NPC Meets and Events Diary

June 20th - 30th 2025

Open week in Easgill

Please see below reminder of event the RRCPC are running: 

Dear cavers of the north,

We’d love to invite you to Easegill Open House – a 10 day caving festival at Bullpot farm, running for the first time, in June this year! The idea is similar to the Winch meets at Gaping Gill, where loads of fun and classic routes are rigged across the system and cavers are  encouraged to come up and celebrate Easegill caves. 

The permits and hut have been booked out exclusively for the event, and camping is also available. There are brilliant chefs preparing hearty post-caving meals every night which everyone is welcome to opt into for the cost of £5/meal and a

cavers’ bar running. 

As it’s the first time we’re attempting something like this, to try to manage numbers and vehicles, we’ve made booking ahead essential (even for members). As always with big events at the Farm, parking space is limited, so we’d urge you to consider lift sharing. So, if you are free for one or more days and want to be part of something very special and new in caving, sign up now: https://forms.gle/8MB9XSJtM4RQmwWH9

Come along with your wellies in June! For more information, contact Alice at  easegillopenhouse@gmail.com

 

If you think you could also contribute to the smooth running of the event, all volunteers will get free hut fees and evening meals for the days they volunteer. Some of the jobs are:

 

• Rig an Easegill classic on Friday 20th June

• Cook a tasty meal for 50+ cavers (not single handedly, unless you’d rather!)

• Manage the call outs for the day

• Run the bar for a night

• Derig on Monday 30th June If you think you can volunteer:

https://forms.gle/92xMqpHFyaprQ33q7

We hope to see you there!

July 5th - 6th 2025

Member's Weekend: Dale head and Sell Gill exchange.

It's in that scary black book… you know the one for slightly mad cavers! Oh wait all cavers are slightly mad! I guess that means we need to visit this classic, deep and wet pothole (apparently there is a cornucopia of pitches 👌)

Requested by our very own tackle master, I cordially invite you; and hope you will join us in exploring it's reaches. Note: there is potential for long and short trip here.

Cave 1: Dale Head

https://cncc.org.uk/cave/dale-head-pot

Not for the faint-hearted description.

Cave 2: Sell Gill Exchange - it's a often requested trip for a reason; with the wet route and dry to keep you entertained it should be nice trip.

https://cncc.org.uk/cave/sell-gill-holes

Important: If you want to visit a particular cave, or are happy to arrange an event, please get in contact (email or the forum) and I will do my best to help out.

Yours Lumens

 

July 5th - 19th 2025

NPC Families Trip to Herault, France 2025

There will be an NPC Families trip to the Herault, France from 05th to 19th July 2025 staying at the Camping Val d’Herault.  We aim to visit a number of the classic caves of the area including the Sergent, Rognès, Follatiere, Garrel, Lauret, Vitalis, Banquier and l’Esquirol.  There will also be the usual canoeing, climbing, via ferrata, walking, cycling, and of course ice cream!  All NPC members are welcome. Contact David Brock at dbrock@btinternet.com for details.

July 7th - 10th 2025

Dan-yr-Ogof

The rough plan is to drive down on the Monday. A big trip on Tuesday led by Martin McGowan, a big walk on Wednesday.

Staying at the Westminster Speleological Group cottage Caving Hut - Caerllwyn Cottage / Westminster Speleological Group

Please contact: Javed Bhatti or Martin McGowan

July 18th - 20th 2025

NPC lakes meet (Wasdale head)

Hello my fellow cavers, it's that time of the year again where the Pennine descends on the lake district.

This year our endeavours will focus on the Wasdale head area. Notable prizes to be claimed include.

  • Yewbarrow
  • Red pike
  • Scoat Fell
  • Scafell and it's Pike
  • Kirk fell
  • Great Gable
  • And many more

I humbly invite you to bring yourselves, a tent (or camper van) ⛺, some suitable camping food and the various Accoutrements required.

Accommodation Details https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/holidays/lake-district/wasdale-campsite

Please note, you are responsible for your own campsite booking.

Yours Lumens

 

August 4th - 7th 2025

GG winch meet info

GG tackling weekend is 2nd / 3rd. Monday 4th to Thursday 7th is members’ week, during which various entrances will be rigged. There are normally updates posted on the ukcaving forum.

Friday 8th to Friday 15th inclusive are the main winching days. A big change will take place this year; a booking system will be in operation, so anyone who wants to go down on the winch will need to have booked online. This doesn’t apply to cavers using rigged entrances.

Derigging the winch takes place on the weekend of Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th, during which there may still be some entrances rigged but no guarantee; again, updates on the forum are usually posted.

August 8th - 10th 2025

Summer dinner

Good Evening,

I hope everyone is enjoying the sun, 

We will be having our annual summer dinner weekend event on the 8th to 10th August which will coincide nicely with the CPC winch meet 

Excellent Gaping Gill (other caves are available) caving followed by a BBQ Saturday evening, then more caving or walking on the Sunday with the normal mix of drinks and fun at Greenclose 

Details are still being confirmed but there will be an opportunity to view some rare items from the cottage library archive throughout the weekend

As ever I hope to see many of you there

Kind regards 

Darren Jarvis

Social Sec (NPC) 

 

November 15th 2025

AGM

In Chapham Village Hall. More details to follow

Our events

NPC run regular events all through the year. The first weekend of the month is a members weekend and it's the best time to come along and meet the most people, especially if you're thinking of joining the club.

Some caving trips are scheduled, however we encourage members to make their own plans depending on the weather and abilities of members.