I was getting changed in the Belfry many years ago when a well known female member of the BEC walked in completely starkers except for a pair of wellies. It was certainly difficult to know where to look whilst having a conversation, the subject matter of which I have completely forgotten 😵‍💫

I might be imagining it or have a poor recollection but I'm sure I've been in Valley Entrance in very wet weather and water was flowing down the pitch into the master cave which was backed up to a depth of at least a couple of meters. The streamway below was silent but an absolutely huge volume...

Presumably the stream that can be heard is the Sunset stream heading towards Roaring Hole? Would reopening the connection to Braithwaite Wife Hole make access any easier?

Anything on Linen Dale Mine?

Is there a rising in Monks Dale? Not saying that's where water from Conies Dale would go.

Are the signs on the toilets still the same - cavers sneaking a pee behind a lamppost if I remember correctly?

Thanks Jon, I visit the EPC site regularly to keep updated on what you guys are up to. Sounds like the far end of Bagshawe is a good prospect now you can get their so quickly. I recall going in there with Ben and Sooty about thirty years ago. We went as far as the Hollywood Bowl through Namraed...

Any update on work here? EPC website last had a post about this on 29.05. Always keen to hear about any progress!

The Edwards Short Cut traverse is not nice imo. Having seen it from below (Northern Canyon), it's a really big drop you really wouldn't want to fall down. I did once meet someone who'd survived the fall but was badly injured. It is, however, a short cut. There are other ways around it. There is...

That's Cowlow Nick isn't it?

Not sure, it's been dug previously. I believe Mrs Trellis may know about this one. Strangely Linen Dale Cave isn't where I thought it was but the location looks intriguing for a route dropping in downstream of WS / LWS

So upstream SMMC doesn't go? What's the current end? Sump? Choke? Maybe Linen Dale Cave is worth another look if the drainage passes underneath. Has anyone been in there recently?

Glad to see this site finally getting the attention it deserves. Always wondered if the water from here went under Linen Dale and on to Stoney from there. Linen Dale Cave always sounded interesting but I never went for a look. I believe the Stockport had a dig in there years ago. Would this tie...

Not much progress made in SMMC for a while I'm guessing? No chance of an all weather entrance via Doom?

Although this is wandering off-topic, is the resurgence at Blind Beck (roughly due east) anything to do with the drainage off that side of Ingleborough. Is there a hydrological connection with Austwick Beck Head?

Eh up! Any chance of an update on the exploration of this very interesting site please?

Any updates on this interesting site please?

It's been wanting a proper look at for years. There's no way the miners hit the Bottomless Pit cavern by accident. Must have been the original way in from Eades Old Grove?

Agreed!! First time I went through with Ben Bentham in the early nineties Colostomy was an awkward bastard, flat out and uphill towards Speedwell. So much easier now.