Two days of camping, lovely weather, lots of cavers and good talks. Of course there was lot's of beer and caving things to buy as well.

Our friends from the Slovenian JSPDT were at long last coming to see us in the UK! Picking them up from Stansted, we wound our way across the country to Bull Pot Farm deep in the Yorkshire Dales, and set upon a most enjoyable long weekend of caving criss-crossing the extensive Ease Gill system. The Slovs, being Mountain People, had no problem keeping up...
Overground, the action was similarly non stop - a British Vs. Slovenian cook-off took place with much consumption of Rhubarb Crumble and Jota (though thankfully not together), much Zganja (home distilled double strength brandy) was consumed and the farm itself was the usual mad flame-thrower of a party till dawn every night.
Sleep deprived we may have been - but bloody hell, it was a good weekend!

Lovely bank hols w'end up in a very dry Yorkshire; did Meregill via the mere itself, the Magic Roundabout (including a rerigging fettle of Arson shaft) in Ease Gill via Lancs, and Alum Pot before heading for home.

Escaping from the drudgery of revision (Anne), and from an overheated lab (Joe & Jarv), we zoomed off to the Brecon Beacons, staying at the SWCC for an intense Ogof Fynnon Ddu session.
Friday saw us diving down OFD I - led by the generous Ian T (SWCC). Lovely trip - up the Waterfall and all around to check the formations, then back via the flood escape route.
Saturday saw Joe & Jarv lost in the depths of Top Entrance - stumbling around the rather aptly named 'Labyrinth' after having missed the Corkscrew climb up. Eventually admitting defeat, they returned via Edward's in time for a beautiful sunset.
Sunday saw an early escape from the SWCC, and a return to Bristol via Ogof Rhyd Sych, which was well tight.

Brilliant tour to Sardinia. Weather was distinctly cold, but it kept us off the beaches and in the caves! Amazing formations; 16km and 10km long caves pushed pretty much to their end.

Hard(er) Core Trips this weekend: Large (Marble Steps), Marble Steps and Rowten on the Saturday, Aquamole and Heron squeezed in on the Sunday.

Excellent set of trips over the weekend: Notts I & Lost Johns'. Fantastic food, amazing weather with no wind and sun glorious sun. Truly epic amounts of Stew, Soup & Dumplings consumed.

Lovely trip down to the Mendips - with some keen first-years getting in three trips over the weekend! Bouncy castle for Anne's Birthday party on the Saturday night, perfect weather with a lovely full moon, still air and no rain whatsoever.
Caves: Swildon's Short-Round, Eastwater, GBs, Longwood

Weather was increasingly horrid over the weekend; lovely to get underground - where it's always 15 degrees & it never rains!
Stonking Trips: Swinsto, Valley Ent, Jingling, Rumbling, Notts II & Lancaster Hole all powered by some serious curry action on the Saturday night, boosted by great speleo balderdash around the coal fire of the NPC in the evenings.

Back from the Yorks winter tour, just in time for Crimbo!
Highlight was a great exchange trip down Lost Johns' (Centipede / Dome), with Tuetonic duets while we waited to enjoy the lovely rigging and amazing pitches. Other caves include Aquamole, Rowten, County (to Holbeck Jnct), Lancaster (to Waterfall Chamber), Yordas Pot and Jingling.
A few lucky boys and girls got to stay up in Yorks over Christmas, whereupon they found themselves in the middle of a Christmas Day rescue!
Read all about it in the 5000 word epic of a report...