On a side note I hadn't come across Speleodex before, nice resource whoever you are. Those flowchart topos are mind-blowing labours of love 😮

It is! I think Grey Crag is lower down, over the stream from Hospital Level. I can't remember whether this is called The Crater, Simon's Nick, or something else.

Proud's Sump, Smallcleugh?

I've been there when it's happened to someone (although it wasn't a Stop actually but a Singing Rock descender with a weird design). At the deviation halfway down Cathedral in Lost Johns', the caver (of many years' experience) somehow managed to pin the handle in 'go down fast' mode by getting...

It is! Over to you

Clue time - it's another Easegill one.

There was one on Amazon UK for £568! Probably cheaper to just take out a good insurance policy and wander into random entrances and see what happens. Sorted now though, thanks all

How about this

Silverdale Shore Cave?

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

Snow socks are amazing, and way less hassle than chains. Although if you don't slip them off as soon as you're off snow, they get shredded in minutes - or maybe it was just my Temu specials ☺️ We were up at Sunset tonight, the road up Chapel-le-Dale is all clear as you'd expect, the snow was...

Thanks Chris. Tony's patience in surveying those maze areas can only be worshipped 🙇‍♂️

It was in the West Level rather than in the maze areas, which looked to be a natural passage which had been artificially widened on one side - pic of nearby passage below. @Lankyman some of those pics do look very similar to the roof pendants we saw

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...