What caving related thing did you do today?

[pwhole]

Wrote a document for Historic England, explaining why and how we need to break some eggs to make an omelette when our main digging project is within a Scheduled Monument

 

[Fulk]

Got changed in nice warm sunshine after a trip (first time in ages).

 

[owd git]

Wrote a document for Historic England, explaining why and how we need to break some eggs to make an omelette when our main digging project is within a Scheduled Monument

I have hens (including the world champion hen racer! ) if you need eggs Phil.X

 

[braveduck]

I'm intrigued by what the map has in mind with this location???


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Gold Mines .

 

[Loki]

Read Underground Adventures. Top read. I hadn’t appreciated that all the county pot stuff was actually found through Oxford pot.

 

[amw]

Visited Thor's cave with Sue, Ralf and Nala.

 

[Pegasus]

Supervised the transport of scaffold planks to 'Hole in the Wall' on Leck Fell

 

[bagpuss]

A lovely afternoon listening to skylarks sing on Mendip whilst practicing SRT on the tower. Thanks to @Ali M for the last minute loan of a key and the Wessex for the facilities.

 

[bagpuss]

Exhausted myself bouldering in an indoor cave at the end of a climbing session, put together an article for our club newsletter 'An ode to small caves (and entrances) ' whilst crashed out afterwards!

 

[cavingbiker]

Attended the BCRA field trip to Stump Cross Caverns led by Phil Murphy. A very interesting day learning about Stump Cross Cavern and its' formation followed by a surface walk around the digs and mines in the immediate area. Thanks to Phil and BCRA and to Stump Cross Caverns for giving us access.

 

[braveduck]

Made several new digging buckets this week .

 

[Badlad]

Passing through Airedale Hospital noticed these photographs on the wall of one of the main corridors.

 

[Pitlamp]

Watched the Bull Pot Farm rain gauge go past 90 mm (and counting) so packed all the diving gear way as it's unlikely to be needed for a while.

 

[Badlad]

Entrance to Lost John's an hour ago

 

[Pitlamp]

As I type the BPF gauge is recording 94.5 mm. The highest recorded since it was set up was 98.3 mm.
It's still raining . . . .

 

[Pitlamp]

Now 98.3 mm - so the all time high has been equalled. Any more rain and it's a new record.

 

[Pitlamp]

Now 98.6 mm. New record.

See for yourselves:

Speleodex - Rain at Bull Pot Farm

speleodex.co.uk

 

[Pitlamp]

It's now breached three figures. Glad I wasn't caving today.

 

[mikem]

Far gearstones near Ribblehead is showing 75mm

 

[Pitlamp]

To try and keep on topic (sorry for digressing a bit but Dales rainfall has been pretty exceptional) first thing this morning I checked the BPF gauge and yesterday's grand total was 106.9 mm. It may not have been as catastrophic as might be imagined as it was spread out over most of the 24 hour period. But we'll see as the day unfolds . . . . .

Trains between Leeds & Lancaster were cancelled yesterday due to flooding, with passengers being diverted via Preston and on other rail services than Northern.