Yup - great trip.
Did it on Carbide which was nice (Johnny's training for mexico), Had to improvise at garlands since the ladder wasnt long enough
(I read in Caves of the Peak District yesterday that it was a 12ft ladder). John says "will a five meter ladder do" - 5*3 = 15 plus a bit - yeah no worries. Bout 8 feet short. Some uming and ahring and debating whether to go back to the car. 2 mins later - ladder rigged to natural belays near lip with johns cows tails and the drag cord off his bag. luverly juby - good bit of expedition training.
Had a look at valentines sump - looks good, but agreed that it would take some bailing, Hope that hole isnt blocked.
Then on to ghost rift. Next bit of improvisation was to fashion a cows tail out of the draw cord on my bag (recently replaced with 7mm tat - perfect.
Ghost rift is a nice - relatively untrod bit of cave with a rather interesting if not dodgy looking choke at the end. Needs some heavy duty attention.
A top trip.