tim.rose2
Active member
Hi,
Myself and 3 others (Mendip cavers) are heading to Derbyshire for Easter weekend. We're staying in Millers Dale. My only experience of Peak caves is one trip last summer to Giants (thanks Ric). We're looking for short trips for Friday and Monday and longer ones for Saturday and Sunday, all non-srt. Having looked through CoPD I've come up with the following:
Friday - Owl hole
Sat - P8
Sun - Carlswark (through trip from Eyam dale to Gin + look around other parts of the cave)
Mon - Either Brightgate or Jugholes
Looks like no access restrictions for all (is this still correct?).
In terms of kit looks like Owl hole needs one 10 m ladder & line, P8 needs two 10m ladders & line, Carlwark needs 20m rope to ab into Eyam dale & jugholes might need a handline.
Presumably Eyam dale to Gin is easy to navigate if we take the survey & text in CoPD or would it be sensible to have some emergency srt kit or rig a ladder incase we need to go back out the way we came in?
Would appreciate any advice or corrections to the above / alternative suggestions if mine sound like a load of rubbish. Also any advice regarding water levels.
Cheers in advance
Myself and 3 others (Mendip cavers) are heading to Derbyshire for Easter weekend. We're staying in Millers Dale. My only experience of Peak caves is one trip last summer to Giants (thanks Ric). We're looking for short trips for Friday and Monday and longer ones for Saturday and Sunday, all non-srt. Having looked through CoPD I've come up with the following:
Friday - Owl hole
Sat - P8
Sun - Carlswark (through trip from Eyam dale to Gin + look around other parts of the cave)
Mon - Either Brightgate or Jugholes
Looks like no access restrictions for all (is this still correct?).
In terms of kit looks like Owl hole needs one 10 m ladder & line, P8 needs two 10m ladders & line, Carlwark needs 20m rope to ab into Eyam dale & jugholes might need a handline.
Presumably Eyam dale to Gin is easy to navigate if we take the survey & text in CoPD or would it be sensible to have some emergency srt kit or rig a ladder incase we need to go back out the way we came in?
Would appreciate any advice or corrections to the above / alternative suggestions if mine sound like a load of rubbish. Also any advice regarding water levels.
Cheers in advance