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Newsletter 149.

• Planned Club Meets, etc., from October to December 2023
• DCRO
• Derbyshire Explorers Forum - 30th September 2023. Jenny Drake
• Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Cave - 24th September 2023. Steve Knox
• A bit about Pierre Saint-Martin (PSM). Jenny Drake
• Mistral Hole, Easegill, Yorkshire. – 7th October 2023. Gaz Mcshee
• Easegill Flooding, Yorkshire. – 22nd February 1992. Steve Knox

Newsletter 148.

• Planned Club Meets, etc., from August to October 2023
• Derbyshire Cave Rescue Organisation
• Smelt Mill Beck, Brough, Cumbria. 12th August 2023. Steve Pearson-Adams
• Emergency Services Day, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton. 12th August 2023. Steve Knox
• Gaping Gill Winch Meet. 18th August 2023. Jenny Drake
• More G.G. route suggestions. Alan Brentnall
• Cussey – ‘Another Shot at Doom’. 19th August 2023. Gaz Mcshee
• Lancaster – Easegill through trip. 9th September 2023. Gaz Mcshee
• The Lancaster Hole Colonnade Repair (briefly): Notes from: Cave Research Group Newsletter No. 95 – Derek Brandon – 16th March 1965.
• Follow up to ‘Cleaning Tip for Down Jackets, Sleeping Bags, etc. Adrian Pedley
• From the Past: 19th & 20th September 1970: Lancaster to Easegill. Ralph Johnson, with additions by Steve Knox

Newsletter 147.

• Planned Club Meets, etc., from July to September 2023
• Derbyshire Cave Rescue Organisation
• Gear Notes: Something to consider (seriously !)
• South Wales Week-end 16th – 18th June 2023. Late addition from Nicola Wellings.
• Croesor to Rhosydd through trip. 15th July 2023. Gaz Mcshee
• 31st July 2023: News from France
• Simpson’s Pot, Yorkshire. 30th July 2023. Jenny Drake
• 12th August 2023 : High Peak Emergency Services Day
• Cleaning Tip for Down Jackets, Sleeping Bags, etc.

Newsletter 146.

• Planned Meets
• Oxlow Caverns 4th June 2023 Steve Pearson-Adams
• North Wales Mine Trip 4th June 2023 Neil Conde
• Extra Cussey Pot Information :1st June 2023 MacShee
• Cussey Pot, Doom and Glebe Mine, Stoney Middleton 13th June 2023 Gaz McShee
• South Wales Week-end 16th – 18th June 2023 Steve Pearson-Adams
• A Constitution, Life Members, & Communication Issue.
• Victoria Cave, Attermire, Yorkshire 11th June 2023 Steve Knox
• Gaping Gill, Ingleborough, Yorkshire 14th June 2023 Steve Knox
• Doomed to Failure in Cussey Pot, Stoney Middleton 29th June 2023 Gaz McShee
• Planned DCRO Training:
• Gouffre Berger

Newsletter 145.

• Planned Meets
• DCRO
• More chat concerning P8 SUMPS !! Steve Knox, Editor.
• Caving North of the Border. Rana Hole, Claonaite. 6^th May 2023. Alan Brentnall
• Another Knotlow tick off the list. April 25^th 2023. Gaz McShee
• Not Mouldridge Mine, Derbyshire. 7^th May 2023. Jenny Drake
• More P8 Chat – concerning the car park shafts, and beyond!
• Alum Pot, Yorkshire. Saturday, 20^th May 2023. Steve Pearson-Adams
• Cussey Pot, Stoney Middleton. (1^st visit). 20^th May 2023. Gaz McShee
• Gaping Gill, Yorkshire 27^th May 2023. Steve Pearson-Adams
• Cussey Pot – back again! 28^th May 2023. Gaz McShee
• ‘Sandstone Scouts’ in Giants Hole. 21^st May 2023. Steve Pearson-Adams
• Finally

Newsletter 144.

• Planned Meets
• DCRO
• Engine Vein – Hough Level – Wood Mine, Alderley Edge. 12th March 2023 Gaz Mcshee
• P8 (Jackpot), Perryfoot, Derbyshire. 25th March 2023 Gaz Mcshee
• Alan Brentnall’s Comments:
• P8 Sumps: Editor
• Cae Coch Sulphur Mine, North Wales. 9th April 2023 Gaz Mcshee
• PPE Day at DCRO 22nd April 2023 Jenny Drake
• Shuttleworth Pot, Yorkshire. 22nd April 2023 Steve Pearson-Adams
• Bats Underground: Editor

Newsletter 143. John Gillett Memorial Edition.

• Dr. John Edward Gillett 1937 - 2023
• An extract from John’s book: ‘Sixty Years of Caves & Caving’ About the author – 2002 (modified). John Gillett 25-10-2011.
• Titan: “The Last of the Summer Wine.” From Newsletter 105 – Winter 2011-2012, with additional material from a similar account in John’s book: ‘Sixty Years of Caves & Caving’ John Gillett.
• The Gouffre de la Pierre Sainte -Martin, in the Pyrenees. Newsletter January 1996. John Gillett.
• Finally, back in the U.K.: 31st August 2019. Mandale Mine and The Old Smithy, Moneyash. Steve Knox
• Planned Meets
• DCRO
• Peak Cavern, Castleton, Derbyshire. 25th February 2023 Gaz Mcshee. Victoria Aven and George Cooper's Aven.
• Funeral Notice for Doctor John Edward Gillett.

Newsletter 142.

• Planned Meets
• DCRO
• Gentlewoman’s Shaft to Youd’s Level. 12th February 2023. Gaz Mcshee
• Alan Brentnall passed on some very useful route-finding information for a future Gentlewoman’s Shaft / Day Shaft exchange:
• Jug Holes, Matlock, Derbyshire. 12th February 2023. Steve Pearson-Adams
• Alan’s Note: An Odd Event at Jug Holes ! Alan Brentnall
• Previous Newsletters (No. 140 & 141) – ‘From the Archives’:
• Kirkland Shaft and Devonshire Cavern. 18th February 2023. Jenny Drake
• The Tale Behind the Picture. Alan Brentnall
• Alan’s Footnote:
• A new challenge ‘For the Archives’:

Newsletter 141.

• Planned Meets
• DCRO
• ‘There’s WHAT?? in them thar hills?’ Inchindown Oil Tanks by Alan Brentnall
• Giant's Hole. A Visit, and a Rigging Guide Update: 17th December 2022 Jenny Drake, Alan Brentnall
• Silver Eye Mine, Via Gellia, near Matlock. 31st December 2022 Steve Pearson-Adams
• Previous Newsletter (No. 140) – ‘From the Archives’ Steve Knox
• A new challenge ‘From the Archives’ Steve Knox
• Giants Hole, Castleton, Derbyshire. Sunday, 15th January 2023 Steve Pearson-Adams
• Grand Turk Passage, Minera, North Wales. 28th January 2023 Steve Pearson-Adams, Darren Conde, Neil Conde, Alan Brentnall
• Christmas Walk. Neil Conde

Stope in Gentlewoman's Pipe. Photo © Gaz McShee 2023.