Yearly Archives: 2006

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

Rift Pot Saturday, 29 July 2006 Well, here we were again! Hungover, sleep deprived, ridden with apathy but in need of a fine caving trip! And so, with the forecast looking iffy for later on, and not wanting to do anything that required too much effort, we set off for Rift Pot...

La Pucelle Thursday, 27 July 2006 After a few days relaxing at the family home near Limoges, we decided to head down to the Dordogne to join Antony and the Shepton for a day's potholing. We arrived on the wednesday evening and in true mendip fashion drank a lot of beer. The...

Jean Pot Thursday, 20 July 2006 Awesome trip down Jean Pot, which the guidebook describes as being "an awkward hole, full of character." This intriguing line was, in itself, enough to convince me that a trip down this little-visited cave was an excellent idea. After collecting some ropes from Horton, met up...

Penyghent Pot - Interdiction Streamway Saturday, 15 July 2006 Interdiction- Penygent Pot Trip time 16.5 hours The aim was to understand/survey the Interdiction Streamway. A flying start saw us at the entrance and underground by 9.10 am. Then as Mike rigged the 2nd of the rift pitches divers were heard behind us...

Washfold Pot Saturday, 15 July 2006 Excellent 3.5hr trip down one of the finest caves in the dales (in my opinion)! It has a lot of variety in a very short distance (i.e. fine narrow stream passage, awesome 40m pitch, several easy but exposed climbs, easy traverses, short crawls and short...

High Hull Pot Friday, 14 July 2006 Short but fine afternoon trip taking advantage of low water levels. Started building a dam as the guidebook suggests, but boredom and frustration set in after half-an-hour due to 1) poor dam building skills 2) the ditch that I needed to use to take...

Grange Rigg Pot Saturday, 8 July 2006 Scared by the thought of a caving-less weekend, I resorted to the use of alcohol to convince Chris that installing his burglar alarm should wait another weekend, and that we should get a good caving trip done instead! The plan worked, maybe a little...

Magnetometer Pot - Pendant Passage Saturday, 24 June 2006 Could have got off the train at Clapham, stayed at Greenclose, gone to pub with OAPs and then enjoyed a leisurely trip down Bar Pot. Instead I decided to continue onto Leeds, crashed the No. 4 barbeque, drank their beer until 3.00am and...

Langstroth Pot Saturday, 10 June 2006 Excellent trip down a really cool cave that's definitely one of the best trips i've done for a while. The morning started with the usual faff, and a certain individual phoning me at 9am (the pre-arranged pickup time) to let me know he'd just woken...

Moray Coast Caves Monday, 17 April 2006 Having not been potholing since the dinnermeet and being unable to get to Assynt (or the Dales) the only option within easy reach of Inverness was the Moray coast. These are sea caves formed in the New Red Sandstone, but most are now dry...

Discoveries in Riano 1, Matienzo Friday, 14 April 2006 - Friday, 21 April 2006 This was my first visit to Matienzo, and initially I felt a bit lost over where to start to try and get a feel for the area and its caves. After spending day on the surface bashing...

Titan - Peak through trip Saturday, 4 March 2006 An excellent trip taking in the delights of Titan and the White River series. The usual faff meant that we didn't get underground until about 12.45. The 45m entrance pitch leads to a very short section of stooping passage, coming into Titan...

Strangle Pot Sunday, 15 January 2006 Strangle Pot- Fountains Fell. This cave is now 157m deep with various bits yet to be looked at. The fist three pitches pass easily then one descends to Dementia, a crawl that starts well enough but degenerates to a struggle through liquid mud, which Mr. C. lead...