My wife lost a wellie crossing the Green Canal in DYO. She got so cold, she shivered it off. Silly write up using this link... Dudley Blog I heard of someone else in the club who managed to lose a wellie when caving. Not sure of the circumstances, or which cave she was in. Bizarrely she found a...

Hi Fulk, I wrote a short report for the club's blog; you can find it here: http://blog.dudleycavingclub.org.uk/2023/11/wet-wet-and-more-wet-trip-to-giants-hole.html?m=1 There are far better reports, but I enjoyed writing it. I also enjoyed the trip: fantastic fun due to the water levels...

LarryFatcat, Brains, mikem and alastairgott, thanks for the advice - much appreciated. I probably wasn't clear, I'm one of the newbies! We're all fairly experienced cavers, it's the SRT some (most) of us are new to. All us newbies have been down to the head of Geology Pot before, when we did...

Hi all, A group of us had planned to go into Giant's Hole this weekend to visit East Canal. We are looking for an easy-SRT trip (we have x1 highly experienced with SRT, and x3 SRT novices), but I'm not sure if Giant's will be suitable given the weather forecast. Can anyone who knows the cave...

Hi Tim and Pete, thanks for the advice. Will bear it in mind for future trips into Lionel's Hole. Thanks too for suggestion of Rod's Pot - had a great time. Tight, crawly and muddy: three ingredients for a great caving trip Cheers again, Dave

Thanks for the heads up, but I think we'll go with Rod's Pot. Cheers anyway.

Hi Pete, Thanks for the suggestions - Rod Pot it is! Just to be clear from your reply, you're saying Lionel's Hole (in addition to the other caves you mentioned) is ok in wet weather? Will be good to know for the future. Cheers again.

Hi cap n chris, thanks for the suggestion - much appreciated. I should have made myself clearer; ideally looking for caves with no access restrictions as we want to get an early start. Don't want to spend the limited time we have picking up keys, etc. Will keep Waterwheel Swallet for another...

Hi all, I'm after a bit of advice on Lionel's Hole. We're thinking of having an explore tomorrow, and having a go at the Round Trip. I've had a quick look at Mendip Underground, and it says nothing about water hazards, but does mention a streamway. Given the recent weather and the forecast for...

Hi mikem, much appreciated. Thank you. Dave

Hi folks, hope I am posting in the right section of the forum. We (my wife + me) are hoping to go into GB this Saturday and wondered what the procedure is for picking up a key. We've been caving for around 18 months with the Dudley CC and we're looking to become more independent. One of the...