As per the title the quiz show QI this week includes underground and underwater.

I guess it might relieve the pressure on cheddar gorge..............

Casting my mind back through the mists of time I can clearly recall my first caving trips and the rudimentary equipment used. We had inherited a number of texalex miners helmets which looked as if they were made out of papier mache along with some miners carbide caplamps referred to as...

Just seen that there's a new camping challenge badge that for cubs and older sections includes a challenge to spend a night sleeping underground. Not sure if its aiming to get them camping in caves and mines, or just spending a night in someones cellar....................

Is the photographer thinking, "Just wait till they find out I've smeared the walls with superglue!!!"

Old Jack's wife has died so he and the minister visit the stonemason to discuss a suitable epitaph for the headstone. As Jack's wife's was a woman of strong Christian faith they agree that the epitaph should read, "Christ she were thine." A few days after the funeral Jack goes to visit his...

While on a flight I asked a stewardess for a coffee and she asked me how I would like it. I stupidly thought I'd be cool and funny so I announced loudly, "I like my coffee the way I like my women.", hoping she would ask how. However, she replied even more loudly, "We always try to do our best...

ROBERT MUGABE was born on this day in 1924. It was originally thought that he was born in Zimbabwe, but it later turned out he was actually a secret Yorkshireman when someone said his surname backwards.

The film 47 Metres Down: Uncaged is available to view on iplayer (whether you'd want to is another matter). Four american teen girls decide to cave dive into a submerged Mayan temple, where they encounter rockfalls, whirlpools and blind cave sharks!! A long way away from muddy UK sumps!! Its...

Compettition to win a new helmet here: https://www.ukclimbing.com/gear/competitions/win_a_mammut_crag_sender_helmet-16162

And whoever put 3 ts in Stutter deserves a kick in the butt

Thanks for that, don't know what happened to my link..............

According to the BMC tests on older FRP helmets show little reduction in performance even after ten years of storage, whereas some thermoplastic shells have been found to be substantially weakened after a five year period. file:///C:/Users/RAB/Downloads/BMC%20Helmet%20Guidebook.pdf Drop...

Mysteries of Sinkholes on Channel 4 featured the Eldon Pothole Club, exploring caves on their home turf.

You won’t hear from me for a while as I’m being investigated for stealing swimming pool inflatables… I gotta lilo

Apologies, I would change the title but a) I don't know how, and b) it would then make your post look a bit odd. When I first saw the news, for a split second I thought that somehow, with some bizarre dye tracing experiment French cavers had linked Goufrre Berger with the cheese maker's caves...

Petzl report on their facebook page https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=petzl

Back in 2022 they were in the process of changing the lock as the combination was a bit misleading (the red line was not the centre line).