Caving and Quarrying

Monday 22nd February 2016

Last year, I caved a lot from January to September and then stopped.  I do this from time to time.  Florence and Will caved less and I always and only cave with them, as I have insufficient skills...

Caves That Are Not That Much Fun, (leading to): A Conversation With Lily

Thursday 21st May 2015

Some caves are just too hard for me and I will never go there.  Some caves are just too hard for me, but somehow I end up there anyway.  Recently I have caved in two such places.  Longwood Swallet...

New Cave: Ladder Dig Extensions in GB Cavern

Wednesday 1st April 2015

You know how much I love GB Cavern?  You do know, you’ve just repressed the memory.  It’s a lovely cave, big, gentle, and beautiful.  Anyway, I have finally got up into the upper...

Caving In a Pub Car-park: Hunters Lodge Inn Sink

Friday 9th January 2015

Last week, Florence and I went caving on our own.  I really admire Florence for agreeing to cave with me alone.  Respect. We just wanted a two hour ‘bimble’ with no kit or faff, so we...

Try Caving on 1 – 3 August in Somerset – you might like it

Monday 2nd June 2014

I do know how much you enjoy my posts about caving.  Despite that, I am posting another one. My regular reader knows that I started caving (I am going to say ‘I cave’, ‘I’m a...

Caving Set-Back

Monday 14th April 2014

Two things: 1) a very nice chap came into the yarn shop in Cornwall where I was teaching on Saturday and we had a lovely chat about caving.  He used to cave in the Mendips.  The cave he remembered...