Trips & Reports 2018

“This is quite uncivilised,” Jean-Luc text while I, showered, suited and drinking my second cup of tea, felt very civilised. “I propose that you, as a better and much more attractive caver, replace me as president.” I paraphrase slightly, but after the effort that had been put into convincing me to cave in the first place, “I propose sleeping for much longer” was as good a justification as any for a vote of no confidence. The trip had been planned like... read more

After a bit of a long trip down Pippikin the previous day, followed by a late night at the BPC (with sleep interrupted by a 4:40am fire alarm), a nice easy trip down Sell Gill was a very welcome prospect on Sunday morning. Alas, despite best efforts - and Conor’s excellently cooked breakfast - the usual faff ensued throughout the morning. After some significant mucking around with broken Duos, slow rope packing, and chats with Tony, we were all ready... read more