Caving Talk

Lancaster Hole Area Survey – free download

As this survey has been out of print for a while, and because it is not economic to print more copies, The RRCPC has decided to make the survey and the associated booklet, freely available online. If the booklet and Survey are used or re-produced elsewhere, please credit the RRCPC They can be downloaded here: […]

Journal 12 is out!

Red Rose Journal 12 is published and available for sale to members and non-members alike. The glossy A4 publication chronicles the period 2016-2024 and has 167 pages and covers exploration in the Dales (Ingleborough, Dentdale, Barbondale, Ease Gill) and Scotland; articles including the Three Counties Traverse and conservation; and a thorough first hand account of […]

Rollerball (Kirtle Pot)

After 6 years of working this cave almost every Thursday night, the elusive junction with The Precambrian Series in Aygill Cavern has yet to materialise – but we are getting closer. Rollerball is now 175 metres long and 35 metres deep and still going. Digging has, on occasions, involved a massive team effort to remove […]

Fix for Petzl harnesses whose leg buckles tend to come undone

If anyone has a new Super Avanti or Aven, Petzl harness, with orange coloured webbing, please be aware that there is a known issue with the buckles slipping. Petzl have now come up with a new buckle cover that fixes the issue, available for free, on request to Petzl. Please see the following page on […]

Hazeltop update

Hazeltop Cave is awaiting a push at the current end of the cave, a nasty boulder choke with slabs of roof hanging off.  But the carrot is the 3 kilometres the cave still has to go to reach the rising at the top of Barbondale.  We will return in the  spring/summer when the weather is […]

Casterton Pot

The Casterton Pot diggers are inching their way closer to Bull Pot of the Witches!  Well, metre-ing their way might be more accurate, particularly these last couple of weeks. On successive Wednesday evenings the south passage dig has produced 10 metre extensions on both days – giant leaps forward in the history and slow slog […]