Tim Dobson
Thinker, Blogger, Hacker, Hiker.
Our extra welcoming trips to Bagshawe Cavern
26 February 2021
Our extra welcoming trips to Bagshawe Cavern always make me smile. Last year, Naomi Amanda Maxine and Natasha were discovering it's delights with me and Judith My favourite moments:'¡When Maxine said the things she wouldn't do and afterwards compared her achievements'¡Amanda starting very apprehensive, and then ultimately leading the group'¡Tash jumping at every opportunity to […]
Charlotte Jane Mark Alex and I explored together
26 February 2021
Last year, Charlotte, Jane, Mark, Alex and me headed to Derbyshire for some stompy stompy explorey time. Visiting familiar passages like the wishing well, as well as complaining that my "miserable crawl" wasn't, in fact, miserable enough we successfully found our way through the mine to the old showcave. As Alex's first Caving Crew trip […]
I want to do some more SRT Jonathan said
26 February 2021
"I want to do some more SRT" Jonathan told me. "Let's do Bagshawe lower series" I said, "it'll be fun!" And off we went! Siobhan, Monika and Judith dropping the Dungeon like Zip. Zoop. Zeep. Jonathan being more of a "wee" and me more a "thunk". SRT'd up with false achievement, we stumbled through the […]
Last Autumn Anna Alan and I did Giants Round
23 February 2021
Last Autumn, Anna, Alan and me did a Giants Round Trip with a visit to East Canal via Geology Pot. Some of my highlights:·Jamming in St Valentine's Sump®Anna in the traverse of doom when I told her that me and Kim had free traversed it "did you shit your pants?"'µDescending Geology Pot¸Seeing the toad and […]
More photos of Jynx the adventure kitten
23 February 2021
More photos of Jynx, my sister's family's kitten on a lead. (From the autumn) Originally posted on this post on Instagram
How did they get stuck
23 February 2021
"How did they get stuck?" "Oh just mum introducing people to caving games" Thankfully we didn't have that conversation in the autumn Originally posted on this post on Instagram
Samantha was eager to get to grips with SRT
20 February 2021
Samantha was eager to get to grips with SRT so we headed to a popular SRT training cave in the Peak District to work on it. She picked it up very fast. Later, me, Samantha and Jonathan met Tony Seddon from StarlessRiver.com so that Sam and Jon could try on their first caving suits and […]
What makes a successful caving trip
20 February 2021
What makes a successful caving trip successful? Is it an internationally renowned cave rescuer joking that you may be able to rescue him?¦ Is it finding your way through Giants to the top of Geology Pot?¦ Is it persuading Kim to brave a duck so we could go look at St. Valentine's Sump?® Is […]
These photos show climbing in different styles
20 February 2021
Despite what it looks like, these photos show climbing (from last year). Night climbing is something everyone should try at least once – it forces you to become a better climber and really look at the rocks and plan your moves a tiny bit further ahead of time. I can't remember for sure, but this […]
In late September the crew headed to Bagshawe
17 February 2021
In late September, the crew headed to Bagshawe Cavern for an extra-welcoming Caving evening, helping introduce Jane and Charlotte to the Crew. Some particularly good bits:' Alison successfully taking charge of navigating helping us go the right way :O' Jane getting to the otherside of "the tiny-ladder climb" 😀' Judith leading the way through the […]
How would you describe Giants Hole round trip
17 February 2021
"How would you describe Giant's Hole Round trip to similarly skilled cavers?", I asked Jon, Siobhan, Alison & Jas after our trip last September. There's only so much I can say:'¡Chocolate biscuits get soggy when you add water'¡Giants is a "P8.5" on the P wetness scale, '¡I'm told Siobhan actually said "Tim, I hate you" […]
One Saturday in Autumn with the Climbing Clan
17 February 2021
One Saturday in Autumn, some of the Climbing Clan Clan left Manchester for some weekend climbing at Bamford Edge. Here were some highlights I noticed:' Summer returned and I enjoyed the shade of every rock' Alex returned to rock for the first time after injury' Jonathan led some more of his first climbs' Peter pushed […]