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The Derbyshire Caver
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. 155 - Summer 2021- Fitting Lids at Cussey Pot and Intake Dale Mine
- The Intake Dale Mine Extensions
- Odin Mine’s Grand Re-opening
- Lid Repairs at JH
- Eldon Hole Bones Recovery
- DCRO Hauling Exercise at Eldon Hole
- SSSI Monitoring Update
The Derbyshire Caver No. 154 - Winter 2020- The Great Perryfoot Car-park Clean-up
- Slitherstones Mine Capping Jobs
- The Backwater Aven Discovery
- Pilkington’s 1789 Grand Underground Tour of Castleton
- Eldon Quarry Access
- Covid, Caving and Bats
- Intake Dale Mine Repairs
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