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 […]
Changes on the Committee
/in What's OnMany thanks to Andy Hall, Carol Makin and Mel Wilkinson, who after many year’s service on the committee (and as auditor), all stepped down at the recent AGM. All three are now “Life Members”, Mel and Carol being awarded the honour at the AGM. Andy was awarded the honour a few years ago. Welcome to […]
We now have Reciprocal Rights with The Shepton
/in What's OnIf you’re heading down to the Mendips, and are staying at the Shepton Hut, we now have reciprocal rights with them, so you will only need to pay member’s rates.
Photo Competition Winners 2025
/in What's OnA reasonable turnout of members enjoyed a presentation of fine photographs from the past year, from classic underground shots to humorous snaps. Isn’t it amazing what you can get with a mobile phone these days! Last year’s Giles Barker Award winner, Bill Nix, judged the individual categories, while the members present voted for the overall […]
Journal 12 is out!
/in CavingRed 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)
/in DiggingAfter 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 […]
Photo Competition Winners 2024
/in What's OnA good turnout of members enjoyed a presentation of fine photographs from the past year, from classic underground shots to humorous snaps. Isn’t it amazing what you can get with a mobile phone these days! Last year’s Giles Barker Award winner, Alice Shackley, judged the individual categories, while the members present voted for the overall […]
Fix for Petzl harnesses whose leg buckles tend to come undone
/in CavingIf 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
/in DiggingHazeltop 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
/in DiggingThe 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 […]