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The Derbyshire Caver

latest cover The Derbyshire Caver is the Newsletter of the DCA.

Annual subscription for 4 issues posted to you: £10.00

Published quarterly. Price £2 a copy. (Over the counter in the Mining Museum at Matlock Bath and the Old Smithy café at Monyash.)

Previous editions of the newsletter are available below.

The Derbyshire Caver No. 153 - Spring 2020

The British Caving Library
The Longcliffe Litter Bugs
The Lure of the Hole - Recording Sounds Underground
Orchard Sough, Snitterton
Obituary - Steve Thompson
Carbohydrates and Caving
Snelslow Swallet Clean-up

The Derbyshire Caver No. 152 - Autumn 2019

The Wardlow Sough Adit Restoration Project
Removing Fresh Graffiti in Cumberland Cavern
The Nixon’s Aven Dig
The AƗ Passage Dig in Far Sump Extension
The Early Days of Giants Hole Exploration

The Derbyshire Caver No. 151 - Spring 2019

The Ecton Mine adit restoration project
The Longcliffe Mine shaft‐top grille epic hauling trip
David Jackson Obituary
Changing more lightbulbs in Speedwell Cavern
‘Newish’ caves in the Wormhill area
Highlighting damage done to gated mines and the access implications

The Derbyshire Caver No. 150 - Winter 2018/2019

Gunpowder blasting in Cromford Sough
The late Dave Williams
John Gunn on the new British Cave Monitoring Centre
The late Gordon Parkin by Bob Dearman
Andrew Chamberlain analyses the animal bones from Bull Pit

The Derbyshire Caver No. 149 - Autumn 2018

Jim Lister on the Ink Sump project
DCRO and the Tham Luang rescue – an account by Bill Whitehouse
Alan Brentnall – repairs at The Bung and at Whalfe climbing shaft
Rubbish removal from Peak Resurgence Sump by Tim Webber

The Derbyshire Caver No. 148 - Spring 2018

Magnets in clothing
Block Hall – an exploration history
Longcliffe update Peak Cavern – water levels at Halfway House
Giants Hole – water, rope and irony
Derbyshire Caving Association Officers 2018/19

The Derbyshire Caver No. 147 - Winter 2017/2018

Peak District Diving 2017
DCRO call outs 2017
Francis Boyd Potts
Suicide Cave – Improving Stability
Wadworth Woods – Sinks in the Magnesian Limestone
Bats: Autumn Swarming in the Via Gellia
Once More Unto the Breach, Dear Friends

The Derbyshire Caver No. 146 - Autumn 2017

CO2 in the Monyash Area
The Bottomless Pit – Water Depth and Water Tracing
Mouldridge Gate Replacement
Access Controlling Bodies, CO2 and the HSW Act
Freshers’ Meet (it was only short)

The Derbyshire Caver No. 145 - Summer 2017

DCRO call outs 2017
Can you Cut Rope With a Household Jet Washer?
A Meeting With Dr Trevor Ford OBE
A Day in the Life of a Speleologist
Kirkland Shaft – a New Entrance to Devonshire
SUSS in the Sixties
Air Quality Readings 2017

The Derbyshire Caver No. 144 - Spring 2017

Peak District Dives 2016/17
Giants-Oxlow-Giants 1966
Thoughts on Jet Washing Caving Ropes
DCA Member Clubs 1974 & 2014
Merlin Streamway Between the Sumps
Cave Atmosphere Readings 2016

The Derbyshire Caver No. 143 - Winter 2016/2017

DCRO Call Outs
Work of the Underground Conservation Forum
Eyam Dale House Cave
Cave Life of the Year – Food for Thought
Holme Bank Chert Mine
DCA Cave/Mine Conservation Plans
Recent Finds of Bones in the Peak/Speedwell System
Restoration of the Ecton Dressing Shed Wall
The Not So Secret Life of Bats
Damage to Stalactites in Giants Hole .

