• Descent 302 is published on 15 February and it will soon be on its way to our subscribers.

    In the newsdesk, read a review of the underground events at Kendal Mountain Festival, plus tales of cannibalism and the Cavefish Asteroid.

    In regional news, we have three new connections in Ogof Agen Allwedd, a report on the iron mines of Anjou, an extension to Big Sink Cave in the Forest of Dean, a new dig in Yorkshire's Marble Steps Pot, student parties, an obituary for Tony Boycott, a tight find in the Peak District and a discovery in County Kerry with extensive formations.

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Winnats Pass closed due to abandoned vehicles.............

Not the only place (even snow on M60):
 
This happened last year, road obstructed for days. I've no problem with people getting stuck, it happens, but if it was me I'd be back ASAP to recover my vehicle.
 
There probably would be fewer if they thought to put a shovel in the car... I've ended up digging people out on several occasions when they've got stuck in front of me and they were wholly unprepared for driving in snow. 🤬
 
Complete chaos round Winnats and Rushup this weekend, I've heard an injured walker on Mam Tor had to be taken out by the air ambulance yesterday because a regular ambulance couldn't get near enough thanks to all the badly (& illegally) parked morons.
 
I was out jogging around Mam Tor last weekend (before the snow) and even then it was crazy. People slipping about everywhere and two lines of cars parked on the road obviously on double yellows. A happy parking attendant looked like he was running out of tickets! Thankfully we'd parked in Hathersage 👍
 
Presumably there's also been about a million identical photos of the Hope Valley inversion posted on social media last night. Only a handful of us were underneath it. On the upside, Castleton itself was literally deserted yesterday, with barely a car or tourist to be seen. Apart from the cold, walking back to the Chapel from Peak Cavern was a blissfully silent experience, for once. Ironically the 1800 bus to Sheffield, which was running fine and is usually full, was nearly empty.
 
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