Monthly Archives: August, 2006

Notts II - the old gits Christmas Trip Saturday, 2 December 2006 Ruthless efficiency saw Tim breaking down the door of Inglesport before it was open to gain his cup of tea. The rest of the team arrived over the next few hours. After a bit of car rationalisation we headed...

Old Gits Simpsons pull through Sunday, 27 August 2006 Just to prove that caving actually does take place at the Old Gits annual bank holiday BBQ; Tim, the Ians and Rob did a pull through of Simpsons. The trip got underway typically slowly with a start in the Inglesport caff and...

Hensler's Pot Thursday, 24 August 2006 Excellent evening trip down Hensler's Pot and out the winch. Set off down the entrance soon after Tom arrived. The only delay being spending about 15mins trying to get four AA batteries out of the 'inside' of my fleece after they had found a small...

GG Main Shaft - on ladders Tuesday, 15 August 2006 As it had been a few years since main shaft was climbed on ladders during the winch meet, I suggested that we gave it another go. The winch meet, or rather, the members week (when it isn't open to the public)...

Car Pot Monday, 14 August 2006 Am writing this as I wait for the washing machine to finish the third load of horrible, smelly washing, so that I can go back up to Gaping Gill for the remainder of the winch meet. Had a fine trip down Car Pot on the monday...

Cherry Tree Hole (Far North) Sunday, 6 August 2006 Worried that not enough caving had been done on the Saturday to justify the greasy breakfast and the chips, we met up at White Scar early in the morning to see whether we could get a trip past the show cave. Unfortunately,...

Aquamole Pot Tuesday, 1 August 2006 Rigging diagrams for Aquamole Pot, West Kingsdale. Images Entrance Pitch Posted by: Mike Bottomley Size: 44kb Width: 487 pixels Height: 700 pixels Posted: 02 August 2006 2nd Pitch & Aquamole Aven Posted by: Mike Bottomley Size: 38kb Width: 485 pixels Height: 700 pixels Posted: 02 August 2006