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Welcome to the White Rose Pothole Club
Your gateway to the underworld!
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 Next Meet: Next meet Saturday 28th January - Easegill Top Sink
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Membership Details
Thank you for your interest in the club! In order to join in with WRPC activities you must be at least 16 and become a Probationary Member.
Probationary Membership lasts for 6 months. During this time you must attend THREE official club trips underground (there is at least one per month, normally on a Sunday), be able to tie a bowline knot, and have satisfied the Executive Committee that you are both safe underground and compatible with other members. When you have completed these requirements your name is put before the Committee again, and if accepted you become a Full Member.
Members of the club go caving most weekends, and the club can obtain permits for any caves you specially want to visit. We have a wealth of underground expertise, and many of our members are also in Cave Rescue.
Special trips are arranged for beginners, and we provide all necessary equipment. Full Membership entitles you to:
- Free loan of all club equipment
- Discounts at some caving shops
- BCRA insurance cover underground
- Access to the books and surveys in the voluminous club library
- The right to wear club badges and insignia
- The right to attend club trips abroad
- Access to specialist training in such things a Single Rope Technique (SRT), Sump Diving, Underground Photography, Digging & exploration, plus many more
- Free Club Newsletter
There is a club dinner held after the AGM, plus ceilidhs, barn dances and parties. There are also family outings and camping, all this organised by our Social Secretary. If your application is successful we will mail you a list of members so you can contact anyone in the club easily. The annual subscriptions for 2011 are currently:
- Full Membership £26.00 Full
- Full Membership Joining Fee £2.50 (once only payment on upgrading from Probationary to Full Membership)
- Social Member £9.00 Join the club and attend socail events, receive newletters etc, but no caving!
We would be glad for you and your friends to come along straight away. We will provide all necessary tackle, and at least at first will loan you personal gear like lamps, sit-harnesses etc. If you wish to join please fill out an application form (see above) and either email it to us, or email us for a postal address to send it to.
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 | Caves of the Three Counties System |
 surveyman writes "
In an earlier newsletter I mentioned the view from Bull Pot of the fells under which are found the extensive cave systems of the Three Counties Cave System. Since then the diggers and explorers, including the mythical Misty Mountain Mud Miners, have opened up a new entrance to a large ancient passage in Witches Cave. This can now be explored from Shuttleworth Pot and we have a meet there planned for March 6. Please note: it is important for our good relations with the farmers and landowners up there that a CNCC permit is obtained for a visit. Another new find is a connection from the surface into the furthermost regions of Notts Pot 2.
An account of these and many other recent explorations can be seen in the recent edition of Descent:- “The magazine of underground exploration”. Anyone wanting to keep up to date with these and all other caving news should seriously think about subscribing to the magazine.
Later in the year we will probably have meets at Lancaster Hole and Easegill when we can enjoy a few hours in other parts this magnificent cave system.
Steve Warren
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Posted by Jarvis on Tuesday, March 01 @ 09:24:05 UTC (435 reads)
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| Events: Help Yorkshire’s Oldest Mountain and Cave Rescue Team |
 Cave Rescue Organisation Clapham, via Lancaster LA2 8HH Member of the British Cave Rescue Council Affiliated to the Mountain Rescue Council Registered Charity No. 241091
Help Yorkshire’s Oldest Mountain and Cave Rescue Team By Completing the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge
Dear Friend
How often have you thought about raising money for your club or preferred charity but then never done anything about it because of the effort of organising it? Well perhaps we can help?
On Saturday the 22nd August 2009, The Cave Rescue Organisation (CRO) is organising the “Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge” which you can enter. This event is a 23 mile walk, taking in the Yorkshire Dales “famous” 3 Peak Mountains, Penyghent, Whernside and Ingleborough.
We will take all the hassle away from you by organising the whole event; all you need to do is get sponsored, turn up and enjoy taking part in the challenge in some of the most scenic parts of the Dales. In return, all we ask for is the first £50 each participant raises and the rest is for your preferred club/charity.
Participants will be provided with free car parking; guides (if required), watering stations and the whole event will be marshalled and controlled by the CRO. In addition, should the whole route be too much, drop out points will be available with transport back to the car park; single peaks can also be arranged.
Successful participants will receive a certificate, either as an individual, or for the team entered and have the smug satisfaction that - “we did it!” If you are interested please visit our website for further details at www.cro.org.uk, or contact our Secretary on 077944 12456.
Go on take the challenge, enjoy the day and raise some cash!
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Posted by jarvis on Monday, June 08 @ 21:10:19 UTC (1566 reads)
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| Novice meet - Cliff Force Cave, Buttertubs Pass |
 joshuatree writes "As we have a considerable interest from prospective members, as well as new members wanting to do trips, I propose a meet for either Sat. 6th December or Sunday 7th to the fine Cliff Force Cave. No pitches and shouldn't be too wet, but this is proper Northern Dales stuff in the streamway. Also, the pass is a great place to see anyway.
With several new members potentially coming along, a few members turning out and helping with lights and helmets would be appreciated.
Ian."
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Posted by Jarvis on Tuesday, November 18 @ 14:15:48 UTC (2346 reads)
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| Compass Pot sump |
 joshuatree writes "After talking to Chris, John and Phil, Simon and I had a look into Compass to see what the sump looked like for a future dive. Phil showed us the way and with 5x 5-foot drain rods for company we made the tortuous crawl to the sump. We got 3 and a half rods into the water before encountering a blockage - could be an up-dip (hooray) a bend (!) or a constriction (!!!). Getting all of my body in there feet-first, it was cosy, but not too tight, so a further investigation with a bottle is in order.
This is definitely a trip for the skinny conoisseur, but the formations in the 1 decent chamber are fantastic, with some straws several feet in length!
I thought Chris and John were certifiable before this trip, but now I know for sure!"
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Posted by Jarvis on Monday, November 17 @ 15:19:10 UTC (1919 reads)
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