White Rose Pothole Club

Drunken Drunkards Up The Dales

The A.G.M. was the start of a bloody good day out! After this small formality over the White Rose launched onto a great boozing session at the GameCock (or was it Drooping?) All returned to the Dalesbridge for dinner in a slightly overloaded standing room only Tin Tent of mine. The evening was full of GOOD food, good drinking and good company. One of the best dinners ever. A very big thank you to Jon who made this possible. Cheers Jon

Laird Rhodes

Compass Pot Goes A Bit More

Elation turned to disappointment on Saturday 1^st December. John Clarke and Chris Smith finally got out of the meandering passage that contained many acute bends.

Rumbling Hole

Richard Bendall(WRPC) and compadre Dave Ramsay(RRCPC) have been enjoying significant success. A series of nine pitches, with three alternative routes, 118m depth, some 350m of passage and the game’s not up yet!

We have been installing 10mm Stainless Steel through bolts and hangers that will be left in place. The total spend on what will be left in so far exceeds £160.

Hence notice to the club, kindred clubs and cavers generally. We are looking for contributions to cover this cost. We are not asking to cover the cost of expendables like caps, cheap “disposable” bolts for scaling and that type of thing. Only the cost of what will be left when we leave, to benefit all cavers wishing to enjoy this fine, challenging cave.

So, when it comes to the next Committee Meeting I would hope for a positive outcome to this request. (Invoices can be supplied.)

Dale Head Pot entrance

As Ian (Cummins) wrote "....many people think its entrance is still collapsed...." but it is not, courtesy of the work of Mike Cooper and Dalek during the production of "Not for the Faint-Hearted". More recently - Sunday 4th November - a team of four started work on stabilisation of the Dig Climb. The day went well, lots of scaffold being cut to length (the delights of an angle grinder as opposed to the horrors of the hacksaw blade) and fitted in place. One more day should see the work complete.

New Meets added for this Year

Two new meets have been added to this years meets list have obtained the required permits:

Saturday 20th October 2007 - Dalehead Pot - Leader Ian Cummins.

Saturday 3rd November 2007 - Penyghent Pot - Leader Ian Cummins.

Please add them to your diary!

Summer Bash 2007

The Summer Bash 2007 has been organised....details here!

Broughton Game Show Cancelled

GAME SHOW CANCELLED

This weekends Broughton Game Show has been cancelled due to weather and ground conditions.

Chris

Friday 22 June 2007

Robin Pot - The End?

The squeeze was eventually enlarged by Chris and John and they entered a chamber, unfortunately they couldn't see anything for the fumes!

New Goyden Nidderdale

Last night a joint WRPC/BSD digging team dug out the remaining boulders blocking the way on.

Sterling work was carried out by Russ Brookes who was in the middle of the choke whilst dropping the last of the boulders that could be coaxed down the shaft.

The new pot consists of a climb down through an unstable boulder choke into a small chamber (void) formed by collapse of the choke. The roof and walls are boulders and mud of dubious stability. The floor of the chamber now opens directly onto the top of a mined shaft which drops into South Avens in New Goyden. The shaft has abundant remains of miners shot holes on both sides.

Chris Fox descended into the known cave before carefully returning. The next few trips here will be to install some shoring to secure the choke. Until this is complete, anyone visiting should avoid touching the walls or roof in the chamber as that may bring the whole lot down.

It would appear from this that New Goyden is yet another cave first explored by T'owd man.

Chris

New Goyden Pot Nidderdale

Having been driven out of Wharfedale by a return to near normal water levels a few trips into Black Sheep Diggers land were undertaken.

During the first(Sat 12^th May), to radiolocate an aven in the caravan trail series of New Goyden Pot.

The aven was found a short distance from the expected place. Whilst waiting for the return of the divers, an examination of the local geology looking for faults and old mine workings was undertaken.

A likely looking spot was prodded at by Chris Fox. After 40 minutes a draughting hole was uncovered. This was then left until the following Thursday.

More work was then carried out until a large rock reduced the size of the workings.

Finding ourselves dimensionally challenged we adjourned to the pub.

A return was planned over the joint WRPC/BSD weekend.(19/20 May 07)

A small team of BSD and WRPC did put in an appearance on Sat and having treated the offending boulder to 3 rounds of caps work continued apace. The hole is now eight foot deep and even has a solid wall, only one though.

More work to follow probably this Thursday afternoon/evening and maybe Sat depending how it looks/goes.

Chris