That must have happened recently as we were in Odin last week and the scaffold bar was fine.

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I also think it was a very good presentation. I have been caving in Clare many times and it's nice to see cavers helping out with archaeology.

Yes - the purple Petzl harnesses were known to have the slipping issue.

And it's Eric Clapton's 79th birthday today coincidentally - and he's another who is still playing.

Peter Gabriel as a solo artist - bought a CD of his latest "I/O" which was released in December so still pretty current. Also U2 of course.

Actually, the picture is cropped as shown without clicking on it. If viewed via a browser on a PC / laptop and clicked on, the filename and user name and date as above are still not shown (as a moderator myself) but if you click on the photo when viewed va a browser on an Android phone (maye...

The Grid Reference Finder website can be useful for this. See https://gridreferencefinder.com/#gr=SD7446769279|Point_s_A|1 for an example. Right-click on the selected point on the map an you get location data like this:

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They will be the same as the flints used in cigarette lighters, etc.

Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones?

I was just checking the contents of my first aid kit. Most of these say expiry date Nov 2018... It's worth a check on yours now and then,

Also bothy bags (such as this: https://www.lomo.co.uk/products/emergency-storm-shelter-2-3-man-bothy-bag/ ) or Blizzard jackets (such as this: https://www.steroplast.co.uk/advanced-life-support-equipment/blizzard-2-layer-jacket-active-range.html) are excellent when some inactivity is involved...

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They get chucked in the washing machine with furry suit etc. after each use (unless away when they get chucked in when arriving home again) and have done for years. Doesn't seem to do them any harm as I only need to replace them when they start to get worn out after a few years.

A fellow club member somehow lost a welly in the Crabwalk in Giant's Hole (Derbyshire) and didn't realise it for a while! Later when reading the club log book, there was an entry from the next day from other club members after a trip in Giant's, they found a welly standing up on its in The...

:) It was centred very close to Oxclose Mine and Jugholes (from https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20240307151931.html#page=maps )

Another small earthquake in Derbyshire. This one was near Matlock and only about 3.5 miles from me in Winster. I felt a shove from the back of my sofa as if someone was behind it and hit it, and the door to the room opened. Several neighbours were out on the road and looking out of open windows...