New Cave Diving Manual
Category: Caving
Caving and potholing (including SRT – Single Rope Technique) – anything speleological in nature!
Lacy’s Caves, wholesome food and stone circles
Caving in Waitomo, NZ
Cauliflower and Mud
Wet Welsh dog
Holme Bank Chert Mine
After a damp week in Derbyshire Saturday brought some very heavy rain, enough to scupper any distant plans we had of caving; either wet or dry. After a meeting on the Saturday night me, Marcus and Chris agreed to head over to Holme Bank Chert Mine on the edge of Bakewell for some practice and …
Doom’s Retreat, Ink Sump
After the post on the recent trip to Doom’s Retreat Pete asked if any of the photographs Clive took would be available. Clive has kindly agreed to this. Working mainly in black and white Clive is one of the most widely known and accomplished cave photographers in the UK. His pictures can be found in …
Novice Trip down Giants Hole
Our novices Caroline & Martin & Old hand from the OUCC Jim Sheppard These guys all work with me and we had discussed doing a caving trip together for a while. Rachel & Richard organised the gear and met us at the woodbine in Hope. We all set off to the cave for an excellent …
Doom’s Retreat
In the back end of the Devils Arse show cave (formally known as Peak Cavern) lies Doom’s Retreat. Reached by diving through Ink Sump it has been the site of a great deal of digging effort by several teams of diggers over many years. Each group has been drawn into the project by the loud …