Yes, Arthur Gemmell was our grandfather. He'd largely stopped caving when we growing up but our dad had the caving bug and got us into it. Both were very enthusiastic and would talk for hours on caving.

Black Shiver is the best caving trip I have done. It very narrowly beats Juniper Gulf I would say, but both are cracking days out. My caving brother Dave and I had made a short recce earlier in the year down to the head of Black Dub pitch. We were both desperate to complete it and with the...

Monday August 21st. Juniper Gulf. One of my earliest memories is climbing out of Calf holes on a rope ladder, I was probably about 10 years old and I thought it was absolutely fantastic. My grandfather was one of the early pioneers of Dales caving in the late 1930?s and 40?s. What a time he...

I'm going to be back up North from March 9th - April 24th on placement from University. Looking forward to getting back into some caving, I've got some SRT experience but need to start easy and gradually build up. I've got my own SRT gear plus the odd electron ladder and odds and ends. If anyone...