The Derbyshire Caver No. 142 - Autumn 2016

Peak District Dives 2016
Eurospelio2016 Peak Camp Diary
A tall tale by Bob Leakey
A Shot In The Dark – My Life In Films part 2
Bagshaw Cavern in the 1940s and 1950s
Ten things every caver should do

The Derbyshire Caver No. 141 - Summer 2016

Peak District Dives 2016
DCRO Call Outs
A Shot In The Dark – My Life In Films
Peak Cavern – Victoria Aven
Bradwell Catchment Symposium

The Derbyshire Caver No. 140 - Spring 2016

How to Repair a Hole in a Field
Diving In P8
DCA Project Officer’s Report
Eldon Hole - A History of Exploration
Crewe CPC SRT Training

The Derbyshire Caver No. 139 - Winter 2015/2016

The Longcliffe Project
Cliffhanger 2015
Alabaster Sough
The Steam Room
Lathkill Resurgence Cave
DCA Online Access Guide

The Derbyshire Caver No. 138 - Autumn 2015

DCRO Call Outs
Farewell Mel
Work in Peak Cavern 1963/64
Prospects in the Manifold and Hamps Valleys

The Derbyshire Caver No. 137 - Summer 2015

Vale – Brian Webb
Waterfall Hole Car Park
Buttered Badgers’ Rowter Hole Project
Hungerhill Swallet – the 1986/87 dig
Ecton Mines Engine House
Air Monitoring
Starvehouse Mine

The Derbyshire Caver No. 136 - Spring 2015

Farewell John
DCRO Call Outs
Memories of Paul Deakin
DCA Projects
Peak Cavern Clean-up

The Derbyshire Caver No. 135 - Autumn 2014

Farewell Keith
DCRO Call Outs
Cliffhanger 2014
Coalpithole Shaft 10
Lids and Gates
White Hall Centre
Winnats Head Cave – new anchors
Reynards Kitchen

The Derbyshire Caver No. 134 - Spring 2014

Vale - Peter Higgins
Farewell Ralph
DCRO Call Outs
Peak District News
Entrance Improvements in Hamps and Manifold
Peak Cavern’s Surprise View Sump Enigma
Stabilisation of Whalf Climbing Shaft
An appeal from Pete Knight, DCA Projects Officer
A Visit to Poole’s Cavern in 1794
DCRO Gautries Rescue - A Wife’s Tale!

The Derbyshire Caver No. 133 - Winter 2012/2013

News From Around the Peak
Dowsing at Water Icicle Close Cavern
Giles Barker Award for Dave Webb
Masson Scrubbers
Darfar PC Activities in the Manifold / Hamps Area
Wapping Mine Tidy-up Photos
Re-opening Boulder Pot
Bad Air in Peak District Caves
An Article on Fracking

The Derbyshire Caver No. 132 - Winter 2012

DCA Goes To CLIFFHANGER 2011
News From Around the Peak
Snow Covers Titan's Shaft
Dunsley Springs Level Clean-up
A Crimbo Pressie
Titan Dig Site Landscaped

The Derbyshire Caver No. 131 - Spring 2010

News From Around the Peak
Serious Damage in Giants Hole
Breakthrough in Water Icicle Close Cavern
Tears All Round
Clatterway Levels and Sough
Long Rake Mine - Danger!

The Derbyshire Caver No. 130 - Winter 2009

News From Around the Peak
Festival of Outdoor Learning
Knotlow Cavern Pollution Records Update
Lands End to John O'Groats by Bike for DCRO
Longstone Edge Saved
Orpheus CC Extensions and New Cave in Dove, Lathkill and Manifold Areas
DCA at "Cliffhanger 2009"
Long Rake Mine - Danger!

The Derbyshire Caver No. 129 - Autumn 2008

News From Around the Peak
DCA at "Cliffhanger - 2008"
Conservation Efforts Double-up at Jugholes!
Orpheus CC Digging News
Lathkill Garden Path Access Procedure
Clatterway Levels and Sough
The Bagshawe Cavern Entrance Stope Project
AALA Safety Alert: Gas Hazrds Notice
Masson Caving Group 30th Anniversary Celebrations...

The Derbyshire Caver No. 128 - Spring 2008

News From Around the Peak
Spray Can Cowboys
Bradwell Dale and Bagshawe Cavern Clean-up
Darfar Crag Swallet
Rowter Hole Re-capping Project
Top Entrance for Riverside Swallet
Owlet Hole Mine
Shaft on New Rake Fencing Project

The Derbyshire Caver No. 127 - Winter 2007

The Treatment of Old Lead Mine Shafts
News From Around the Peak
Discoveries at Darfar Pot
Double Trouble Dig
Progress at Democratic Dig, Crowdecote
Photos of Orpheus Digs
Plantation Swallet
Knotlow Pollution Situation
Knotlow Cavern Pollution Records
P8 Rescue
It Shouldn't Happen to an OAP!

