bullpot farm, running for the first time, in June this year! The idea is similar to the Winch meets at Gaping Gill, where loads of fun and classic routes are rigged across the system and cavers...

Camping du Moulin de Tulette. http://camping-moulindetulette.fr/index.php/fr/ Can highly recommend this campsite for cavers and canyoners, just outside Grenoble in Le Vercors. Run by eco minded, canyoner and fluent French speaker, Ben. Often came round in the evenings to recommend some...

Peak - White River - Peak Like all good ULSA liberal-minded Northerners, I decided to give Derbyshite caving a go. After such little faff, of only 3 shops visited to try to buy a Rostam-sized wetsuit and no less than 40 minutes of waiting for Botch and 35 minutes for Louise, I felt unprepared...

2018 CUCC Austria Expedition Training Weekend Expedition began in earnest this weekend, where 12 expedition novices ventured to the YSS with a thirst for knowledge among other things, of course. The Helwith was made lively, with a pub full of cavers. Lively tales about the times caving didn't...

Hello! ULSA (University of Leeds) is down at the SWCC hut 26-28th January. Any help with leading trips so we can build up some knowledge of the area would be brilliant. Would be rewarded with dinner and beer. Cheers, Rachel

Northern club heads south to restore the reputation of ULSA in South Wales. After the mishap of 2014, I was quite determined to be prepared for this trip. We stopped off in Newport City Library (a characterful venue) to print a survey and description (Caves of South Wales) of the grand circle...

All is set for the 2017 Dachstein expedition. Cars are being decluttered, karabiners are on order and the vertical rescue training course in July is all set to pull the individuals together into something resembling a team. The current end of the 800m deep/5km long Wot-U-Got Pot (or...