I received a call today from a lady in a theatre company in chesterfield. She was looking for 4 sets of caving helmets (with lights) for a play in chesterfield and was asking me whether we had any they could borrow. I said I would post it online and see what came back. The theatre company is...

I was flipping channels and landed on radio 4 last night, I would normally say “by accident” but as I’ve got it as a preset on my car radio. I think people might call me out on that! I caught a talk/interview with Gideon Henderson - Defra, studier of permafrost/warming in Siberia through Stal...

I'm after collection of a bulky item. A door, of a very specific size 71" x 24", the only one I can find is in Clacton on Sea. No real urgency, just wondered if anyone did live nearby or could help. If it doesn't work out I'll just think again. It would be a bit of a diversion for someone from...

Does anyone have any advice on getting a little more sleep when using a bivi bag. Other than the (helpful) go to bed earlier and get up later? I got 4hours last night, which is operable, but not optimal. :) so if there were anyway I could lengthen this, it would be great, I was just bivi bag on...

Many thanks for Southern Checc for allowing a couple of cavers to join you and share some skills and waffle on for a bit. It was a great weekend in south wales, and amazing to meet the southern side of student caving, I'm afraid I must confess I didn't know many of you well before the weekend...

Just been revisiting the survey and noticed that on the survey overspill passage sump and Lower bung streamway sump are going parallel if not slightly away from each other. I'm not a diver, but wondering if anyone has visited this sump recently, even if just to check it out. Seems to be quite...

A little birdy has told me that Tony from starless river will be at the TSG this Sunday. If you need any shiny gubbins then turn up and see Tony. http://starlessriver.com/

Just spotted this about the nidderdale area. Worth a visit if your caving in the nidd. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-62677584

After spending the previous evening, enjoying being talked around to going digging down Titan, I was awoken by the Oberschaufelmeister trying to get an early start. And then halfway through getting changed in the short minute after being woken up I was greeted by the sound of "bedroom bully"...

This weekend I was asked by John Gunn to replace a depth logger in Giants which I have been tending to for the past 12 months, being as attentive as a cactus farmer watering their crop. John lets me know when 3-4 months are up so I can bob down and get the device switched over. A few people have...

A friend of mine wants to start a local project, I hope great things will come of it. one of the main problems we can see is that the swallet has the potential to fill with mud (/sediment?) from the banks of the stream leading upto the swallet. having done some research, I've found a thing...

I need to get down geology and through far curtain tomorrow evening. I want a second person on the trip and have not had a yes, so need to throw it out to a few more people. If You know me, have been there before and want to tag along on a 2+hour trip please let me know.

Amongst my  :dig: gear. I have found an 8mm drill bit which isn't mine, if anyone i've been digging with is missing one, it's probably me  :o :spank:

I'm arranging a lift share to the fantastic lead mines of Nenthead, preston seems to be a good converging point for people meeting from Greater Manchester and the Satellite cities of Birmingham. A longshot, but has anyone parked in Preston before, or know the nearby places well enough to suggest...

I'll start off with a photo from this weekend taken by Rob Eavis. When I was starting out caving me and a few mates noticed that there were many "serious face" caving shots taken, and these photos were typically the ones which went to print. Cheesy Grins and comical shots were excluded...

If your coming anywhere near Derbyshire, taking as many cavers as you like down any Cave, we'd love to see you out and about.  :thumbsup:

After an excellent trip to Gavel Pot, where our 17 and 19 year old TSG members had a whale of a time, and even proclaimed "yorkshire is ok actually" and "that's the best cave i've ever done". And I vowed to return to Gavel, as it's a very good cave. I have just shanked the unwashed club ropes...

a quick trip in giants tonight, found that razor edge rope is missing, probably washed away! I have found some friendly cavers visiting tomorrow and am giving them a rope to put in. Also, water in the bottom is quite high. Getting through the far curtain is no trouble, but water backed upto...

in the market for a switch from HSBC for an account. Wanted to sound out if there were any that people swear by, or just they are the closest to your house for dropping the cash. I'm swaying towards metro bank as they look like they might be open until 6pm, which would be convenient for...

Im heading to South wales on the weekend of 13th-14th Nov, but am looking to extend it so that I can do a good trip/dig/something useful. I'm thinking of either extending into Thurs 11th -Friday 12th or into Monday 15th-Tuesday 16th. depending on who's available and when, but would be good to...