The Derbyshire Caver No. 126 - Summer 2007

Vale - Roy Paulson
Peak Cavern Round-up
News From Around the Peak
30 Years Ago
Photos of Slop Moll Repairs
Photos of Stile Repairs
Re-opening of Plantation Swallet
DCA/BCA Cavers Workshop March 10th & 11th 2007
Recent Natural England/DCA Conservation Work
Conservation Work in Ashford Black Marble Mine
Re-opening of Moonmilk Pot

The Derbyshire Caver No. 125 - Autumn 2006

Car Park for P8
Peak Cavern Round-up
News From Around the Peak
Work at Knotlow Hillocks Complex
Work in Manifold Valley
Hidden Earth 2006
Dowse Hole Clean-up
"Fight for Life" DVD .

The Derbyshire Caver No. 124 - Spring 2006

Peak Cavern Round-up
News From Around the Peak
Owl Hole Dig Update
Caver and Bat Workshop
Caver Killed While Digging
New "Caves of the Peak District"
Old Tor Mine Clean-up

The Derbyshire Caver No. 123 - Autumn 2005

Peak Cavern Round-up
News From Around the Peak
Re-opening Hungerhill Swallet
Knotlow Pollution Logger
New "Caves of the Peak District"
Conserving Bats in Underground Sites
Cave Conservation in Manifold Valley
"Deepest Highest" and Challenge Cancer

The Derbyshire Caver No. 122 - Spring 2005

News From Around the Peak
Dave Edwards Obituary
Common Sense and "Working at Heights" Regulations
New Discoveries in Waterways Swallet
Continuing Pollution in Knotlow Cavern
New Vehicle for DCRO #
SSSI Round-up
Snelslow Clean-up - The Sequel
Hamps and Manifold Cave and Mine Conservation Audit

The Derbyshire Caver No. 121 - Winter 2004

Peak Cavern Round-up
News From Around the Peak
Latest Discoveries in Owl Ho|e
Derbys. Cavers Take The Challenge
Dave Edwards
The Speedwell "Miner's Toast'

The Derbyshire Caver No. 120 - Summer 2004

Peak Cavern Round-up
DCA Wins Greenwatch Award
News From Around the Peak
Reply to Ralph Johnson's Article
Knotlow Pollution Records Personal Tribute to Tony Reynolds
Vale Robert Farmer
Luntor Pot - Discovery and Exploration
Cave Art and Archaeology
Hidden Earth 2004
The Lead Legacy
BCA Logo Competition
China Caves Project Weekend

The Derbyshire Caver No. 119 - Spring 2004

News From Around the Peak
P8 Layby Parking for Cavers
DCRO New Vehicle Appea1
The End of Club Caving as We Know it?
Some Caving Definitions
DCA/NCA Cavers Wokshop
Snelslow Swallet Clean-up
Audit of Archaeological Caves
Cave Conservation Monitoring Scheme

The Derbyshire Caver No. 118 - Autumn 2003

Peak Cavern Round-up
Other News from around the Peak
Calf Pingle Mine, Eyam
DCRO Launch New Vehicle Appeal
DCRO Call Outs Last Year
Mineral Collecting and Conservatiion
Cavers and Mineral Collecting
Cave Video - Part 2 Video Lighting
Applause for the Cause
Cavers Come Clean

The Derbyshire Caver No. 117 - Summer 2003

Peak Cavern Round-up
Other news from around the Peak
DCA wins Conservation Award
Underground Britain - Legal & lnsurance Issues
Chrome Hill Calamine Mines
Underground Video - getting started
Death of Fernand Petzl
Hillock's "Sump"

The Derbyshire Caver No. 116 - Spring 2003

Peak Cavern round-up
Bird Mine
CroW 2000
SRT Bolts - another thought
Brightgate Cave Graffiti
Knotlow Again!
Whalf Sough
SIdetrack Cave
Knowlow Update
Carbon Dioxide - and increasing hazard for cavers?

