The well-known ‘cavers step’ upstream of Goosehill Bridge that cavers use for checking the water levels prior to a trip into Peak Cavern has been levelled in as 0.17m on the ruler so if the EA gauge is approaching or over that depth, and the weather forecast is bad, you may wish to abort your...

No not yet but that is on my and John Gunn's list to do in a few weeks time.

The Peak Cavern keyholders are coming up with a plan to resolve this issue. The dams will be looked at, and work carried out where necessary. The former Stemple Highway Inlet Sump Two route between the bottom of Leviathan to Far Sump Extension will be reopened as well. Please bear with us.

The Bung Hole Ladder in Speedwell is stainless steel I think. This was specially made i believe but not sure by who. I know at one point, it was removed to be fixed due to constant flow of water over it, well for at least two thirds of the year. I will try to find out who manufactured it.

This was pushed again in 2002 by Robbie Shone and Matt Ryan who got as far as they could but from what I remember it got too tight. It had an howling gale coming out of it still.

This inlet is mentioned in one of the papers in Cave Science Vol 18, No 1. During a dye trace in flood conditions from Blue John Cavern in the 1980's, a positive trace was detected in the Near Canal but the detector at Longcliffe Vein was negative. The only inlets that I have seen is the one...

Thanks. my copy is part of a subscription. I was speaking to a friend yesterday and he hasn't had his yet either.

When did you get your copy?

Has anybody else received there copy of Descent in the post, as I am still waiting for mine?

Got mine on Tuesday and completed reading it last night. Its a brilliant read and very informative.

I remember when I helped with the digging of the Titan Entrance Shaft, I often got text messages coming through about ten metres down. On one occasion, I took a phone call at a similar depth.

A new fence has been erected today by DCA Volunteers. Thanks to all who helped.

I did start doing a re-survey of King Mine a few years ago including passage detail. I did two trips and probably need a further four trips to finish the surveying. I am hoping to pick this up again next year. If anybody fancies helping, please send me a PM.

Where did you read that, do you have a reference?

As said previously on the board, Derbyshire Caving Association are taking on the running of the Peak District Caving website, formerly run by Hitch n Hike. We are currently rebuilding this, incorporating the online access guide into the site. We need entrance pictures of all the sites listed in...

The online access guide for the Peak District is now online. This incorporates all the catchment data except Hamps / Manifold which will follow later this year. As any online guide, it is only as good as the data that has been inputted into the system so please take a look at it and if you see...

Derbyshire Caving Association are preparing an online access guide. I have the following sites in the Bradwell catchment where i am missing access information for them. Bradwell Cave Quarters Farm Swallet Well Shaft Deadman's Clough Swallet Hartle Dale Caves: Fissure Cave Hartle Dale Caves: New...

Yesterday (Sun 29th Nov), I found a pair of elbow pads in the parking area for Carlswark. Parking area near the village, close to the garage? If you have lost some and think they are yours, please PM me with a description, as they had some distinct markers on them. If they turn out to be yours...

Hopefully somebody will be able to advice me on this. I have Disto X2 which I have been trying to calibrate, I have followed the instructions and come up with an error value of less than 0.5 so that works. It's when I update the calibration to the disto X2 from Pocket Topo, in the status bar...

A friend of mine had there car broken into on the old Mam Tor Road in Castleton last night while it was parked outside Treak Cliff Cavern. They wasn't caving, they actually work at the cavern. Lots of damage was done to the car and they stole some items from the car also. I'm mentioning this on...