Crewe Climbing and Potholing Club
We are an active and friendly caving club that welcomes both new and experienced cavers. Despite our name, we are mainly a caving club, though some members do climb as well. We are mostly based in Cheshire and Staffordshire, but some members live further away. Our caving and mine exploration takes place locally in the Peak District and Yorkshire Dales and further afield in this country and abroad.
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Mon, May 12 2025
Five were underground with the club for a trip to the Gaping Gill system under Ingleborough. We descended Bar Pot and followed the usual route to visit Main Chamber. The prolonged dry weather had reduced the usual fall of water in to the chamber to a relative trickle and the usual draught in the passages approaching the chamber was missing. The Bradford Pothole Club had set up the winch and were starting to install lighting here for their upcoming winch meet. We briefly met one of their members in the chamber, before he returned to the surface in the winch cage. We took a diversion to look at Sand Cavern on the way back to the base of Bar Pot. Exiting and derigging Bar Pot was soon accomplished and everyone managed the sometimes awkward entrance pitch head without problems. The walk back down to Clapham was the usual slog, but this time in sunshine, rather than the more common sideways sleet! We had all emptied our water bottles by this point, so the promise of a trip to a pub, strictly for rehydration purposes, was an added incentive. Some photos from Grace.
Mon, Apr 14 2025
Another new to the club cave. Fiveways Pot on Dowlass Moor. This replaced the Millwr Tunnel trip, which has been put back till later in the year. Four club members and a GPS gadget to find the entrance. After the awkward entrance series, the descent to the sump was relatively straighforward. Around four hours spent underground, but a longer than usual walk too and from where the vehicles were parked. Some photos from Gaz.
Tue, Apr 1 2025
On Saturday we descended Curtain Pot, on Fountains Fell. A tough trip, made slightly easier by being able to use someone else's ropes. Thanks for letting us use them. Some photos from Gaz.
We can arrange supervised caving trips for individuals, or for small groups, with all equipment provided. Our ability to do this was initially funded through a National Lottery grant. If you are interested, then please get in touch.
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Yordas Pot in Kingsdale, with some club members. Video © Gareth Williams 2024.
As a club we aim to minimise the impact we have on the cave environment by following the BCA Caving Conservation Code.
As a club, Crewe Climbing & Potholing Club (C.C.P.C.) recognizes that the activities undertaken by Club Members may involve a danger of personal injury or death. As participants in such activities, all adult Members of C.C.P.C. (including Temporary Members) must be aware of, and accept, these risks, and must be responsible for their own actions, and for their own safety. [CCPC Risk Statement. 01-01-2015]
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