Harry Long's caving book is out at last!

[Ian Ball]

Because I have a memory like a (cave) fish, I have received my copy from Inglesport. I ordered at 4pm on Tuesday and it was waiting for me when I got home on Wednesday! How fast is that!

 

[harrylong]

I knew the guys at Inglesport were the right people to deal with sales for me.
Well done everybody.

 

[Inglesport]

I knew the guys at Inglesport were the right people to deal with sales for me.
Well done everybody.

Our absolute pleasure.

 

[brainonwheels]

Greetings Harry, Your book was a Christmas present from my wife. Back in the 70's I'd been on CPC tourist trips down nearly all of the caves you discovered and could easily have read your book in one very long sitting (!) but chose instead to take a chapter a day. Caves are wonderful and yet most people have no idea. You and Mike Clarke certainly had vison and perseverance in your explorations. Its intersting to learn that several CPC mates were involved eg. Dave Milner, Ian Brindle and (the late) Adrian Bridge. Well done for keeping such detailed notes of your explorations. I enjoyed your straigtforward style of writing. Your B&W photos are quite dramatic and in most cases are closer to the actual caving experience than colour. Some of the descriptons like Robinson's Pot were easier to understand with a survey alongside. I wonder if you've got any more caving secrets that could go into another book?! cheers, Arthur (Champion)

 

[Simon Beck]

Congratulations Harry! Look forward to reading it.

 

[Alex]

I had no idea, you were responsible for some of the great hard classics! You're awesome mate. I just wish I was alive around when you were exploring in the 60's.

 

[harrylong]

Thanks Simon. I hope that you may now be inspired to write a book containing details of your many trips into Mossdale. Caverns. It would surely be a true classic.

 

[harrylong]

I had no idea, you were responsible for some of the great hard classics! You're awesome mate. I just wish I was alive around when you were exploring in the 60's.

Being an ancient old fool now (!) should not be seen as preventing me from having had a great caving lifetime, Alex. They were fabulous times and may inspire you to keep detailed notes of your explorations.

 

[Pitlamp]

Harry is bang on there; keep a caving diary and you'll be glad of it in the future (for all sorts of reasons).

 

[Alex]

Thanks I have been since 2014, but no idea what I did before then.

 

[Pitlamp]

Good for you; I bet there's some interesting stuff in it.

 

[Ian Ball]

I look forward to seeing the first decade manuscript