The Derbyshire Caver No. 115 - Autumn/Winter 2002

Peak Cavern round-up
Hodgkinsons Hotel Level
SRT Bolts - just a thought
Monyash goings on!
Jug Holes publicaiion review
Latest Bagshaw find.
Whalf Sough
Oxlow refurbishment
New cave in Eldon Hill
SSSIs and Cave Conservation

The Derbyshire Caver No. 114 - Summer 2002

Conservation & Archaeology
Peak Cavem round-up
The Grout Season
Book Review - Rocks & Scenery
Idiots leap here!
Oxlow/Speedwell/Lathkill/Suicide Cave news
Nickergrove / Far Sump Ext. news
DCRO Duck Race
Dowsing in the Hamps & Manifold map (pt 2)

The Derbyshire Caver No. 113 - Spring 2002

Jug Holes shaft restoration project
Mandale Mine
Peak Cavem round-up
DCA policy on
CroW 2000
Jug Holes/Hillocks/F&M news
Clean ups/Eco-Hangers & Ropes
DCRO callout reports and information
Going Quackers!
Dowsing in the Hamps & Manifold

The Derbyshire Caver No. 112 - Winter 2001

Peak/ Speedwell activities
History of High Rake lead mine
Hillocks & Peak Cavem clean-up
Jug Holes Adit restoration project
DCRO Radio Losation Exercise
Spot of Historical Hydrology - part III
Herne - The Legend
Hidden Earth recalled

The Derbyshire Caver No. 111 - Autumn 2001

P7
Peak/ Speedwell activities
Fallgate Caves
Thefts / Suicide Rescue
History of High Rake lead mine
Dumble Hole Swallet
Spot of Historical Hydrology - part II
Hidden Earth 2001

The Derbyshire Caver No. 110 - Summer 2001

Level 7
Moss Chamber clean up
Hoften's Cross Swallet
Peak/Speedwell Update
Adopt a Cave
Winster night out
Carsington Youth Games day
Caving after CRoW
Hidden Earth 2001
There's always Hope
A Spot of Historical Hydrology - Part I

The Derbyshire Caver No. 109 - Spring 2001

Digging Round Up
Peak Ropes/Odin Slopes
Peak/Speedwell activities
A view of Monyash
Devonshire /Knotlow/Holme Bank reports
Foot & Mouth waming
Trust an Eco?
Mineral Cotlectors and the law
Giant's maillons
Masson Hill audit

The Derbyshire Caver No. 108 - Winter 2000

Crock Pot - new cave
Crock Pot Survey
What's lurking in Knotlow!
Peak/Speedwell activities
Durham Edge Swallet - new cave
Water Icicle naughties
DCRO rescue reports
Oxlow/Nettle updates
Another P8 story
Hypothermia Crawl - revisited

The Derbyshire Caver No. 107 - Autumn 2000

DCRO Pitch Hauling at Jug Holes
Peak Cavem conservation work
Eldon & Whalf pipe get attention
Devonshire Cavern & Oxlow-be warned
Bagshawe Cavern - exploration update.
Collapses in Long Rake Spar Mine
Ecton Mines - request for artefacts
Dumping in Mines & Caves
JH warning of loose bolts
Masson Hill audit
Dumble Hole Swallet extensions
Masson Hill audit info form

The Derbyshire Caver No. 106 - Summer 2000

Eldon Hole, Titan, P8, New Website
Break-in at P8, Merlin's Mine 4
Robin's Shaft Mine
Bagshawe Cavern - Part I
The Dowel Dale Dives - 1999's exploration of the sumps in Dowel Dale Side Pot
The 1965 Carleswark Cavern Rescue
Hitch'n'Hike website

The Derbyshire Caver No. 105 - Spring 2000

Letters & Did You Know?
North Sump Rift Extension
North Sump Surveys
Tony Gibbs Speaks!
Tony Gibbs Speaks Some More!
Tony Gibbs Speaks Even More!!!!
A Trip With English Nature
Farnsley Lane & Eldon Digs
Caving News
Rescue Reports

