Recently there was long thread about the BCA. I can now post possible answers to some of the questions, such as "Why is the BCA still raising membership prices when there is a significant amount still left in its coffers?"
Looks like the good weather brings all UKMC guys to Hurtle Pot ;) finally meet Tim Cutter . Massive thanks for John Duxbury for the two day's diving Saturday we dived with 2 stage to Jingle pot and come back to dive Base drop a stage and carry on to Downstream get on other 150mt on the main line...
Hurtle pot -Jingle pot 30th-1 May with Tomasz Polakowski and Ela Dacka-Polakowska
No rain all week so we expected good vizz,and it was a great feeling when we looked down from the top of the hill and could almost see the cave entrance under the water.Its all a lot easier now to get the...
UKMC members David Briggs and Tim Cutter made a dive in Hurtle Pot on Saturday 15/04/17. Access down to the cave was slippery, due to rain the previous day. Visibility was approximately 4m, and water temperature 6 degrees. The dive was turned approximately 20m beyond Hindenburg Wall. No sections...
This location is 480m above sea level so it is an altitude dive
Divers ? Roman Mihalovic, Arturs Abols
Video reference: YouTube ? 1. Croesor mine diving 18/09/16
2. Diving in Croesor Slate Mine 18/09/2016
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Team Arturs Abols and Roman Mihalovic
Dive time: 65 Mins
Water temp: 6(very cold)
Whether -1 very strong wind,with snow
The road leading up to mine,first part was slippery ,and second part snowy ,we drive up with all 4x4 locked wheels and car still was wobbly
Vis: very good on the way in...
Saturday 28th
Dave Gration was the 1st diver in the Large Lake, just before the old incline denoted by its clay pipework, Dave dropped to a depth of about 25 mtrs below dive base, we was all excited as we could see him at 25 mtrs from the surface as clear as day.
There were 2 teams of divers...
August 2016 :-
Sunday 28 / Monday 29
On the bank holiday weekend Roberto Wooton and Jim Suddaby of UKMC visited Aber Las mine.
We made 2 dives (1 per day) with day 1 making jumps in the shallow section in order to complete a circuit on day 2 from the deep section.
Vis: very good (approx...
Trip report
27/8/16 Aber Las dive
On Saturday UKMC members Alan, Tim, and Briggsy visited Aber Las mine. Unfortunately due to equipment damage (that was sustained on the surface) only Alan and Tim were able to dive.
Alan had purchased a nice new shiny telescopic ladder which allowed us easy...
Cristian, a UKMC member and a CDG trainee, has undertaken a solo trip to the well decorated Otter's Cave in North Yorkshire.
With useful information provided by fellow CDG members G. Davies and C. Armstrong, the cave entrance was easy found in the south bank of the river Cover.
Not far...
Hi all
Lost a helmet at Giants today 4th August ?
It was left on the roof of a car and fell off
If you can tell me want sort it is it's yours
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My final text on the matter as we stood looking at the mass on knotted line CC had dragged out of sump 2 my mind was telling me to get back to dive base/outside/my girls as you are cold, close to gas turn point and had two close calls. But my hart was telling me we should adventure more and the...
Simon (UKMC), Robbie (UKMC & CDG) and Pete (CDG) joined up at this site for an afternoon dive. Ably assisted by Hat (Wessex CC) as a porter. The mission objective was for Pete to use his rebreather to explore an un-dived passage. The previous week another passage was explored by Robbie but it...
Loving mum looking after the eggs today on back steps 3 emasculate woven egg sacks wish I had a better photo
Loads in there I have always known them as copper spiders anyone got any more info ?
Ewan
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After a short walk with kit we came to sump 1 as James Bond would say shaken not stirred we looked for a tie off point and I decided to once more have a go at finding the onwards route I'm never going to get any better at route finding if I do not do it. Cracking spike for a tie of found to the...
After an early start and a drive up to Yorkshire I was blessed with the sight of a kebab box in my rover left from the night before only one thing to do!
After a danger close dash to the bogs at the gorge (seems UK best kebabs may not be the best breakfast) we started the carry's to the...
GOYDEN POT, Lofthouse, Nidderdale, North Yorkshire
05-06-16
DIVERS: Cristian CRISTEA, Ewan CAMERON
The trip was organised by Ewan as part of the UKMC AGM. Ewan has been many times in the dry parts of this cave, but never had the opportunity to go beyond sump 1.
Both divers headed inside...