**** CNCC Committee Meeting 22nd June, Clapham Village Hall, 9:30am **** The agenda for this meeting has just been posted on our website, and includes the following items in addition to the usual housekeeping: (1) An update on the York University Cave and Pothole Club training facility...

Thanks Topcat! You have no idea how impressed we were when topos for Quaking Pot and Marble Sink landed in our inbox several years ago! To tackle some of these pots is hard enough... let alone with a good chunk of an anchor installer's toolkit to carry... 😲

Caves approved for anchoring Following our recent AGM, our new Committee have approved requests for several new potholes to be fitted with stainless steel resin-bonded anchors under the CNCC anchor scheme: Echo Pot Jean Pot Cow Pot, Aardvark Country Bye George Pot, Grand Cascade...

I've just uploaded the AGM draft minutes to the CNCC website, following the one-month review by committee members. (That's 6 weeks since the AGM, if you happened to be wondering . . . ) Cheers Jill Bolton (CNCC Secretary)

A splendid report of a well-researched northern caving adventure, made possible by numerous discoveries, breakthroughs and connections over the last few decades. We are very conscious that Masongill-area trips are becoming increasingly popular, and we're sure that the opening of North End Pot...

Conservation on Leck Fell On 28th March, our very own Treasurer, Pete Bann, visited Leck Fell to repair the stile leading into/out of the Lost Johns' Cave enclosure. This is crossed by any caver wishing to visit Boxhead Pot, It's a Cracker, or any of the other pots on the same fell, and it has...

We have received a report (29th March 2024) that there has been a lot of boulder movement on the climb up from the riverbed at the Dr Bannisters entrance to Upper Long Churn. Boulders, some of which are very large, are currently loose. We are reporting this via multiple media formats owing to...

Thanks Langcliffe. We don't really know why a topo was never drawn for these if you reported them and sent a topo for us to draw up. We assume this could have been at a time when we were having some turnover of the team... and this just never got actioned for some reason. Would you mind dropping...

We agree that all CNCC-installed anchors should usually be depicted on an associated topo. There may be a few exceptions, e.g. Dr Bannisters Handbasin in Long Churn, where a CNCC anchor provides a handline belay (along with backup around the large boulder), but an entire topo just for that...

Thanks for this thread folks! We are aware that in Alum Pot (and numerous others) there are CNCC-type anchors, usually the older type P-hangers, that are not shown on our topos. In many cases these anchors may have been installed by former installers (potentially in the 1990s/2000s) but just...

For anyone wanting a summary of the goings on at the AGM, you can read the story here: https://cncc.org.uk/article/outcomes-of-the-2024-agm-20240321 The minutes are being written-up at the moment, and will go through a one-month review period amongst our attending members before they are...

Welcome back on-board Tim! It is great to have you back in the CNCC team, this time on our Committee. Everyone will no doubt remember the extremely positive contribution you made to access across our region during your former tenure as Access Officer, and the various other excellent...

Our AGM is this Saturday, 16th March, 10am at Clapham Village Hall. As well as electing Officers and Committee for the coming year, plus two applications for full membership, there is a proposal to change our name (but retaining the CNCC acronym). The AGM also provides a great chance to hear...

That is now fixed too :) The statement about whether the cave is on access land is a global parameter, which is displayed for all caves flagged in our database as not being on access land. That required our webmaster to fix. The specific statement about access to Roudsea Wood Caves is a unique...

Fixed 😊

Thanks Pitlamp, acknowledged and we will get the relevant caves updated with some more explanative text over the coming few days. Thanks also for your email. We will have a chat with you and amongst our Officers (once we are back from weekends away etc) to see if any further actions may be...

Additional routes for Cow Pot into Fall Pot added to our topo and description For decades, our rigging topo for Cow Pot has omitted two additional routes, which were anchored (with resin bonded stainless steel P-hangers) decades ago in parallel with the usual Direct Route. We don't know why...

Oh no, and we'd already updated our rigging topo too...

We have received an outstanding report of recent efforts to make safe and secure several exploration sites near Stump Cross Caverns. Of course, these sites have always been responsibly maintained, but recent interest from the show cave owners in using the area for children's educational...

We have received warning (11th Feb 2024) of some movement in Battle of Britain Chamber in County Pot. We understand that the mud slope at the top of the chamber, and the boulders it holds (just in front of the hole leading up towards Splash Chamber) shifted a few feet, loosening several...