Little Timmy found himself on the other side of the lens after discovering his legs were too short to bridge the rift.

Great minds think alike! I'm going to have to go back to the drawing board now and come back later when I've thought of a different caption.

Might also be worth sending an email to The National Coal Mining Museum for England at Caphouse Colliery. Most of their tour guides were miners in the eighties.

If you go down the route of picking up a phone without sim, try the iPhone SE 2020. That's my current phone. No need for a waterproof case. I use a cheap, silicone drop-protector style case and those screen protectors that you apply directly to the screen. I've ran out of the latter so to the...

Today's episode of one of my favourite podcast series on BBC iPlayer, Real Survival Stories, was all about that particular caving trip. Worth a listen.

I have an Edelrid Ultralight III in white you can have for £30. It's brand spanking new and never been worn. It's too big for my peanut head. I bought it to comply with HSE stuff for cave leader training (as my usual lid is an Ecrin so it's over ten years old). DM me if you're interested.

There was this lad that lived up at Nine Ladies back in the day, who got one of his dreads caught in a figure-of-eight during a fast descent. It ripped clean off his head and boy did he shreik! He posted it to his mother, for some strange reason.

Don't get me started n W3W! I hate it for many, many reasons such as errors associated with language barriers, mispronunciations, homophones, accents, and people with compromised literacy. I'm sure that's not an exhaustive list. We have a perfectly good system in the UK already, so I really...

Propellant.

I just shove mine in a snap-top bag and wrap a laggi band around it. Obviously not 100% waterproof but it stops it getting covered in crud.

He couldn't help but wonder whether taking up the position of Water Quality Assessor for United Utilities was the right career choice afterall.

I followed that link and it took me to the login page, which then took me to the right place. It think it's a one-stop-shop sort of thing, as my BCA membership details are also on it aswel as my LCML award stuff, and you don't need to be a member of the BCA to enrol on the award.

Not sure why it won't let you register. That could be a bit of a glitch. Once you're registered, there'll be a list of CL trainers. You could also try an online search. Once you've done the CL training, you need to amass a certain amount of quality trips before you can do the assessment, and get...

I'm guessing this is out of print? I can't seem to find it online.

I usually just take a drink of Tailwind or Mountain Fuel with me. I always have a tube of dextrose/glucose tablets in case of emergency. You can let those melt in the mouth to avoid tooth pain. Other than that, cold, roasted spuds in a tupperware box is a good option.