Edited by Tim Watts 14/10/13.
Just to get a date in the diary, i've edited this tread to turn into into something a bit more specific.
As per Andys original text (below)...
Cave
To Be decided based on those who sign up.
Transport & meeting points/times:
Can take myself plus 8 more in the Landy from North Wales.
Tims Landy - Leaving from Tims at 07:30 and Mikes at 08:00 to get to Ingleton for Breakfast at 10am.
Confirmed Attendees & Travel:
Tim Watts (Landy - Tims house)
Tony S
Vikki
Mike
Andy
Dylan
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now - that hopefully this OHA business is out of everyones system - at least for a wile
you need a proper caving trip - and that can only be done in the Yorkshire dales :P its the caving laws
so stop slacking and sign up for a proper trip :
TO YORKSHIRE - where the real caves are
there is nothing on the club schedule for the next few weeks - so get organised - and get a date set - and the exact trip will be finalised according to weather conditions and abilities / desires of who actually turns up
I propose tatty wife for a dry day, swinsto pull through or little hull pot. OR can I suggest the boxhead/lost John's/Notts II connection..
They all sound awesome. I've only done the hothead connection one so far.
Tlh
Sat 9th November gets my vote - so much so i've just edited this thread ;-)
Woohoo!!! Count me in, I'm off work that weekend!
I will be there - obviously :)
me toooooooo
I'm in
I'll be there too.
Any idea's where we'll be going yet?
I'm not allowed out on yhe 9th :(
Thought about it last night when speaking to Mike in the pub and realised that's our Parys mountain trip :-( Sorry.
@ Richard timms :
I am not allowed to do loads of things - but I still do :)
@ tom howard :
you muppet - ps have fun
So, where r we going?
Try to pick somewhere that needs a permit and then I can get another bollocking please :dry:
if we want to embugger ian - then it will have to be a leck fell permit :P
shuttleworth pot ? - a moderate SRT entrance into a fooking bonkers cave - with awesome pretties and newts and even a dog :)
short drop / gavel ?? - srt trip - with the option of an exchange
nots2 ? - a entrance on fixed ladders / scrabling - to very nice stream passage - with lots to see - to get the best trip there is a very wet long crawl
but to truly fuck him over - split up and pirate casterton and leck :P
but on a serious note - due to inclement weather - I had not actually considered booking a permit
though of the above - shuttleworth is safe in any weather - unless you go right to the sump and it takes a LOT of water to make notts2 unsafe
getting a Lancaster hole / easgegill permit - will be a lot easier - as the permit sec for casterton is a nice chap
easegill is fooking awesome - but its vast and my knowledge of the system is very limited - trips can be ` graded ` from easy bimbles to fooking epics
or gaping gill ? - very easy to get a permit - stream or marylin / dis ?
though TBH - I was thinking of a kingsdale trip - or meregill
obviously highly weather dependant
does anyone have a strong preference ? or had a cave on their wishlist for ages ??
[quote="Andrew Farrow" post=20588]if we want to embugger ian - then it will have to be a leck fell permit :P
shuttleworth pot ? - a moderate SRT entrance into a fooking bonkers cave - with awesome pretties and newts and even a dog :)
short drop / gavel ?? - srt trip - with the option of an exchange
nots2 ? - a entrance on fixed ladders / scrabling - to very nice stream passage - with lots to see - to get the best trip there is a very wet long crawl
but to truly fuck him over - split up and pirate casterton and leck :P
but on a serious note - due to inclement weather - I had not actually considered booking a permit
though of the above - shuttleworth is safe in any weather - unless you go right to the sump and it takes a LOT of water to make notts2 unsafe
getting a Lancaster hole / easgegill permit - will be a lot easier - as the permit sec for casterton is a nice chap
easegill is fooking awesome - but its vast and my knowledge of the system is very limited - trips can be ` graded ` from easy bimbles to fooking epics
or gaping gill ? - very easy to get a permit - stream or marylin / dis ?
though TBH - I was thinking of a kingsdale trip - or meregill
meregill gets my vote. thats if my ribs are ok
obviously highly weather dependant
does anyone have a strong preference ? or had a cave on their wishlist for ages ??[/quote]
Count me in :)
Meregill sound good to me. but also a trip with exchange option is always nice too. i dont mind helping rig. Also fancy taking camera. so miles of shitty crawling is less attractive.
Just wondered if any one fancied gettin b+b sat night and doin a
Sunday trip also??
boydy - me :)
Just a quickie if you are thinking of meregill be wary i know this system like the back of my hand it is without doubt the hardest coldest and wettest trip in the dales if the lake is you will be met with rushing water waist deep at the start all downhill chutes and life lines between pitches the waterfalls in high water are horrendous and you have to pass through one on a change over i nearly lost linda in this system and Ian turned around befor pitch 2 he will tell you how cold and debris is high up the walls and floods quick if you are down here and the heaven opens up there is no were to hide you muust put your hangers in way up in the roof for this reason, look for them do not use any around chest height they will underwater by the time you try to get back this is a good trip in summer but winter its worse than when i got trapped in swinto the volume of water is a lot more, so throw caution to the wind boys do not try to be hero,s its not worth it.
