Out and About with Winster Cavers - Underground Trip Reports

About the cave and mine trip reports

There are a number of cave and mine guidebooks available, plus plenty of useful information on the world wide web. However, there's often some small - or even vital - piece of information that's missing that would make a trip so much more enjoyable had you known about it in advance. In our caving and mine exploring trip reports, we've tried to cover some of this ground, including access arrangements, kit required, and length of time to undertake a specific route. The information presented here isn't intended to replace the information currently available, but rather, to supplement and complement it - and to provide some help when the information you want is either out of print or difficult to obtain. If any of the information we've presented has changed, we'd be glad to hear from you.

The 2009/10 Trip list

The 2009/10 trip list is coming soon - honestly! We've been out and about and quite busy, but we'll get this section up-to-date shortly. Interesting excursions we'll be reporting on soon include investigating shafts in Old Gells Adit for hibernating bats, a bat survey in Thumper Sitch, a trip to the new "Room 101" extensions in Waterways Swallet, and a fun evening's exchange SRT outing between Whalf Climbing and Whalf Engine Shafts. Then there was the Easter trip to the Nenthead Mines, with fantastic trips into Smallcleugh and Rampgill.... all coming to the site soon!

The 2008 Trip list

As the year goes on, we'll add more trips to the list - most of the trips we've undertaken will be listed here. Mines and caves are listed in alphabetical order for ease of indexing. Highlighted links mean there's a descriptive page (and a link to it) about the trip on this web site.

• Bage Mine, Derbyshire, 16 February 2008
• Bagshawe Cavern, Derbyshire, 28 February 2008
• Bar Pot / Marilyn exchange, Yorkshire, 23 February 2008
• Blackwell Dale Cave , Derbyshire, 22 May 2008
• Bonsall Leys Level, Derbyshire, 20 February 2008
• Carlswark Cavern, Derbyshire, 8 April 2008
• Clatterway Levels, Derbyshire, 14 October 2008
• Clayton Adit, Ecton Copper Mines, Staffordshire, 4 December 2008
• Dream Hole, Derbyshire, 21 August 2008
• Engine Vein, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, 11 October 2008
• Fox Holes, Derbyshire, 21 August 2008
• Gell's Adit, Derbyshire - 9 April 2008 & 20 February 2008
• Gentlewomen's - Youd's Level through trip, Derbyshire, 8 May 2008
• Giant's Hole, Derbyshire, 17 February 2008
• Great Masson Cavern, Derbyshire, 31 January 2008 & 9 August 2008
• Hagg Gill Pot, Yorkshire, 6 July 2008
• Hanging Flat Mine, Derbyshire, 9 April 2008
• Holme Bank Chert Mine, Derbyshire, 15 April 2008
• Hope Shaft / Level 7, Derbyshire, 26 February 2008
• Hough Level, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, 11 October 2008
• Knotlow Cavern, Derbyshire, 15 June 2008
• Lathkill Head Cave Top Entrance, 2 September 2008 & 19 October 2008
• Long Tor Grotto, Derbyshire, 2 October 2008
• Mandale Mine, Derbyshire, 12 February 2008
• Moorfurlong Mine, Derbyshire, 19 June 2008
• Mouldridge Mine, Derbyshire, 31 July 2008
• Odin Mine, Derbyshire, 25 December 2008
• Old Ash Mine, Derbyshire, 10 July 2008
• Ogof Daren Cilau, Wales, 2 August 2008
• Ogof Draenan, Wales, 5 April 2008
• Ogof Nant Rhin, Wales, 3 August 2008
• Ogof Pen Eryr, Wales, 1 August 2008
• Oxlow Cavern, Derbyshire, 24 March 2008
• P8, Derbyshire, 19 April 2008
• Peak Cavern, Derbyshire, 13 April 2008
• Primrose Mine, Derbyshire, 30 January 2008
• Slaley Sough, Derbyshire, 20 February 2008
• Speedwell Cavern, Derbyshire, 21 May 2008
• Water Icicle Close Cavern, Derbyshire, 29 January 2008 & 24 August 2008
• White Scar Cave, Yorkshire, 5 July 2008
• Wood Mine, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, 11 October 2008
• Youd's Level, Derbyshire, 23 November 2008