I went into Buckden Gavel mine in the summer. I think that was the catalyst for this new endeavour.

Sorry, I should have said, I’m trying to find mainly horizontal routes with small, if any, pitches. I simply enjoy being alone in (or in this case under) the hills. I live a busy life and like to offset that with solitude.

I have family near Buckden and will be staying there. Purely logistics.

Hi, I’m trying to get into caving and am hoping to start off in the Yorshire Dales. I have a fair bit of experience above ground solo scrambling and hiking (summer and winter). I’m confident with rope and abseil techniques and have a small mountaineering rack (alpine harness, 40m rope, shiny...