There are hundreds of them throughout Excalibur Pot particularly around the Main Streamway. No idea what they are though so will be interested to find out.

The Giants Hole round trip is an excellent and varied trip, which I'd say at a modest pace, with occasional routefinding/rest stops, should take around three to four hours (longer if you get stuck behind others at Garland's Pot or if you are particularly slow). I'm sure some fast cavers could...

Hi Hannah, I think this is a very good question that merits thought. Would a chain on just one or two of the routes focus people onto that one or two routes, or would tat once again proliferate on the non-chain routes? Important to remember, I guess, is that these chains wouldn't incur any...

I think PeteHall has hit the nail on the head for me. The Simpson Pot pull-through trip is only possible due to early blasting by Bob Leakey (I think) and of course the artificial opening of Valley Entrance. These two actions have already changed the cave substantially by creating the option...

Great report of a trip that probably not many cavers (myself included) have done. If you wanted to, I'm sure the CNCC would love to receive route descriptions to help promote some of these less well visted gems.

What a great Hidden Earth! Llangollen was an awesome place to hold the event – A picturesque town, in north east Wales so at neither extremity of the UK, and at a dedicated events venue. This meant that when I arrived to set up the CNCC stall at 6pm, the trade hall was already good-to-go as the...

Tweaked and improved the CNCC's route description to Black Shiver Pot, after an absolutely AWESOME trip down there on Saturday. One of my favourite potholes in northern England (on the rare weekends when the weather allows), and the most buzzing I've been after a trip in ages!

Oops, David, you got your reply in just seconds before mine :)

Hi Alex, I guess that David Gibson, who manages this, has just been extremely busy (he does LOADS of stuff behind the scenes for Hidden Earth). I'd assume that the fact you have had an automated reply means your request has got through, and the various club/trader stands will be getting planned...

As much as I wanted to tick 'North York Moors' (and I'm flattered it even made it onto the list), honesty got the better of me :LOL:

Good on you Marsrat, and I'm sure you must be able to talk for a good while about your efforts in Aggie. We've enjoyed reading about this. Maybe worth contacting the Descent Welsh correspondent for some content for a roundup? On behalf of the Lecture Secretary (who is currently sat next to me...

As one surveyor to others, this is an outstanding effort, beautifully and thoughtfully drawn, including the use of a shadow with cutaway for the multi-level area, which shows a real care and attention to detail. Very much like the use of Creative Commons too, and the image demonstrating the...

Hi Skippy. I concur that Tullyhona is a good trip (3mm wetsuit might be sensible if you get cold easily, although oversuit needed to stop it shredding). This all depends on if you can fit through the entrance squeeze (a slither over a slab at water level a few metres into the entrance). It is...

It's an impressive looking light and looking forward to seeing one. @Inglesport, do you have one out of it's packaging to 'play' with in-store (or perhaps at Hidden Earth)? So many people seem to be using Fenix lights these days for caving. At first, I thought they looked good but wouldn't...

Oh no, Chris, I bet this was not one of the first things you were expecting to have to deal with as the newly elected BCA Treasurer :oops: Nor do I imagine you were expecting to become the BCA's Acting Data Protection Officer... did you draw the short straw? Nonetheless, an impressive and...

The armoured cable was about 25m long, mainly because that's all we needed it to be at the time. However, this has actually just been replaced with a standard wire because the new rift needed a longer reach. (We only used armoured cable initially because one of our team had some going spare)...

Three months since my last update. Exploration in the North York Moors has been continuing with enthusiasm, despite the lack of any mega breakthroughs for some time. Turnout for our Wednesday night digging sessions remains at an all time high, usually getting 10-12 people turning out, spurred...

Very true Braveduck! At one of our sites in the North York Moors, we remedied this by then taking a separate ~15cm diameter length of pipe, cutting it lengthways in half, and then seating each half over the two lines of footholds on the outside of the larger pipe before backfilling. I guess...

And from my memory, Clive got it in one shot too! That small amount of extra space inside that new pipe should be just enough to allow better bending of legs for prussiking for us taller cavers 😁 Personally I'd like to see footholds cut into it, but that's just me being lazy.

Back in August 2015, I remember coming up to The Dales, staying at the NPC hut ‘Greenclose’ for what I thought was going to be a normal caving and walking weekend with friends. We had a lovely evening meal at The Gamecock in Austwick while planning the following day. My partner, Gary, and I...