For those who knew Dave Williams long time PDMHS member, he died recently, funeral is 21st December at the Palace Hotel, Buxton. 12.00 Midday for a celebration, then 12.45 pm at the Wildside, Buxton Cemetery for a burial, then back to the Palace for a p1ss-up. (ripped from A.N. website)

Sorry to break my long time silence with bad news; Boyd Potts, much respected long standing Derbyshire caver and Orpneus C.C. stalwart, passed away earlier this week. Thoughts and commiserations to Jenny at this trying time.

Having cause to browse through some of my archive, I came across an article by 'Ben' Bentham about his work in the Eldon Series in P8, (DCA Newsletter 63, October 1986), a passage 7 feet (2 metres*) in diameter ---. Anyone been up there lately? * - Form an orderly queue for the pendant award...

Someone codging up condemned harnesses to re-sell ; http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2016-04-07/suffolk-trading-standards-seize-over-100-unsafe-harnesses/

Just come across this; http://www.starlessriver.com/news/?p=523 Don't recall seeing anything on here??

I remember this exercise, Dave Watson from Peakshill managed to get the use of a large Bowser (can't recall the volume, but it was BIG), they put the dye at the lowest point of the shakeholes and let the water go to flush it through, I believe the results where quite encouraging, but I never...

Just heard a bit of Scandinavian wisdom- 'There is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes-' Any others?

I would personally like to thank all those who attended todays DCA meeting for turning up and positively contributing to the smooth running of Peak District Caving today, Similarly I would like to thank all the anti- political folks for not turning up for much the same reason--- :thumbsup...

Whilst investigating something completely unrelated, I came across this on youtube; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB1FO3v5vO4 Thought I'd share, Gavin's related articles are also fascinating.

Due to a major Motherboard collapse, I have been forced to upgrade, meaning a change to Windows 8, I knew I had 4Gb of DDR3 memory (2x2Gb) somewhere so started to search, just found one 2Gb used as a bookmark in my 1974 copy of Caves of Derbyshire, wonder where I will find the other one?  :'(...

Anyone come across this? http://www.powertrekk.com/pages/powertrekk-about-the-charger?gclid=CJuw77CU6sMCFeGWtAod7BIAJw

I have it on the very best of authority that the present chairman is reluctantly in the post and would prefer a younger, more active caver in the role, he agreed to take on the position because of his loyalty to Derbyshire Caving, on the understanding that a more suitable candidate could be...

Hmm, does that mean I ought to bin my 40 year old Willans Sit Harness ? Split from the original Topic at http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?topic=17184.0

Young Adventurer Awards The search is on for the UK?s most adventurous young person. University of Derby are looking for the best runners, bikers, climbers, cavers, skiers, skateboarders, free-runners, kayakers and sailors in the country. Following the success of the ?Derbyshire Young...

Could the moderators please define criterions for blocking topics? Some recent decisions may be interpreted as censorship.

A heartfelt thanks to all those members of Aber CC who made it up to our place this weekend to help make my daughters special day that bit more special, a good time was had by all! I hope you enjoyed your trip down Giants on Sunday :thumbsup:

Those of you who have heard of the light aircraft crash near the M1 a couple of weeks ago may not be aware that one of the pilots that died was Alan Eaves, a former member of the BSA TPU, later TSG. Condolences to his widow, Pat and the rest of the family...

Q: Which team scored the first two goals of the 2014 football World Cup? A: The home nation, Brazil. Q: what was the score at half time? A: Brazil 1, Croatia 1. (I can't give a damn about the game, but there's now't else worth watching, and I need to unwind)

Don't know if PICA is up to speed on this? might need some review of procedures?. http://www.aditnow.co.uk/Community/viewtopic.aspx?p=137732#msg137732

Just watching it on Film4, some good underground filming in Papua N.G. (allegedly), crap storyline. :'(