Bonjour tout le monde, Was wondering whether anyone has a copy of Speleo Sportive en Ardeche, or any other Ardeche-related material? Either for sale, or for hire for 2 months! I also have some guidebooks for other French areas for a swap-and-harvest arrangement

We braved an underwater Swaledale for a New Years Day trip in the wonderful Devis Hole today. Noticed these unusual formations at roof level and wondered if anyone knows what the story could be? To be clear, everything in the pic is solid - none is muddy or crumbly, it's not just fill. Are they...

KCC have pulled out a bunch of unused hoses littering the duck/sump area of Illusion, leaving just the hoses that look to be the 'current' system and the old drill-operated pump that connects. If these are yours and you want them back, let us know otherwise they'll be re-purposed or recycled

Interesting to read about this in the latest Descent, does anyone know if the general caving public are allowed to have a nosey yet, or whether Johnny would like people to stay out for the time being?

Time for that biannual thread begging for details of which entrances have been rigged, if any BPC members would be kind enough to tell as the ropes go in? Thanks in advance - Work-shy weekday cavers

Has anyone done this through-trip in the Borne massif of the French Alps before, or know anyone who has? A less famous and more recent through-trip than its neighbour, the Diau. It looks great on paper and I have detailed guidebook routes and surveys, but I just can't see much about it online...

We've just published all the (known) historic KCC journals we have on our site now: https://kendalcaving.org.uk/publications-by-kendal-caving-club/ Many thanks to the older members who've been happy to allow their work to be made available, and who put a lot of hard work into creating them...

Sad to report that Whisky Bottle Junction is now just 'Junction'. It looks like somebody has cleared all the bottles out, and the sign too. Maybe I've made an assumption, and they've actually been removed somewhere safe for conservation reasons, but they're probably on some Urbex-er's trophy...

Just a quick one if any CPC members are reading this and know - are there plans to rig Marilyn, and if so, is it already rigged?

Does anyone know if the fixed rope up to inlet whatever-it-is that lets you sneak round to Notts III from the bottom end of Notts II still exists?

I've stupidly shed my battered old Pantin at some point either on the High Level route between Lancaster and Stop Pot, or in the bedding between Stop Pot and Eureka Junction. If anyone comes across it, I'd be overjoyed to get it back in return for alcohol of your choice

After my AV Titan fell apart after just a year of weekly use (although it was the most comfortable suit I've used) I reluctantly decided to try out a new wildcard suit in the hopes of discovering a hidden gem. I ordered the Splav Speleosuit from RusArmyShop, hoping that Soviet engineering had...

Hi all, Visited Lindale iron mines at the weekend, we weren't able to find Ding Dong (B45) despite an extensive search, although we went over to Henning Valley afterwards and found a nice level. I was wondering if: - anyone can help identify whether we were in Margaret Mine horse level or...

Has anyone been recently, did the round trip of Inlet 5 to 6.5? in Notts II ever get dug back out after the 2016 floods?

Bernies T-shirt, XL, unworn. A rare extinct classic Free to a good home; either pay for delivery, collect from me near Kendal, or I'll be up at GG on Monday so can pass it on there.

I've spent some recent lockdown time visiting every entrance in the NC Easegill chapter, initially to sniff some cave drafts but it evolved into taking a photo of each. In case anyone's interested, there they all are together below. If anyone/any organisation has any use for any or all of them...

Hey guys, On my way over the A66 yesterday I decided to stop by Smeltmill Beck Cave (on the small local access road coming down past North Stainmore) after reading the 'Memoirs of a Moldywarp' article here. As I was in a bit of a rush I didn't have time for a thorough look around, I climbed...

Hey guys, intrigued novice here. So far we've only touristed Valley Entrance (to the top of the pitch), Great Douk, the Churns and some of the Runscar area caves (which my 2nd question relates to). I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for new caves we could visit, something similar to...