Next term
Here are Edvins suggestions:
26th-27th January: Derbyshire, TSG hut; possible caves include Titan if we can find leaders, Peak Cavern for a good Sunday trip, P8 and Oxlow for SRT practice.
Serena: I'd add nettle pot as a saturday/sunday trip, near oxlow. it has some lovely formations. (permit for both at a farm on the day). Re. the Titan trip an exhange as last year with JH would be nice and maybe we could also get white series or however it's called. (to piss off the people at the showcave :) ) Wookey: Do you mean PeakCavern, White River Series? Very nice indeed I gather. I'm in favour of JH/Titan/Peak white river as I've never been to any of them.
9th-10th February: Yorkshire, Brackenbottom (or YSS); possible caves include Sell Gill and others (insert appropriate cave name here!)
Serena: History goes that Sell gill is boring (no direct experience here) and by that time we want to engage novice with more demanding trips. I've heard that Illusion is pretty and we could redo some of the caves that I booked for NY. Leck fell is better in this case because then it's closed in March-June: Lost John's and Notts 1 are supposed to be the best ones that need permit and the kingsdale area doesn't require advance booking like rowten, etc...) (am I talking bulls**t?) Wookey: Not sure about Leck dates, but yes do notts/lost johns when permits are available. multiple routes in LJ can absorb a lot of people. Sell gill is good 1st SRT cave and not too badly affected by rain, but if people are past that point then there are plenty of more exciting options.
23rd-24th February: South Wales, Whitewalls; Aggie and Daren for a miserable Saturday and Craig a Fynnon on Sunday.
Lucy: One small thing - whitewalls may not like us much after last yr (key loss). should be ok but just in case can anyone think of alternatives?
Serena: Dar-Yr-Ogof??? I guess we can get leaders through WSG or Lucy's dad. Wookey: Dan-yr-ogof is a very long drive from whitewalls (other end of brecons). Best to do nearby caves, or if you fancy a drive then Draenen is closer. On the other hand DYO is arguably the finest cave in wales so worth a drive if that's when leaders are available - just need to plan for it.
28th-9th March: Yorkshire, Greenclose Hut; any Gaping Ghyll cave and many others.
Serena: plenty of stuff in the GG/allotment area...ah, for those of you that border into masochism, Becka has asked me to organise an Hammer Pot permit for herself and julian and I guess that they'll be willing to get more company :). Wookey:I'll volunteer. Previous times the rest of my team wimped out at various bits on the way in.
General comments
Toby: At the moment, I'm planning to be away with CUHWC on all their trips. I'll probably also head up to Scotland on 19/20 January, 16/17 February and 22/23 March (Easter weekend) - CUCC members invited! This leaves 2/3 Feb, 23/24 Feb, 1/2 March and 15/16 March as my best weekends. I'm trying to organise to do stuff with SOC outside of term, but could do a Yorkshire trip with one day with each club, or take 2-3 CUCC members as guests. (P.S. obviously I don't expect the whole club calendar to revolve around me! But I do want to be a useful driver...)
Lucy: On the 25th Nov I will book the dates, huts and caves suggested, with alterations proposed. If anyone doesn't like this list, say so before next saturday.
Kathryn: Umm yeah, just noticed we've managed to clash perfectly with almost all of the hillwalking trips. These are only suggested dates - nothing has been booked yet. Kathryn 11:48, 16 November 2007 (UTC)