MUSS Caving Club

MUSS's 50th Birthday: The Pre-Dinner Photos


Here are some photos of the pre-dinner activities.

The report below is by Phil Endecott.

Believe it or not some actual caving was done during the MUSS 50th anniversary dinner weekend. Not one but two trips in fact. (Or three if you count Ingleborough showcave.)

It got off to an unconventional start with what looks like some actual trip planning:

But quickly it deteriorated to a more traditional morning in Ingleton. These two characters turned up just as everyone else was ready to go, and made us wait as they devoured their breakfasts:

...and faffed about looking at new gear to waste their latest grant cheque on:

The rest of the team was getting restless. I had to prevent this young lady (hmm don't the undergrads look young these days) from filling Dave's gloves with brown sauce by tying her shoelaces together. (Or was it the other way around? I forget.)

Anyway, ten of us did eventually make it to Bull Pot Farm ready for a Wretched Rabbit / County Pot trip, via the newly-discovered Spiral Staircase route. Here we are, ready to set off:

Left to right: Mark "Wendy" Stubbs, Andy Robinson, Sam Lieberman, Bruce Grieve, Joe Lenartowicz, Dave "Grovel" Hanson, John Bown, Dave Salerman, Gerry Ronan, and Phil Endecott.

We even made it out while it was light and got to the dinner on time.

See you all for the 100th!

All of the above by Phil Endecott. Photos below were taken by Gerry Ronan.

In Wretched Rabbit - down spiral staircase to Holbeck junction then back out of County Pot via the Trident series

Wretched Rabbit
Shall we do it? Grovel, Sam Lieberman, "Wendy" (Mark) Stubbs and John Bown about to enter Wretched Rabbit - down Spiral Staircase to Holbeck Junction

Wretched Rabbit
John Bown descending Wretched Rabbit

Wretched Rabbit
Andrew Reay-Robinson and Wretched Rabbit Pretties

Wretched Rabbit
More Wretched Rabbit Pretties

County
Wendy coming out of County Pot via the Trident Series

County
Made it: Dave Salerman

County
Out of County Pot: "Wendy" (Mark) Stubbs, Joe Lenartowicz, Phil Endecott, John Bown, Grovel


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