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To celebrate Dave’s birthday he wanted to go down Gaping Ghyll’s main shaft - the longest daylight pot hole in the UK. But the previous week’s torrential rain had made that option a decidedly dangerous proposition. Rowten Pot was chosen as a good alternative, being a nice short walk and not threatened by high water levels.
To celebrate, Dave had a special birthday hat to wear for the trip…
There’s some really fun SRT on the way down Rowten - hence the big smile on Laetitia’s face in the next picture…
Dave had planned a birthday party for the bottom of the cave, complete with cake, tea (well, actually just water), and special sparklers to adorn the top of the cake! Awesome. They’ve over exposed in the picture, but there were two sparklers - a four and a zero. You may be able to work out how old Dave was this birthday from that, you may not. 
George, Pete, Laetitia and Dave
After heading back to the NPC hut, Greenclose, we set about further celebrations - much beer, a champagne toast, and a hearty BBQ followed by delicious strawberries! Yum Yum!
After the BBQ - strawberries! 
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Entry for Saturday, 12th July 2008 by 
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5 Responses to “Birthday Potholing”
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Cake on the adventure. Good planning people
Sunday, July 13th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
[...] it made an excellent choice for Laetitia and I with our ‘pothole battered’ bodies (see yesterday’s post) and for Dave with his mega hangover from his birthday celebration the previous evening. Fiona said [...]
Monday, July 14th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Top day out. Thanks for comming and thanks for the hat
Now I must remember to practice my new mantra. No thankyou, I’ve had sufficient wine, I’m going to bed now 
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Maybe if it’s too much of a shock to come off the drugs and change your lifestyle at the same, try weaning off the wine first. Then, after you’ve got over the DTs, tackle the other evil; late nights.
Don’t try to run before you can walk… HE HE
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Happy Birthday Dave. Sorry we missed it. If you decide to do GG another day, we’ll try to join you for that one.