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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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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13th June

INCIDENT 39/2026. SATURDAY 13TH JUNE 11:09HRS. ROUGH HILL, HORTON IN RIBBLESDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire Ambulance Service asked the team to assist a walker who had collapsed on the Three Peaks route above High Birkwith. Despite the best efforts of family members, other walkers, team members, and the Yorkshire Air Ambulance crew, the casualty c ...
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Incident 38/2026. Monday 8th June 13:30hrs. Ingleborough Cave, Clapham, North Yorkshire

The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist a member of a school party (M, 12) who had fallen on the track near to Ingleborough Cave and injured his shoulder. A small team was quickly sent from our depot to the show cave. The youth was ass ...
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Incident 37/2026. Saturday 6th June 22:45hrs. Cow Pot, Leck Fell, Casterton, Cumbria

Our Duty Controller was alerted by one of our members to a potential overdue caver in Cow Pot on Leck Fell. A number of cavers from nearby Bull Pot Farm (Red Rose caving club HQ) had gone out to try and locate the missing caver. We were then alerted by ...
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6th June

Vince, Sam, Jake, Nick, Jon, and Harley At the cave, whilst awaiting the arrival of the team, occupied myself with some gardening – trimming back brambles to allow more space for spoil disposal, and bundling up bags ready for refilling later. Jake and Sam arrived, soon followed by Nick, Jon, and Harley. A brief discussion … Continue reading ...
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Incident 36/2026, Thursday 4th June 13:24hrs. Birkwith, Selside, North Yorkshire

The Team were alerted by North Yorkshire Police to an injured walker (M, 54), close to God’s Bridge near Birkwith. He was suffering from cramps and unable to walk any further. We had difficulty making direct contact with the party due to poor sig ...
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30th May

Vince, Jake, Tav, Nick, Jon, and Harley Carried the 3no. ‘new’ skips/bucket (made yesterday) up to the cave, and a little bit of ‘gardening’ while waiting for the others to arrive, watching, listening to the birds in the surrounding woodland. The team assembled. In CoW, my turn to dig, Harley helped, Jake and Tav hauling … Continue reading ...
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Incident 35/2026, Tuesday 2nd June (same day) 22:39 hrs. Ingleborough, North Yorkshire.

The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to assist a group of Three Peaks walkers (m 20, 42 & 47) who had lost their way whilst descending Ingleborough in the dark and misty evening. Using our PhoneFind tool, the Duty Controller was able to l ...
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Alert Only. Tuesday 2nd June 21:55 hrs. Alert 7 of 2026

The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a possible high risk missing person. As the Duty Controller was making initial enquiries NYP confirmed that the person had been located safe and well ...
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