Has this gone out to subscribers or is it still in production/despatch? I got Jan and April together in April. All the best, AT

Anybody know anything about two holes above cliff on S side of Hawthorn Dene near Easington, Co Durham? Not Hawthorn Dene Cave, not in NC1 1988, two blindingly obvious collapse features on R of path above bridge, one of which at least looks vaguely natural. Unable to investigate properly (or...

Need to make some shelf space for the fantastic new edition of Northern Caves to give it suitable prominence so some 'foreign' stuff just has to go. Free to a good home. The Caves of Mendip (Barrington, 1962) Mendip Underground (Irwin & Knibbs, 1977, 1st) Mendip Underground (Irwin & Jarrett...

I have 11 bound volumes of CDG Newsletters to deliver to Andrew Ward in the CDG Welsh Section and it is about as likely that I will be going to South Wales in the foreseeable future as are the chances of me taking up diving in caves again. If anyone from the South or West Yorkshire area is...

Interesting article in Descent 248 by Simon Wilson on Langcliffe Pot. I agree that it is an outstanding cave and should be better visited. Shame that the 1st Choke seems to have moved between Boireau Falls Chamber and the Nemesis pitch. Regarding The Roads and the calcited-over gour pool, I...

Is MSG 13 out?

Outraged to read about the new tunnel to Wookey 20 and the thought of hoards of k-heads stamping about in there. This is one of the only places I've managed to dive to (from 3 and not via the mine to 9) on Mendip. Whatever next? A Mont Blanc style tunnel through the hill taking in Swildon's 12?

I'd like to get in touch with Chris Patterson from Darlington who used to be in the Moldywarps many years ago and knew most of the people active at the time. I knew him in the early 80s as a member of the newly formed Darlington Outdoor Club and we did a few trips together included a notable...

Great to see a few chapters now available on-line. Overall really excellent reading and a great way to drip feed before eventual paper publication. Some comment:- Caves of Wharfedale and Littondale Not sure why Black Keld - Mossdale - Langcliffe get a separate chapter ( not yet published)...

Wow! This is pricy. http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=14322272566&searchurl=sortby%3D1%26an%3DThe+Divers%26y%3D12%26x%3D52

A recent club trip to GG via Wade's Entrance prompted the question "Who was Wade?". Limited research afterwards has drawn a blank in terms of a reference. Northern Caves states "Descended 1957 BPC". Anyone know more? Also interested in SRT rigging for SE Pot if it exists. I found only 2 spits...

I have copies of the following magazines and journals that are free to a good home due to lack of space. Crags 21-33 inclusive Ancient climbing rags (edited by Geoff Birtles) from the late 70s/ early 80s complete with some humour and sexist adverts. Mexico 85/86 Record of a NCC trip to the...

Nice shots of Dragon's Breath Hole on Attenbrough's Africa tonight (about the Kalahari). Initially explored by one Adam Duffin some years ago - nice to get the chance to see it. AT

Saw a biggish bat flying around both me and the top of the 4th Pitch (20m) in Trapdoor Pot on Bonfire Night for an enjoyable 10 minutes (also seen by at least one other member of the party). Anyone seen similar in Trapdoor? Anyone any idea what species (suspect Natterer's but not an expert)? PS...

Visited High Rift Cave and Eanch Rift Cave yesterday which are still as described in NC1 1988. Also on N side of cutting is a new grovel. Less success on the S side of the cutting. Sandy Hole, Badger Cave, High Cave and Connection Cave definitely seem to have been 'landscaped'. On S side...

Grid reference in NC1 538 009 is slightly out. More like SE 538 011. Mildly important as this puts it in a quarry where it has always been and not in a landscaped landfill site. Should allow future RIGS assessors to find it too.

Does anybody else think that there is a lot more water flowing in the streamway intersected by the  Aquamole Series / Frog Pot than the trickle which enters the New Stream Sump in Goyden? Have observed both in dry conditions (today when New Stream would have been doubled by having a slash and...

Magnificent effort. Buy a copy now. http://www.rrcpc.org.uk/ ?20 + ?5 pp - sounds a lot but well worth it. 324 pages of mainly exploration rant + photos + an envelope of loose surveys. Keep a copy by the toilet (to read, not to w......). AT

[Mod comment - Split from the Re: CRO 75th Anniversary 2010 thread as its not really on the same topic. ] Ever been 'rescued' but felt in better shape on the way out than the rescuers on the way in? Indeed, ever been 'rescued' from somewhere that the rescuers are never/unlikely to be able 'to...

I have recently come across a six foolscap hand typed article by J Aspin dated 1948 (but which refers to a future date of 1950 so may have been written with hindsight) titled The Discovery of the Far Reaches - Lancaster Hole 1948. It describes the exploration of East Montague Passage (now called...