Other Sites and Blogs – Darkness Below

We can’t hope to bring you every story, but there are plenty of caving and mining blogs out there you can browse at your leisure – so have a read through some of the best! If you know of a blog you’d like us to add to this page please let us know.

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18th July

Report by Jon: “Harley, Jon and Jake arrived at the appointed hour. The team determined that all members should go underground. In Can of Worms, Harley and Jake dug. Jon stacked on the ledge. Vince banged boulders mid-week. Harley and Jake dug accordingly, mainly downwards. The space at the dig face is somewhat larger. Further … Continue reading ...
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Incident 47/2026. Wednesday 15th July 13:50hrs. Open pot-hole, near to Fern Pot, Newby Moss, Ingleborough, North Yorkshire – Animal Incident

The duty controller was contacted by a member of the public who had heard a sheep in distress whilst walking on Newby Moss. Upon investigating he found it to be stuck 10ft down a pothole about 30ft south of Fern Pot and so contacted the team to see if ...
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Incident 46/2026. Saturday 11th July (same day) 16:28hrs. Langscar Gate, Malham, North Yorkshire

Whilst the team were deploying to Incident 45 we received a second call from North Yorkshire Police to a walker (m,25) who had fallen whilst scrambling near to Langscar Gate, near Malham Cove. Some team members already on route to the previous incident ...
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Incident 45/2026. Saturday 11th July 15:39hrs. Whernside, Nr Ingleton, North Yorkshire

The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist a walker (f,64) attempting the Three Peaks walk who had gone over on her ankle and could not weight bare. After an assessment by team RRMTs we splinted her ankle and stretchered her down to Kings ...
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11th July

Vince, Brockers, Jon, Jake, Nick, and Tav Walked up to the cave with Brockers who had also arrived early at the farm. We occupied ourselves with bundling up the dry bays until the rest of the team arrived. It was good to get underground, much cooler. In CoW, Jon digging, I was clearing the filled … Continue reading ...
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Alert Only. Friday 10th July 16:30hrs. Alert 8 of 2026

The team were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a report of a Three Peaks walker (m,54) who was dehydrated and feeling faint on the path back to Horton from Ingleborough. The Duty Controller managed to speak to the walker, who was feeling a bit ...
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Incident 44/2026. Friday 10th Jul 2026 08:02hrs. Raven Scar, Malham, North Yorkshire

The team were called by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to a walker (f,96) who had slipped whilst walking near Raven Scar, above Malham Cove. The first team member arrived at the same time as the YAS ambulance crew, who assessed the casualty before the tea ...
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Incident 43/2026. Tuesday 7th July 14:44hrs. Ingleborough, Ingleton, North Yorkshire

The team were called by NYP to assist with a 17yr old male with an ankle injury close to the summit of Ingleborough. The team responded and evacuated the male down to Chapel Le Dale for onward transport by the rest of his party to hospital for further ...
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Incident 42/2026. Saturday 4th July, 16:02 hrs. Malham Area, North Yorkshire

The team were called by YAS to assist with a 65yr old male walker who had slipped between Dean Moor Hill and Coomb Hill in the Malham area. On arrival the team were deployed to the area but the party had made their way to a waiting YAS ambulance. Volun ...
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4th July

Vince, Jon, Jake, Sam, Tav, Harley, and Mike Spent a moment trying to establish another altitude reading but without success. Underground, Harley and Mike digging in CoW, me and Jon on the ledge, Sam at the bottom of the entrance, with Jake and Tav up on the surface. The pile of rocks in CoW from … Continue reading ...
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30th June

Solo Time for some ‘rock-bothering.’ First stop at the bottom of the pot (Soft South) to break-up the large boulder there. It’s very ‘mucky’ here, lots of soft sediment that has been washed in over several years, wellie’s kept getting stuck. Thankfully, it didn’t take too long to get the job done. Climbed back up … Continue reading ...
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30th June

INCIDENT 41/2026. SATURDAY 27th JUNE 16:23hrs. SCALEBER FORCE, HIGH HILL LANE,SETTLE, NORTH YORKSHIRE

The team were called out by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist them with a visitor (F,55) who had slipped on the waterfall at Scaleber Force, near Settle. On our arrival at the scene, paramedics from both YAS and the Yorkshire Air Ambulance were als ...
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27th June

Vince, Jon, Jake, Nick, Tav, Harley, and Mike I was keen to see what effects the induced rapid speleogenesis (IRS) had been so arrived at the cave ahead of the others. Quickly underground and reeled in the wires as I progressed towards the Soft South. Down at the bottom of the pot there was some … Continue reading ...
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INCIDENT 40/2026. FRIDAY 26th JUNE 19:58hrs. INGLEBOROUGH SUMMIT, INGLETON, NORTH YORKSHIRE

The team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police to 3 walkers (2m, 1F) who had become disorientated in mist on the summit of Ingleborough. The party were otherwise uninjured but unable to find their way safely from the summit plateau to the correct path ...
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24th June

Vince and Roz The best place to be during a heatwave is underground where the air is cool and fresh. Any excuse to go ‘rock bothering,’ creating more space to work in Can of Worms and reducing boulders at the bottom of the pot in the Soft South! Emerged to a very warm surface! On … Continue reading ...
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20th June

Vince, Tav, Jake, Nick, Jon, and Mike Another day for the plugs & feathers to be pressed into action. Before that though dried bags to be packed and a bit of tinkering with the spoil heap wall while waiting for the team to assemble. Underground in Can of Worms with Tav, we decided to widen … Continue reading ...
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13th June

Vince, Jon, Harley, Brockers, Tav, Nick, and Jake Earlier start for me, a boulder to break up in CoW. Soon got to work with plugs and feathers to reduce boulder to more manageable pieces. When the rock was split some fine examples of calcite-crystal growth were exposed (Nick took an especially good sample home). Also, … Continue reading ...
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