Vince, Jake, Nick, and Tav An earlier start for me as I wanted to continue preparing the ground ready for extending the spoil heap wall on the western side. That done got on with packing bags just as the others arrived. A smaller team assembled today so the digger, Tav, chose to excavate in Can … Continue reading "31st May" ...
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Ever wondered where the water comes from to make your cup of tea or give you that hot shower after caving, then read on…and don’t say the tap!Over the weekend of May 23rd-25th members of SWCC and Wealdon CC came together to help carry out repairs to t ...
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Ever wondered where the water comes from to make your cup of tea or give you that hot shower after caving, then read on…and don’t say the tap!Over the weekend of May 23rd-25th members of SWCC and Wealdon CC came together to help carry out repairs to t ...
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A local farmer contacted one of the Assistant Controllers to request assistance with one of his lambs that had fallen down a small pothole off Horton Scar Lane. After alerting the Duty Controller, the Assistant Controller went up with the farmer to ass ...
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North Yorkshire Police asked the team to help with a call reporting concerns for the welfare of a person in the vicinity of the Gaping Gill winch meet. Whilst initial enquiries were being made by the Duty Controller the person in question was assisted ...
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The team was called by North Yorkshire Police to a missing three peaks walker who had got seperated from his friends on the descent from Ingleborough. Whilst the controllers were making initial enquiries and meeting with the reporting party to get more ...
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[A similar version of this report was published in Caves & Karst Science, Vol.48, No.3, p.95-96. 2021. Transactions of the British Cave Research Association] Abstract: During 2011, a small-scale excavation in Toil and Trouble, located in the lower series of passages in Hallowe’en Rift, recovered a single animal bone from the fine sediments. The bone […] ...
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Solo What better place could I be on a rainy day forecast than underground in HR carrying out some “rock-bothering”. Spent a couple of hours or so reducing the collection of conglomerate boulders put to one side on Saturday into more manageable pieces ideal material for wall-building. The rocks broken up, kit packed away, the … Continue reading "27th May" ...
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Solo What better place could I be on a rainy day forecast than underground in HR carrying out some “rock-bothering”. Spent a couple of hours or so reducing the collection of conglomerate boulders put to one side on Saturday into more manageable pieces ideal material for wall-building. The rocks broken up, kit packed away, the … Continue reading "27th May" ...
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Vince, Tav, Nick, Jake, Brockers Got up to the cave early with a variety of tools to clear the ground of brambles and other vegetation so another section of spoil heap wall can be added. When that was completed started to pack bags ready for refilling later. The rest of the team arrived, bags were … Continue reading "24th May" ...
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The team were called by North Yorkshire Police to a report of a sheep that had fallen down Gritstone Pot. When the duty controller spoke to the reporting person it transpired that there was also a second sheep down Boggarts Roaring Hole, but some caver ...
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An early start was in order to start the walk up ingleborough to the GG winch meet. On reaching the makeshift town, we started to form a plan. My mom and dad would be descending the winch at 12:30 so the plan was to meet them in the main chamber fo ...
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When your son tells you he’s taking you on a “gentle introduction to caving”, you imagine something along the lines of a casual wander underground, perhaps a bit of scrambling, nothing too dramatic. What I didn’t expect was to find myself soaked to t ...
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Solo Spent a pleasant couple of hours or so “rock-bothering” in the AUD area. Moved the resulting pile of debris along to the skip ready for removal at a later date. While I was underground and had some time took a closer look in Can of Worms. The current dig is in a circa north/northwest … Continue reading "23rd May" ...
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A member of the public alerted North Yorkshire Police to a lamb that had fallen to the bottom of Hull Pot, on the side of Pen-y-Ghent, who then requested the team’s assistance to rescue it. As the lamb was in no immediate danger it was decided to ...
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British National Grid ST 5353 4811 [A similar version of this report has previously been published in Caves & Karst Science Vol. 52 (1), 2025, p.27-31. Transactions of the British Cave Research Association (BCRA)] Abstract Excavation for speleological purposes is an intrusive process and as such it is vital that sediments and other deposits contained […] ...
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Vince, Jake, Jon, Brockers, Nick, and Tav An earlier start for me to carry out some ‘rock-bothering’ in the AUD area where there are a couple of large conglomerate boulder requiring some reduction in size to be more manageable. Underground by 09:00 with drill and plugs/feathers packed. The rocks were dealt with producing quite a … Continue reading "17th May" ...
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North Yorkshire Police asked the team to assist with a report of two cavers significantly overdue on a trip into Stile Pot.  As the Duty Controllers placed underground members on standby and gathered further information, NYP called back to advise that ...
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