Red Rose Cave and Pothole Club - Newsletter No 1 (1957)
RED ROSE
POTHOLE CLUB
NEWSLETTER No. l
Having reached 11 years
of age it has been decided that the R.R.P.C.
is old enough to publish a newsletter and a great expense this - publication
has been produced.
At the last General Meeting there was a change of offices. A. Woodall
becoming Hon. Sec., T. Sykes Hon. Treas., and an Hon. President - J. Eyre was
elected.
Club Hut
The club has been fortunate in obtaining an outbuilding of the Flying
Horse Shoes, Clapham, for a headquarters. Potholing has had to suffer in
consequence - as a great deal of work has been, and still is being done at the
‘Hut’. But alas the proximity of so much ale has proved too big a temptation
for some of the weaker minded members, and several now seem to be taking the
cure.
Meets.
Club meets have been held at Notts. Pot and Lost
Johns. Notts Pot unfortunately was never bottomed, owing to the hole becoming a
trifle moist! Lost Johns was more of a success, and what is believed to be the
Rumbling Hole inlet was explored until a siphon pool was reached. Another inlet
in the Master Cave was dug out, but became too low after a few yards. In this
passage a live white moth was seen, and some
was excavated until
it was possible to enter.
The surface. stream was diverted down V. J. Pot, but a lot of discomfort was
experienced on the dig owing to the fact that the unfortunate people involved had
to dig lying full length in a large pool of icy water which covered the floor
of the passage. A point was reached whore the pool stopped progress altogether,
as the roof clipped and forced ones head into the water. After a dry spoil of
weather a hole was dug outside the passage and the pool drained off - this left
a passage full of very slimy mud and two week-ends were spent clearing this, - leaving
the diggers looking like chocolate soldiers.
12' in the passage turned at right angles and the following week-end a
small dam of rocks was removed from this point, enabling people to go along a
definite stream passage which descended sharply heading in the direction of
Marble pot, - But unfortunately, the walls closed in making progress
impossible. However, there is a very strong draught and if there arc any thin determined cavers etc etc.....
Two further
digs arc in progress on Warton Crag, a large area of
Limestone but with as yet no known cave. Those digs are both promising, and if
anything is found it should be a very old system.
Volunteers.
are required for turning the Club Hut from a builders yard, into a
habitation f or Potholers - This should not be too hard!! Please apply to any
Committee Member, no previous experience necessary.
Announcements.
1. List of Commiittee
Members:- J. Eyre, A. Woodall, T. Sykes, M Bateson, R Bliss.
2 There
will be a General Meeting on May 24th. at the ‘Moorlands’.
3.
There has boon a change in the
meets list, on Sunday next (19th), the club is descending Rift-Pot, instead of Juniper Gulf, and will be
extending hospitality to Mr. George Band, . the well-known
mountaineer.