Crewe Climbing and Potholing Club

Peter Johnson 1949 – 2013

NCC Shafts

Old Ash Mine [SK 269605] & Lords and Ladies Mine [SK
270605], Wensley & Snitterton Liberties, Derbyshire.

Lloyd’s Spar Mine [SJ 187673] Hendre, Flintshire,
North Wales.

The ‘I’ word again!

UPCOMMING MEETS etc

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Here is the meets list for 2013. Some of the trips down South Wales have to be booked closer to the time so there may be the odd alteration on them dates.

January
Old Ash Mine. Derbyshire
Large Pot. Yorkshire

February
Lloyds Spar Mine. North Wales
Rowton Hole. Yorkshire

March
Lost John’s Cave. Yorkshire
Nettle Pot. Derbyshire
Swinsto Pot/Simpsons Cave. Yorkshire

April
Lancaster Hole/County Pot. Yorkshire
Jackpot (P8). Derbyshire

May
Red Moss Pot/Old Ing Cave. Yorkshire
Dan Y Ogof/ Nenthead. S Wales/Cumbria

June
Birks Fell Cave. Yorkshire

Editorial
Life Above Ground or The Bit In-between – Hedi Hardhat
It shouldn’t happen to an OAP!
CARE OF ROPE UNDERGROUND (Alan B)
Albania Caving Expedition in the Accursed Mountains Oct 2012 (Ade)
DISCOUNT!
UPCOMMING MEETS

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Underpinning King Shaft
The Ogof Llyn Parc Round Trip
High Peak Marathon
First Winter Ascent of Gunnbjørnsfjeld Greenland
Lanzarote Lava Tube Caves II
Swainlsey Mine, Manifold Valley
Four Bolts and a Colostomy
News from Matt Ryan
Forthcoming meets

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Trip reports: Titan and OFD1

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Club Meets 2012
January
Waterfall Hole Derbyshire
Aquamole Pot Yorkshire

February
Holme Bank Chert Mine Derbyshire
Lost Johns Pot / Boxhead Pot Yorkshire

March
Poachers Cave North Wales
Simpsons Pot / Swinsto Pot Yorkshire

Apri
Lancaster Pot / Cow Pot Yorkshire
James Hall Over Engine Mine Derbyshire

May
Penyghent Pot Yorkshire
Swildons Hole Mendips

June
Otter Hole Forest Of Dean
Ibbeth Peril 1&2 Yorkshire
Nenthead Cumbria

July
Shuttleworth Pot Yorkshire
Ogof Draenen (to be confirmed) South Wales

August

Photographs of work being done by Crewe CPC members on the Whirlpool crossing in Speedwell Cavern

A Blast From The Past. Giants hole 6 July 1974.

Slovenia July-August 2011.

Top Tips for SRT - The Gentle Art of Derigging.

Xmas Dinner.

SRT Training.

Remaining Meets 2010.

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Majorca 2011 trip report. Lanzarote Lava Tube Caves. John Gillet's trip to this island. Hammer Pot Rescue, 25 years ago.  Up the Aranzadi Wall in La Verna Chamber, Pierre Saint Martin. John Gillet.

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• Notts II.
• Croesor Rhosydd: North Wales slate mine traverse.
• Speedwell and the Boulder Piles: Maintenance in the Bottomless Pit and altering the JH drainage system after a collapse threatened the route through from Speedwell.

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