Hi all, I was in Valley Entrance on Sunday to rig the short roof tunnel pitch. The were two (quite fat) fixed ropes on the P-bolts for the simple y-hang. Are these fixed aids? It was a bit of a struggle to rig anything else off the hangers. I'm not against fixed aids, but two fat ropes on the...

Hi all, just looking for a bit of advice. The CNCC rigging topo for Small Mammal Pot suggests you can easily descend this pitch and reach the bottom of Bar Pot entrance pitch; however, a number of trip reports suggests that route finding, and the caving, is much more difficult than the topo...

Spent a lovely Saturday down King Pot - given the amount of moss in the entrance rift, it doesn't look like too many people have been down this summer. Anyway, apologies if this has already been noted but: 1. There's at least one loose, large boulder at the far side of the Anne's Pitch bypass...

Hey all, I remember reading in an old CNCC rigging guide it said that some routes in Ireby were doable when water levels were high...is this still the case? The only reason I ask, is that I also seem to remember someone mentioning that the water course had changed over the last few years too...

Apologies if this has been brought to people's attention before.... On the short round trip today (Sunday 6th Feb) and definately caught a whiff of some diesel or other fuel - this was near the bottom of the traverse over Blue Pencil going up to the start of the Troubles. Didn't smell too...

Is there a rigging guide to Stream Passage Pot (into GG) anywhere? P

Hi all, Can anyone recommend trips suitable for novices in Derbyshire? I know Giants but that's about it. Cheers, Paul