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...

Has anybody lost a Chest Tape (Strap) in Peak Cavern? Found just downstream of Watershed Aven heading towards Surprise View, past the Treasury Junction for people who don't know where Watershed Aven is. Please send me a PM to claim.

Just to let you all know that there's work going on in Winnats Pass during mid-week days between 21 March and 15 April, when the pass will be closed to traffic. It will be open as normal on weekends.

We have a trip planned tomorrow down Large Pot, Red Herring series.  The weather today is really heavy rain where i am (Leeds) and the forecast for tomorrow varies depending which website you look at. What is Large Pot like in terms of water levels after heavy rain or persistent showers? Wayne

Does anybody have any contact details for Pete Bolt? I am told that he was very active in the CDG and did a lot on Mendip and in South Wales. Wayne

There's going to be a Gautries Hole Side Shaft clean up over the weekend of 28th Feb and 1st March and a further weekend a few weeks later (to be announced) and it would be great to get some cavers along to help. Skips are being paid for by Natural England, and we just need to provide the...

On Sunday 26th October a large red meander tackle bag (marked CPC) was left at the bottom of Eldon Hole. If found please could you drop it off at Hitch n Hike or contact me via this forum.  The return of this kit would be much appreciated.  Thank you. Wayne

I was up at Rowter Farm on Saturday and was speaking to the landowner and he has confirmed to me that they won't be closed for lambing during the month of April and will be open all year around for cavers. Just remember to pay the access fee of ?2, close all gates, stick to the relevant access...