The Derbyshire Caver No. 104 - Spring 2000

The Dowel Sumps Investigated
Peak Cavern, Rescue Reports, Oxlow
Hubberdale
Derbyshire Caving News
More Derbyshire Caving News
Even More Derbyshire Caving News!
Meet The People
Obituary
C.C.C. Pay Tribute To Terry Rayner
Review - TSG Website & Stop Press

The Derbyshire Caver No. 103 - Autumn 1999

Knotlowpollution
News From The Pegasus
Ribden Swallet No.3
Dowel Dale Side Pot & Streaks Pot
European Speleological Congress, Robin's Shaft Mine
Trouble Spots
Eldon Hole & Greenwatch Awards
The Deepdale Shaft

The Derbyshire Caver No. 102 - Summer 1999

Knotlow Pollution
Eldon Hole
Henry's Hole
Trouble spots
Derbyshire News & Potterings (including Titan update)
Cavers Workshop
Dye Tracing in The Peak District
Mountbatten Pot
Devonshire Diving
Holding Up The Roof!

The Derbyshire Caver No. 101 - Spring 1999

Climbing in the Peak / Speedwell System
Digging in the Peak - English Nature's stance
Deep Dale Adit - Who git it wrong then?!
Peak Cavern System lnscriptions
Mr PB. Smith - Master Caver
TSG 16 - Latest journal reviewed
The latest Derbyshire based club joumal reviewed
Whalf Mine Climbing Shaft
Titan! - Moose, Shaun & the lads find something rather large
Little Monk's Hole

The Derbyshire Caver No. 100 - Winter 1998

The "Rumble in the Dumble" - TSG discoveries at Ashover
Discoveries in Deep Da1e - Orpheus activities.
Youlgreave - More Orpheus - God bless 'em.
An A - Z of Derbyshire Caving
Dragon Cave Diving Expedition - "What we did on our holidays" by the Pegasus.
Skullduggery - Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones.
Dowel Dale Side Pot - The truth behind the TSG "World Depth Attempt".

The Derbyshire Caver No. 99 - Autumn 1998

"If Yer Not 'Ard, Yer Shunt 'Ave Come"
Major Archaeological Discovery by Pegasus
Bagshawe - And The Tale of a Diving Torch & Diving in Perryfoot
Obituary - Bosh Wilde
The re-capping of Nettle Pot

DCA Newsletter 98 - Summer 1998

Derbyshire Potterings - Including Manifold dye tracing
Democratic Dig
The Aldery Cliff Caves
Placenta Pot, Aldery Cliff Fissure & The Pit Hole
The Oldest Mine in the Peak
The Peak in the Papers
Book Review "CCC Handbook"

DCA Newsletter 97 - Spring 1998

Derbyshire Potterings
Read This (or Die Horribly)!
Ricklow Quarry Qaves
Rescue News
The Peak In The Papers
Slovacka Jama & Henry's Hole

DCA Newsletter 96 - Autumn 1997

DCA Wins Barclay Card VIP Regional Award
Dumble Hole Swallet - Ashover
Placenta Pot
Placenta Pot Survey
Deep Rake - New Passage
- New Cave No 1, Blizzard Cave, TBth Aprit 199
- Two New Caves,2Tst April 1995
Of Toast Racks and Ceiling Tiles (a Nenthead exploration)

DCA Newsletter 95 - April/June 1997

Recent Work in the Hamps Valley
The Invasion of the Gate People
Introducing Caving to Begginers
ORPHEUS C.C. COTTAGE
Bagshawe Resurgence
The Garden Path
Conservation & Access
Carder Low
Snippets from Speleo'zin
What the Papers Say
Access to Lathkill Head

DCA Newsletter 94 - January/March 1997

A Dive (with a difference) in Peak Cavern
Conservation & Access
Caving for Beginners
DCRO Reports
RIGS and Current Progress
Ispitivanje Korodiranih Karibinera Stubai
Novija Speleološka Istraživanja Na BRDU Lipnik
Ladyside Pot
Conservation and Formations in Caves

DCA Newsletter 93 - October/December 1996

A Tricky Time to Drop In
Conservation & Access
OCC Dives Bagshawe
Heritage Lottery Fund
Introduction to Caving (part 2)
Magnesian Limestone Update
Giants Hole, East Canal
Bagshawe Resurgence Breakthrough
Caving Codger's Corner (part 2)
Recent Work in the Manifold Valley

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