Hi Caving Fox
As per Mikem says. Just call up at the tent and let us know your rough plan, you can get kitted up there, grab a brew and store any surplus kit while off caving.
Cheers
Ian
Gaping Gill Winch meet August 2025
- Thread starter Ian P
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As per Mikem says. Just call up at the tent and let us know your rough plan, you can get kitted up there, grab a brew and store any surplus kit while off caving.
Cheers
Ian
skippy
Active member
Biscuits bought for visiting cavers
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skippy
Active member
Biscuits expected to be brought up by visiting cavers who want tea.Biscuits bought for visiting cavers
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Hi Porgzilla
As per Skippy, Dihedral is only available to non CPC members OUTSIDE of public winching. ( Approximately 8.30am - 5.30pm, except Saturday which is 7.30am).
Evening visitors are more than welcome, planning a trip to finish about 8.30pm could have a nice “result”
Thanks
Ian
Hi Porgzilla
As per Skippy, Dihedral is only available to non CPC members OUTSIDE of public winching. ( Approximately 8.30am - 5.30pm, except Saturday which is 7.30am).
Evening visitors are more than welcome, planning a trip to finish about 8.30pm could have a nice “result”
Thanks
Ian
Hi,
Thank you for the response and clarifying
Cantclimbtom
Well-known member
Put t'kettle on! Saturday morning, probably Marylin?
langcliffe
Well-known member
Thank you for your hospitality yesterday, CPC, and for the use of your ropes. The use of the tent was particularly welcomed as the rain squall passed over! I would also like to pay tribute to the quality of the rigging. I've probably slid down Stream Passage Pot over fifty times, and I have never seen it rigged so well. Respect, @Ian P !
Cantclimbtom
Well-known member
Happy to second Langcliffe's comments. Stream passage rigging was excellent.
Thanks to everyone at CPC for enabling a brilliant day's caving and hot tea and hospitality. Plus particular thanks to Ian P for acting as tour guide
Thank You CPC!
(p.s. Skippy, yes they were Fox's)
Thanks to everyone at CPC for enabling a brilliant day's caving and hot tea and hospitality. Plus particular thanks to Ian P for acting as tour guide
Thank You CPC!
(p.s. Skippy, yes they were Fox's)
Fantastic to see so many cavers yesterday, we had approximately 80 
.
The biscuits and cakes were VERY much appreciated, thank you everyone.
The weather forecast looks really good for the rest of the week, still plenty of time to get trips in.
Ian
On behalf of the CPC
. The biscuits and cakes were VERY much appreciated, thank you everyone.
The weather forecast looks really good for the rest of the week, still plenty of time to get trips in.
Ian
On behalf of the CPC
Ane
Active member
Many thanks to everybody from CPC for facilitating some excellent ULSA trips yesterday! It’s so much fun to be able to traverse the system, taking in how truly varied it is. My group enjoyed Marilyn to Stream via Mud Hall (well, ‘enjoyed’ in case of Mud Hensler’s), much helped by a bit of navigation advise from the surface team. And we really appreciated the patience when parts of the group were slightly late getting out, delaying well-earned pints until we were safely overground.
(Biscuits toll dutifully handed over before heading underground
)
(Biscuits toll dutifully handed over before heading underground
)
Cantclimbtom
Well-known member
Ane
Active member
Thank you! The first is the entrance to Marilyn, the second is in the master cave / main streamway, looking downstream
flashheart
Member
Excellent to get up to the winch today, and receive such a warm welcome from the Craven. Love the tea tent! My partner enjoyed her first trip to GG, abseiling down Small Mammal and taking the winch back up from the Main Chamber. Thanks also to the nice fella in the queue who snapped this photo of me on the way back up.
AndyP
New member
Will Flood/Stream still be available this evening ?
The CPC Gaping Gill Winch Meet 2025 has now come to a close.
Thanks to the sterling efforts of club members, some favourable weather, and our new online booking system, it proved to be an incredibly successful event.
It was a real pleasure to welcome so many visiting cavers, the biscuits brought were VERY much appreciated . Thank you!
A special thanks to members of the YSS for kindly helping with the derigging of Marilyn.
Dates for your diary – 2026
We are already looking at a few improvements for next year, including simplifying the booking-in system for visiting cavers.
I am also exploring the idea of an “early bird” uplift option, making use of the guaranteed empty chairs in the first 45 minutes of winching.
If anyone has any suggestions on how we can further improve the experience for visiting cavers, please don’t hesitate to drop me a message.
Regards
Ian
Photo by : Kevin Gannon
Thanks to the sterling efforts of club members, some favourable weather, and our new online booking system, it proved to be an incredibly successful event.
It was a real pleasure to welcome so many visiting cavers, the biscuits brought were VERY much appreciated . Thank you!
A special thanks to members of the YSS for kindly helping with the derigging of Marilyn.
Dates for your diary – 2026
- Caver access: 10th–21st August 2026
(If possible, avoiding Saturday should help reduce queues.)
- Tickets on sale: 1st July 2026
We are already looking at a few improvements for next year, including simplifying the booking-in system for visiting cavers.
I am also exploring the idea of an “early bird” uplift option, making use of the guaranteed empty chairs in the first 45 minutes of winching.
If anyone has any suggestions on how we can further improve the experience for visiting cavers, please don’t hesitate to drop me a message.
Regards
Ian
Photo by : Kevin Gannon
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