Our Boxing day trip....

[Danny Sutton]

lol, we now have a rope, but bring it anyway just in case.

[Vikki Sestan]

[quote="JohnNicholson" post=12196] Vikki.....
I have several spare helmets and lights.  I can also bring Bella's (clean) cave suit [/quote]

Not to worry John I decided to drive back to Wales to get my stuff.

See you all in the morning

[John Nicholson]

Will Deano come too?

[Danny Sutton]

i dont think so John.

[Danny Sutton]

apparently, to be civilized, i should put a post up saying that andy will be joining us. I have no idea why anyone would think i'm the civilized type.

[Richard Sawyer]

Could you make room for one more please?  Thanks, Richard. B)

[Danny Sutton]

i dont see why not

[Ali Wiseman]

[quote="Mad-Dan" post=12212]apparently, to be civilized, i should put a post up saying that andy will be joining us. I have no idea why anyone would think i'm the civilized type.[/quote]

You and Andy might as well pitch a tent in Minera ;-)

Wish I could get out, but guess where I am...  :angry: and I've *still* not managed to do Minera yet.

Have fun.

[Andrew Farrow]

[quote="Mad-Dan" post=12212]apparently, to be civilized, i should put a post up saying that andy will be joining us. I have no idea why anyone would think i'm the civilized type.[/quote]

it is civilised to inform your club that you are bringing a guest on a club trip

[Danny Sutton]

i told vikki by text, and anyway, WTF are you doing up at 4am, it had best of been to clean your car out so i've somewhere to sit.

[Tom Howard]

Good trip today, thanks everybody. Nice to meet Andrew and Iestyn:-)

In need of another trip to get down to the lake and the thru trip for the likes of Andrew, Dan and Vikki

See you all again soon. Happy Christmas.

Tom

[John Nicholson]

It was a great day out.  Very sorry that Dylan could not manage to come.  

It seemed from the outset that Dan, Andy, Vikki and Tom all knew bits of the Minera Maze but different bits. Thanks to Tom and Andy for bring so much SRT kit.  We managed the descent in total safety and assurance.  We then set off from the big gower chamber in a totally different direction to that I did before with Ian, Tim and Mike L. - basically we went 'left', and down and down.  We got to a huge hole and crawled along a shelf to proceed down a passage for some way.  Returned to the shelf and went another way which involved several challenging features and ended in a tight squeeze.  

Tom's rope was used several times to ensure that we were all safe and well assured.  When we returned to the Cabin Shaft Andy and Tom used SRT to get out, and then the rest of us used Andy's long ladder, but supported by a belay rope.  I must admit that i got very tired by 2/3rds of the way up and needed to take a breather.

Finally we retired to the Plough Pub a few miles away and had a good chat by a log fire.  Why did I fall off that stool? - before even drinking any beer?  Another time I will sample their real suet pudding.

[Richard Sawyer]

An outstanding trip : memorable for all the right reasons. A full-on caving trip with squeezes, crawls, ladders up, ladders down, abseils, rope hauls, climbing, traversing - brilliant!  New member Iestyn enjoyed his first day out with us (well he said he did).  Thanks to everyone for making it so successful, and especially to Andy for his first class rope-work and rigging.

[Vikki Sestan]

Thank you for looking after me today boys, much appreciated :-)

[John Nicholson]

Richards description is excellent!