Craven Pothole Club

15/06/2026

Gaping Gill Winch Meet 14th - 21st August 2026 tickets will go on sale at 10am on Wednesday 1st July 2026 via our website and not for sale anywhere else.

There is no waiting list for tickets.

It is not possible to descend on the winch without a pre booked ticket.

Tickets will sell out fast so we recommend that you have all your information at hand along with your payment method as tickets may even sell out if you delay processing your information and payment. (“Adding to basket” only secures them for a short time)

No other agents, websites or social media sites are able to sell tickets on our behalf and if you buy from others it is a scam and your tickets will not be valid.

04/06/2026

Our friends at the Red Rose club are doing another open house! Save time on your ropes and go along and see some fantastic formations and passages in this massive system! Just remember to give them a heads up if you're going underground.

A reminder that from THIS FRIDAY 5th June until Sunday 14th June, Red Rose Cave and Pothole Club (RRCPC) are running their second Ease Gill Open House event. This is a festival of caving based around Ease Gill Caverns and Bull Pot Farm, and all cavers are warmly welcomed.

Cave entrances/routes rigged for the duration are:

☑️ Top Sink
☑️ Pool Sink
☑️ County Pot
☑️ Lancaster Hole
☑️ Cow Pot
☑️ Link Pot
☑️ Pippikin Pot

Come and enjoy some great trips without any rigging or de-rigging. Loads of route descriptions on CNCC's website.

There's no need to use the CNCC’s booking system during this period (the caves are all open access anyway). However, we do encourage you to help RRCPC make this event a success by booking with them in advance if you know what day/trip you want to do. Cavers are also welcome to just turn up and visit any of the caves without advanced notice, but we do encourage you to car-share as much as possible and check-in on the day with the team at Bull Pot Farm and have some flexibility on your destination so congestion can be avoided.

There’s evening food and/or accommodation available (pre-booking only) and an on-site bar available every day except Wednesday.

We encourage you to hang around before/after your trip and socialise with other visiting cavers… bringing cavers together from different groups is, after all, one of the big aims of this excellent event.

Loads more info, booking links and more here...
https://rrcpc.org.uk/openhouse

26/05/2026

This bank holiday weekend some of our members walked up to the Gaping Gill winch meet put on by the BPC to descend down routes where members of the public don't get to go! One group going into Stream passage and one into Wades. Met up briefly in the main chamber to then exit separately. One group the hard way and one group the quick way! Big thank you to Alan from the BPC for lending one of our members a descender that was left in the car.
Remember our own winch meet is in August if you missed out on this one, fear not, tickets will be available in July!

13/05/2026

We had club trips last Friday, Saturday and Sunday! A busy weekend for everyone involved. From testing out new rigging anchors in High Hull Pot to squeezing through some snug passages in Fossil Pot! Some of the braver members even did a Black Book route (if you know you know) in King Pot. It's great that we have so many competent cave leaders in our club so we can run multiple trips at once but keep everyone safe and happy!

11/05/2026

You've seen the easy way out of Gaping Gill via the winch, now imagine free climbing out of the main chamber! Last month a couple of our mighty members undertook this amazing achievement (filmed by a 3rd member) It took them 6hrs 50mins in total but definitely something to be proud of. Enjoy this short video about the history of past climbs and their epic journey to the surface! Well done guys!

History of Free Climbing out of Gaping GillClimbing Route: "Gee Gee Rider"Location: Gaping Gill, Ingleborough, North Yorkshire2026 Footage (Climb 1): Ian Pat...

01/05/2026

Ever fancied giving caving a go? There's 5 spaces left on this "New to caving" trip put on by the CNCC - Council for the Northern Caving Community on the 30th May. Don't worry about kit they will supply it all! What better way to spend a hot May day, than cooling off underground!

Suitable for anyone who wants try caving for the first time and possibly take it up as a hobby. A chance to experience the incredible underground world

27/04/2026

First proper bit of hot weather this weekend so obviously it was best to spend it getting muddy and wet underground! And what a colourful bunch of members, new and old to spend it with!

07/04/2026

Here at the CPC we do sometimes venture out of the shire to other green pastures!
This Easter weekend some of our members travelled down to South Wales to explore some beautiful caves. Including a classic through trip in Ogof Ffynnon Ddu Cwm Dwr, Agen Allwedd and Ogof Draenen. And of course some couldn't resist a trip to the Big Pit coal mining museum! Good caving, good food, good beer and great company!
A big thanks to the Westminster Speleological Society for letting us stay in your lovely members cottage.
Here's to the next one!

23/03/2026

This weekend some of our members met up at Yordas to do some much needed conservation work! Removing a fallen tree, installing a new fence around the top entrance and repairing multiple gaps in the dry stone walls around the woodland. Thank you to the CNCC - Council for the Northern Caving Community for funding the materials for this project! And a much deserved well done to all the members old and new who turned up, giving away their free time on a lovely sunny weekend to really get stuck in and make such a difference. It's projects like this that really make a difference.

11/03/2026

The Craven Pothole Club are planning to release ticket sales for Gaping Gill Winch Descents on July 1st.

Tickets will only be available via a specific link on our website.

No 3rd party can sell you tickets!! Watch out for scammers!!

No tickets will be sold on Facebook.

Tickets are non transferable.

If you are offered tickets from a 3rd party they will be scams and not valid.

Once the link is available we will post it on our website and inform everyone on our page.

When you book you will choose a day and an 1 hour time slot that suits you. Please arrive 30 minutes before your 1 hour time slot.
Descents on the winch are only available via our website.

No descents will be available for people who turn up without pre booking.

More updates at the beginning of June!