Thanks! Unfortunately the email address isn't valid but is possibly the right artist.

I think you're right! Drawn from outside the waterfall chamber, looking in through the archway.

Have any of you Bar/Stile/Small Mammal fans been into Violet Ground Beetle Passage? It's on my to do list for this year but I'm more restricted mobility wise now than in previous years, so some idea of what to expect would be good.

Who needs SRT when you can ladder like this?

I bought a nice piece of caving art from a charity shop and wondered if anyone recognised it. The signature is 'Chrissy' and it doesn't say who the caver is or what cave they are in.

If you're at the winch meet, call by my tent to borrow my slug tongs. I really do have a set of tongs specifically for slug removal because I can't stand them either!

I really must give Stile another go. Last time I had a look down there, the entrance was full of big black slugs so that was an instant retreat from me!

I've got away with batteries in checked luggage by packing them inside a camping kettle.

I'm wondering why not go straight down small mammal instead of going down bar?

I'm in agreement that reading about UK caving is far more interesting to me than reading about caving abroad. I like to read news about places I might be able to visit in the near future and I'm never going to be physically able to bottom some mega cave on the other side of the world. An article...

I can recommend Beck Hall in Malham for an excellent vegan afternoon tea. Booking ahead via the website is essential, as is arriving in Malham very early to get parking.

For the gluten free people on this thread, the Station Inn at Ribblehead has a nice gf beer on tap (1865).

My book arrived today, which I'm looking forward to reading. Many thanks

Sent an email. Thank you for the kind offer 🙂

The link might not work, but they're rubber, fur lined rigger boots

I use these for plodding around in the mud and nipping out of the tent for a 4am wee- https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191435331164?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=dCPL9_puRC6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=74RZZ8uIRxq&var=490530283759&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I usually put the krab through the part of the strap that goes under the wellie, but maybe this time I didn't

Mine was on a krab clipped to my gear loop

There must be a black market in pantins going on. Look out for any dodgy looking characters .... damn, that wouldn't narrow it down

So whilst keeping an eye out for adep's lost pantin, I somehow managed to lose my own! It's somewhere between the entrance and pitch head in Short Drop, probably at the bottom of a puddle somewhere. It doesn't have any markings but it's a left footer and I'd be very happy to see it again.