Trips & Reports

Titan, if you haven't heard, is one of the tallest cave shafts in Castleton. Because of this, a Titan-JH exchange was decided on the Saturday evening as a good solid Sunday trip to round off the TSG weekend. We had a bedtime trip report reading for motivation and went to sleep ready for a nice and early 10:30 leave for Titan. Come morning, I wandered over from where I was staying in the YHA to find breakfast already cooked and waiting... read more

As a fair warning, I have a lot to say... so I've very thoughtfully split this into two parts, so you can have a little break or a cup of tea or something in between (for strength). Part 1: Descending Titan and the Connection. The day began with relative efficiency: I wandered over to the hut for breakfast, checked with Sophie that the trip plan was still running smoothly and settled down to await the arrival of Rosie and Chris... read more

I was initially a little sceptical of doing another Titan-JH exchange on the Sunday of the TSG, given that the one last year was my biggest epic to date. But all our little freshlings were so excited to go and it started to look like it could actually work, especially after Rosie told us she was bringing Chris and his car, instead of the Panda, so I got excited too. After all, how could it be longer than last year?... read more

The original plan for this day was a super chill trip to either Fountains or Whitby Abbey, giving a nice day of rest between Wales and a weekend away at the Bradford. Checking the weather on Monday caused me some disappointment as it looked like rain was forecast to begin on the Thursday we leave for the Bradford. I was secretly (not that secretly) really hoping to do Diccan that weekend. However the weather that day and the next day... read more

To give a bit of context, this trip was dreamed up at a much too early hour of the morning, after all the other trip leaders abandoned us to our own devices. While Tyler and I were looking at the Big OFD, we noticed a small group of passages called the Prokofiev Series at the top right of OFD II, and decided it'd be fun to go and have a look the following day. Ben had no input on this... read more

I’d been saying for the last two nights that my next day would be a rest day, but alas each potential rest day was foiled by too-tempting of a cave trip. This day it was a photography trip to Skyhook. Viki had promised that the biggest crystal pool ever would be waiting for me, and that I would be allowed to take all the pictures I wanted. We bimbled into Top, combining the start of our trip with the Northern Lights... read more