Newsletters 121 to 130

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February to March 2022. Newsletter 130.

• Editorial.
• Planned meets.
• New Goyden Pot. Steve PA, with comments by Alan Brentnall.
• Middle Engine Mine, Hassop Common. Gaz McShee.
• Ogof O’r Herwheliwr (Poacher’s Cave), Steve Knox.
• DCRO Open Day, Jenny Drake.

January to March 2022. Newsletter 129.

• Editorial
• Planned Club Meets etc from January 2022 to March 2022.
• Club History: Attempts to extend Giant's Hole Castleton, Derbyshire. 1957 - ?. Steve Knox.
• Peak Cavern 18/12/21. Gaz McShee, Alan Brentnall and Jenny Drake.
• Eyam Dale House Cave trip cancelled.
• Christmas Walk. Roaches and Back Forest Staffordshire.
• Moorfurlong Mine and Cavern. 2/1/22. Gaz McShee and CJ.
• Fear of the Dark. Competition winning video from CJ.
• Experiences of Light and Dark from 40 Years of Caving. Jenny Drake.

December 2021 Newsletter 128

• Editorial
• Planned Meets
• Following up the item in Newsletter No. 126: P8 (Jackpot), What’s in a name ?
• The Dam Busters – Leviathan Style (2011) – Alan Brentnall
• In-situ Ropes - Alan Brentnall
• Peak Cavern, Castleton, Derbyshire. Des Kelly
• Mines around Hassop, Derbyshire. Gaz Mcshee
• More exploration of the Mines around Hassop, Derbyshire. Gaz Mcshee
• Waterways Swallet: Annual Car Park work session. Steve Pearson-Adams
• Water Icicle Close Cavern, Monyash, Derbyshire. Gaz McShee, Alan Brentnall, Jenny Drake
• Raven Mine, Lathkill Dale, Derbyshire. Gaz Mcshee
• Minera Mine, near Wrexham, North Wales. Des Kelly
• Concerning Water Icicle Close Cavern & Raven Mine (Discussion at the 6th December Meeting) Nigel Cooper

October 2021 Newsletter 127

• Editorial
• Planned Club Meets
• DCRO Assisting Historic England at Eldon Hole
• Ogof Agen Allwedd
• Giant's Hole
• King Pot Valley Entrance
• Ogof Dydd Byraf
• The Staffordshire Roaches
• Bagshawe Cavern
• Turbary Pot
• Peak Cavern
• Lancaster Hole
• James Hall Over Engine Mine

July 2021 Newsletter 126

• Editorial
• Club Meets from January to June
• DCRO Training Session. Rigging and Hauling. Jenny Drake
• A Bit of Detective Work. Jenny Drake
• Unsung Heros. CCPC Rigging Guide. Steve Knox
• Hillocks Mine and Hoptonwood. Gaz McShee
• Manchester Hole to Goyden Pot. Steve PA
• Snake Mine Hoptonwood. Jenny Drake
• Odin Mine. Jenny Drake
• Eldon Hole. Jenny Drake
• P8. Trip report and feature names. Steve Knox
• Pippikin Pot. Nicola Wellings
• Coming Soon to a Saturday or Sunday near you (we hope !)

December 2020 Newsletter 125. The Vaccination Issue!

• Club Meets from September to Christmas 2020
• DCRO
• James Hall Over Engine Mine trip report
• 5th and 6th December 2020. Knotlow, Jug Holes, Bull Pot of the Witches and Oxlow Cavern trips.
• 13th December 2020. Snelsow Swallet and Convenience Cave trip reports.
• Peper Inn Sink. A possible dig?
• Devonshire Cavern and Clatterway Levels. Rigging Guide visit.
• 19th December 2020. Masson Mine end of year trip.

Autumn 2020 Newsletter 124

• Editorial
• Club Meets Since March 2020
• Derbyshire Cave Rescue Organisation
• 7^th June 2020 – Knotlow and Surrounding Mines, Monyash, Derbyshire. Nicola Welling
• A Plea for Help from Alan Brentnall
• Kings Mine, Matlock, Derbyshire – Tuesday, 21 st July 2020. Gaz McShee
• 24^th October 2020 – Hagg Gill Pot, Langstrothdale, Yorkshire. Steve Pearson-Adams and Adrian Pedley
• 28^th October 2020 - Clearing the P8 car park. Steve Pearson-Adams
• Derbyshire Cave Rescue Organisation Fund Raising Calendar. Jenny Drake
• Old Photographs from Mark Lovatt
• Happy Christmas!

June 2020 Newsletter 123

• Editorial
• Sandstone Caves of Bickerton. Steve Knox
• Ganister Mine on Congleton Edge. Gaz McShee, Nigel Cooper.
• A Visit to a Very Local Mine 12^th June 1974. Ralph Johnson. There is more information about whetstone mines in this area in Mining History Bulletin 3-3 Whetsone Mining at Gillow Heath, near Biddulph, Staffordshire, published in 1967.

March 2020 Newsletter 122

• Club Meets during December 2019, February & March 2020.
• Day Shaft to Youds' level. 22/12/19. Nigel Cooper.
• Christmas Social. Walk in the Manifold Valley.
• Flower Pot to Merlin's Mine. 5/12/20. Rob Nevitt.
• Solo Caving. A Cautionary Tale. Alan Brentnall.
• DCRO Training. 6/1/20.
• Minera Mine. North Wales. Grand Turk to White Vein Traverse. 18/1/20.
• Peak Cavern. Victoria Aven. 2/2/20. Jenny Drake.
• Giant's Hole. 15/2/20. Steve Peason-Adams.
• Rowter Hole New Extensions and P8. 29/2/20. Jenny Drake.
• Crewe Climbing & Potholing Club - a little history. Steve Knox
• Don't Forget:
• Keep in Touch
• Coming Soon to a Saturday, or Sunday near you - nothing for a while!

December 2019 Newsletter 121

• Club Meets etc during September, October, November and December.
• King Pot, Yorkshire. 28th September. Jenny Drake.
• DCRO Training 1st October.
• DCRO Training. Knotlow Mine. 24th July.
• Giant's Hole and Carleswark Cavern 13th October. Gaz McShee, Sonia MacKenzie and Ruth Rabinowitz.
• Cwmorthin Slate Mine 26th October. Photos by Des Kelly.
• DCRO Training 4th November. Casualty care scenarios.
• Snelslow Swallet 7th to 9th November. DCA project. Alan Brentnall.
• Poacher's Cave and Water Icicle Close Cave.
• DCRO Training Alderley Edge Copper Mines. 24th November.
• Waterways Swallet car park clean up. 30th November. Alan Brentnall.
• Axe Hole 30th November. Gaz McShee.
• Coming Soon!

Convenience Cave. Photo © Gaz McShee 2020.