It never ceases to amaze me.....

[graham]

being asked where the changing rooms are.

Yeah, I remember a posh bird at the side of the road on Mendip asking where the loo was, just as the Hunt came down the road. :twisted:

 

[badger]

this experience several of the girls went round the corner behind the tree, only they did not know they where now on a public footpath stripping out of caving suits into their birthday suits as the local rambling club came along,

 

[Dave H]

A group of us were walking over to Swildons one day, when one of the guys became desperate for a dump. :? He ran over to the wall and dropped his oversuit etc. and did the dastardly deed. Just as he was finishing off a another group appeared over the horizon and he hurriedly pulled back on his gear. He stunk all the way down to the sump and back out again. :x Only when he removed his oversuit did we realise that he had managed to cr*p on the collar and in his hurry to pull the gear on it had fallen/run down his back. He now has an enforced toilet ritual before each trip :twisted:

 

[Lincolnshire poacher]

Rachel wrote:

How about people being told to bring a complete change of clothes for after and turning up in the van in their caving clothes, nothing else with them.

Darkplaces then said:

Make em sit in the pub in thare pants, thats whats schools used to do!

....or how abouts taking a bin bag to sit on in the Quarrymans after not putting you caving suit on and getting very muddy! :wink:

 

[underground]

A group of us were walking over to Swildons one day, when one of the guys became desperate for a dump. :? He ran over to the wall and dropped his oversuit etc. and did the dastardly deed. Just as he was finishing off a another group appeared over the horizon and he hurriedly pulled back on his gear. He stunk all the way down to the sump and back out again. :x Only when he removed his oversuit did we realise that he had managed to cr*p on the collar and in his hurry to pull the gear on it had fallen/run down his back. He now has an enforced toilet ritual before each trip :twisted:

Sounds like one of the Eldon (who shall remain nameless) on Tuesday night emerging from Bagshawe clutching a survival bag full of sh*t

 

[SamT]

I can guess who that was - I am going to recommend he starts taking a pocket full of poo sacks in on trips - either that or a darren drum half full of lime (which is actually not a bad idea on long trips/expeditions come to think of it).

 

[underground]

I can guess who that was - I am going to recommend he starts taking a pocket full of poo sacks in on trips - either that or a darren drum half full of lime (which is actually not a bad idea on long trips/expeditions come to think of it).

Nappy sacks :idea: :!:

 

[darkplaces]

Rachel wrote:

How about people being told to bring a complete change of clothes for after and turning up in the van in their caving clothes, nothing else with them.

Darkplaces then said:

Make em sit in the pub in thare pants, thats whats schools used to do!

....or how abouts taking a bin bag to sit on in the Quarrymans after not putting you caving suit on and getting very muddy! :wink:

dont know who that would be.... I dont think the pub would take kindly to me sat in ma pants. Atleast I'm not carrying around little bags of poo like these cavers! I guess they do double up as hand warmers, you just dont want the bag to split.

 

[badger]

or leave them at the bottom of JH to have there dump , and for them to have to carry there little package out and also have to de rig, what nice friends cavers are in these confined areas.

 

[Peter Burgess]

And what bit of "please do not touch the stalactites" don't you understand?

 

[darkplaces]

And what bit of "please do not touch the stalactites" don't you understand?

Oh yeah thanks Mr Peter for returning us to the topic known as 'It never ceases to amaze me.....'..
How many times I meet someone hanging around the outside of caves or mines, semi prepared but not sure. They are interested but dont know what to do, so a number of times now I have provided a very short look inside and provided them with website urls, normaly DP and ukcaving.com. For example Goatchurch Sunday (oh and Sat! a couple) came out tradesmans to find a couple of guys dressed for the part but who's guide had cancelled so I did the short though trip for them, happy bunch after