YCC Blog
Pippikin Pot
Fleur Loveridge | 18 October 2017
The next day I let the others cajole me into going down Pip. Aileen hadn't done it and the other two hadn't been for a while. We had considered Ireby as an alternative, but the rain kept on coming and in retrospect we definitely made the correct weather decision. I last...
Rift Pot (Allotment)
Fleur Loveridge | 18 October 2017
We were supposed to be going to Penyghent but it had been clear for several days if not a week that it would be too wet. Aileen and I deferred the decision of an alternative trip all week as well. By chance we managed to collect Mark and Adam for...
FOUL Pot
Matt Ewles | 16 October 2017
It was too wet for our planned trip to Magnetometer Pot so after a brief discussion over breakfast we decided on FOUL Pot. It has been a few years since our last trip there. I remembered how good and wet weather compatible it was. Furthermore, it has recently been resin...
Car Pot
Mark S Sims | 16 October 2017
Expectations were high. We'd been fairly keen to visit Car Pot for several years, but weather had thwarted our plans on multiple occasions, and more recently reports of degraded anchors had put us off. However, the recent resin anchoring of the whole cave and a dry forecast meant we finally...
Car Pot
Toby Buxton | 16 October 2017
Enthusiasm for harder caves was high after I'd pulled off a magnificent coup in getting Captain Walmslers and Admiral The Cutty Sark down Marble Sink for my 300th trip a few weeks ago. It was marginally harder to convince the ever-reticent Captain Findles but in the end she too wilted...
Marble Sink
Mark S Sims | 25 September 2017
It had been a while since I'd felt anxious on a walk to a cave. A couple of years of largely dig-focussed trips and a more recent spate of returns to Yorkshire classics meant I was rather out of calibration with some of the more challenging trips to be had....
Notts Pot
Fleur Loveridge | 29 August 2017
The weather forecast was not as good as hoped; I had promised Lou a nice SRT trip in the dales and it was decided that Notts would be a good bet. Initial plans for an exchange were shelved at the last minute since our numbers were reduced by Matt eating...
Cow Pot
Fleur Loveridge | 29 August 2017
Actually, Fleur, Laura and guest Lou - a rare girls only trip underground. A quick jolly down the pitches in cow pot before an early departure on a Sunday. With my third visit in the last year or so I remembered better all the rigging details and was hopefully fairly efficient....
Fairy Holes (Weardale)
Matt Ewles | 18 July 2017
It'd been a few years since our last trip into Fairy Holes, and I was quite excited about the possibility of returning. With the weather very much in our favour, we arrived at the quarry and made our way up the forestry track - or at least what once was the...
New Goyden Pot
Matt Ewles | 17 July 2017
Despite caving in Yorkshire for 13 years this year, the caves of Nidderdale have so far eluded me. Some years ago a few members had a trip to New Goyden and reported it as being an excellent trip, and it's always stuck in the back of my mind. So with...
County Pot to Molluscan Hall via Dismal Bypass
Matt Ewles | 17 July 2017
After cancelling our scheduled weekend in Wharfedale due to the dodgy weather, my main aim during our substitute weekend at Bull Pot Farm was to learn more about downstream in County Pot, particularly the route via Dismal Junction and the possible connection to Ease Gill Aven, which we have visited...
Ogof Draenen to Dogleg Series
Matt Ewles | 17 July 2017
After numerous trips to the far reaches of Ogof Draenen over the last few years (including one to Medusa's Children, one to the Geryon, and one to War of the Worlds and Sandero Luminosa at the opposite end of the cave), we were on the lookout for new places to...
Jenga Pot Conservation Day - April 2016
Gary Douthwaite | 10 April 2017
After 10 years of digs around Jenga Pot, a rather large collection of tools, drag buckets and other digging paraphernalia had accumulated. The thought of "we’ll come back to that dig" had been common practice as it is in so many digs but sadly other projects had taken over so...
Ireby Fell Caverns
Matt Ewles | 28 March 2017
A fine and uncomplicated trip down to Duke Street to work up a thirst for the new year NPC celebrations at Greenclose which York had been very kindly invited to join in with. Gary took some cracking photos. Another group from YUCPC did the Cripple Creek round trip too which...
Rowten Pot
Matt Ewles | 28 March 2017
It wasn't just wet... it was REALLY wet... white water down Kingsdale Beck. John turned up, snorting about how there was no way we were getting down Rowten today... but having descended Rowten several times in similar conditions I was rather more confident that the Eyehole/Flyover route would be passable. Progress underground...
Alum Pot - Long Churn
Matt Ewles | 28 March 2017
The planned trip for today was Brown Hill Pot, but the weather forecast from 2pm was a little concerning and we didn't know how Brown Hill responded, so we stuck with a much safer option to do a quick Alum Pot to Long Churn exchange, aiming to be out before...
County Pot - Pool Sink
Matt Ewles | 28 March 2017
A rather late start due to the prior CNCC meeting, but we assembled at Bull Pot Farm at 1:30pm intent on a very efficient exchange between Pool Sink and County Pot. It was Old Farts (Me, Gary, Ade, Fleur) going down County and the younger contingent (Rachel, Josh, Toby) down...
Bogg Hall Cave - Diving "The Font"
John Dale | 22 September 2016
After waiting for well over two years for a suitable opportunity to arrive, Adrian Hall decided; at very short notice, to take advantage of excellent weather conditions to dive The Font for the second time. Adrian Hall, Richard Wilsdon (who attempted the dive in 1982) and myself got ready and...
Doolin River Cave (St Catherines to Fisherstreet Pot)
Matt Ewles | 29 June 2016
Without a doubt the premium trip in County Clare and one of the finest river caves anywhere in the British Isles/Ireland. Doolin River Cave is a splendid river passage which commences at St Catherine's on the outskirts of Doolin and ends a few miles away at Fisherstreet Pot, a pothole amongst...
Sea Kayaking at Galway Bay
Matt Ewles | 29 June 2016
We had arranged for the Doolin Caves and Cliffs sea kayak tour on the Monday however, the strong winds meant this got pushed back to Wednesday and deferred to the Galway Bay tour instead. Nonetheless it was an excellent half day out, paddling around the shallow waters around Galway Bay...