Mick
[quote="Boydy" post=20638]Just wondered if any one fancied gettin b+b sat night and doin a
Sunday trip also??[/quote]
Sounds good to me Boydy :silly:
Why not book a hut? Most only cost £5 a night. Bull Pot farm will have space, it can take about 40+ people, and only GUPA are staying there next weekend.
I might pop up to the dales, currently there but sick as a parrot so not getting much done. Alternatively I might bring a couple people to survey Nadolig.
So then...........whats the plan boys?
looks like i will be concreting most weekend. sorry.
if you need any ropes just let me know
Weather in yorkshire is shite and most decent caves are gonna be a nightmare/undo-able. My vote we do something other than yorkshire as theres no point travelling all the way up there for nothing.
Anyway got anything more local on their wish list as an alternative?
there is no "plan " due to the weather forcast for the dales :
thursday - heavy rain
Friday - heavy rain
Saturday - snow
none of the " epic trips " that will make a 3 hour drive to Yorkshire worthwhile are doable - kingsdale or meregill will be horrendous
I can think of 20 caves that are safe in the weather expected- but with no time to get a permit - the free ones are interesting - but not IMHO worth the drive
so - I am very sorry - but plan b - is being planned - I have already spoken to tim - and he , ian and I will be attempting to plan an alternative tomorrow
it will be in wales or Derbyshire
sorry about that - but the closer it gets to Saturday - the worse things look
You could all save yourselves this kerfuffle by not going in caves...
[quote="Andrew Farrow" post=20773]there is no "plan " due to the weather forcast for the dales :
thursday - heavy rain
Friday - heavy rain
Saturday - snow
none of the " epic trips " that will make a 3 hour drive to Yorkshire worthwhile are doable - kingsdale or meregill will be horrendous
I can think of 20 caves that are safe in the weather expected- but with no time to get a permit - the free ones are interesting - but not IMHO worth the drive
so - I am very sorry - but plan b - is being planned - I have already spoken to tim - and he , ian and I will be attempting to plan an alternative tomorrow
it will be in wales or Derbyshire
sorry about that - but the closer it gets to Saturday - the worse things look[/quote]
titan
The Titan 'Duck' has some god awful worms in it at the moment, Mike. If you are going to do it though, go to White River Series, via block hall, pull through down the ventilator and you only need to take a 40m rope with you (provided Titan is rigged, I think Henry Rockliff is penciled in to go there on saturday - let me know and I'll ask him when we're down Oxlow). White river is not wet and is well worth a visit, best bit of peak. If you're feeling hardcore you could go and do Moosetrap on spits or if you're feeling really hardcore you could go p bolting in cliff cavern and get in the system via speedwell.
Failing that, JH (and the same again)?
Ride of the Valkyries is pretty awesome too.
Let me know if you guys make it t'derbyshire.
Illusion Pot (East Kingsdale) should be OK this weekend if you want to go to Yorkshire. We were there last Sunday and didn't have to bale the canal, which had about 10" of airspace. Illusion is do-able even in very wet weather e.g. Feb 2012 - but you may take an hour baling the canal. Once you get through its easy caving with some of the best formations in Yorkshire and you don't need a permit!
Dave
(we will be battling our way down Sell Gill Dry route this Sunday)
What's happening?
Fook knows. Titan was on the cards last night but awaiting news.
appologies for the poor admin - but had no comp this morning - and been digging all day
the dales wather is fooking squallid - and set to deteriorate
trip = oxlow cavers / maskhill mine exchange
meet wanted inn - sparrowpit SK17 8ET @ 10:00
if people want to cancel due to " not as advertised " - I understand - my organisation has been fook Shiite this week
but it is a bonkers trip - that has no real challenges if just doing the oxlow leg - but the maskill side has some technical bits - and a lot of vertical work
alternately - I can come down to wales - and let someone else pick a trip
I ain't coming. :-(
I've got shit come up at home plus i've picked up martys man flu.
@ tim dam - but I told you not to let him stick his cock in your mouth
who is coming - cos that nixes transport ?
yer i know - need to see who replies on here. Dylan, Tony, Vicki and Boydy still keen i think. - and 4 will fit in one car.
Tony/Vikki have some rope too - a 50m? so post on here once you've been down to check your stocks.
Not sure if Mikes going or not - but if he's not then Dylans a handy rigger/De-rigger.
Am gutted, and i know i'll regret not coming but i've been feeling crap on and off since i got home last week, had the shits and all sorts and i recon i need to just get myself sorted. Plus I've not discovered the better half has arranged a family visit for tomorrow and i'm already on thin ice.
Me and Vikki are gonna give this a miss I'm afraid guys.
We ain't going to manage a round trip with 3
hmmm , and then there were 3 :(
just do one side , or cancel - your call Dylan / boydy - as you are driving a lot further than I
I'll give it a miss this time and hopefully we can re arrange it when there are enough bodies to do it.
hey Dylan - no worries - does boydy know ?
I no contact details for him
Why not rearrange something for Sat 23rd Nov instead?
Sat 9th November gets my vote - so much so i've just edited this thread
Tnx
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