mastodon 4.6.8The UK's premier caving, climbing, and outdoor store based in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. Gear Shop & Café. Trading for 40 years.
New extension in Gavel Pot, Leck Fell: the Echo Chamber.
Months of digging through mud sumps beyond Glasfurd's Chamber by the Space Miners. Less than 100m of new passage, but the long straws and formations are stunning.
Now open. Conservation taping in place. Please take extreme care if you visit.
#outdoors #caving #potholing #spelunking #yorkshiredales #uk #britain #england #landscape
Back at work, slightly sunburnt, mentally still in Watlowes.
The Dales looked incredible this Bank Holiday. And with a provisional UK spring temperature record broken yesterday (34.8°C, Kew Gardens), apparently half the country agreed.
Stay hydrated. Reapply sunscreen. Wear a hat. 🌞
How was yours? And what's the half-term plan?
#outdoors #yorkshiredales #yorkshire #uk #britain #england #landscape #nature #travel #ukheatwave
Limestone gets all the caving glory, but the chalk cliffs at Flamborough are riddled with sea caves hammered out by wave erosion, not karst.
Britain's widest variety of chalk cave habitats. Robin Lythe's Hole was even a smuggler's stash.
#yorkshire #flamborough #geology #geologyrocks #chalk #uk #britain #england #landscape
Locals in Bloxham, Oxfordshire talked about tunnels beneath the village for generations. Most called it myth.
Turns out it's real. A growing network of underground passages, one found by accident when a builder's garage footings gave way in March. Red deer bones inside. Pre-medieval.
Turns out some legends are worth investigating!
Two days. ⏰
Craven Pothole Club Gaping Gill Winch Meet tickets go live this Wednesday 1st July at 10am. May's meet sold out in under 20 minutes. August is your second chance. Share this. Tag an adventure buddy. Bookmark 👇
https://www.cravenpotholeclub.org/index.php/about-gaping-gill/visit-gaping-gill
#outdoors #gapinggill #caving #potholing #spelunking #yorkshire #yorkshiredales #uk #britain #england
103 miles. 3 countries. Under canvas. ⛺
Lydia's Tour de Mont Blanc Day 1 is live: sunshine, suspension bridges, alpine meadows, and a thunderstorm nobody planned for.
Her Lifestraw Go filtered bottle kept her going. 💧
Is the TMB on your list?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JL21leFWEGU
#outdoors #hiking #tmb #tourdemontblanc #montblanc #switzerland #france #italy
Every step downhill puts up to 8x your body weight through your knees. Walking poles cut that by up to a quarter. ⚡️
We've written a jargon-free guide to choosing the right ones. Honest picks from £23 to £130.
https://www.inglesport.com/best-walking-poles-seniors-plain-english-guide/
@philheppenstall@mastodonapp.uk Good shout that!
Castlerigg's going to be busy this Sunday's solstice.
The Yorkshire Dales has six quieter stone circles worth considering: Oddendale & White Hag for sunrise, Gamelands & Yockenthwaite for sunset.
Bookmark the infographic. Go lightly. 🌄
#outdoors #summersolstice #summer #uk #britain #england #yorkshire #yorkshiredales
Missed the May Gaping Gill Winch Meet?
The Craven Pothole Club August tickets drop at 10am on Wednesday 1st July. Have your payment details ready to go.
Who's setting an alarm for this?
https://www.cravenpotholeclub.org/index.php/about-gaping-gill/visit-gaping-gill
#outdoors #gapinggill #yorkshiredales #yorkshire #uk #britain #england #caving #potholing #spelunking
The Stanley Classic Legendary Bottle 1.4L is now in stock at Inglesport.
Built since 1913. Hot 38hrs. Cold 35hrs. Iced 6 days. Lifetime warranty.
One fill. All day. Hammertone Ash or Black 2.0.
👉 https://www.inglesport.com/product/stanley-classic-legendary-bottle-1-4l/
Descent issue 310 is in stock. Tribute to Geoff Yeadon, the Space Miners' latest Dales find, caves in Spain and the Pyrenees, family caving, sustainable expeditions, and a LifeStraw review. A proper issue.
Order: https://www.inglesport.com/product/descent-magazine/ 👍
#outdoors #caving #spelunking #potholing #uk #britain #england
New from Gareth Williams: the Diccan Pot to Alum Pot exchange, and it might be his best film yet.
One of the Dales' most demanding wet potholes. Constant spray, thundering water, and a finale at the bottom of Alum Pot that's hard to forget.
Filmed with Kendal Caving Club.
⚠️ Experienced cavers only — consult the CNCC description before any trip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5ch3zLSAEU
#outdoors #caving #potholing #spelunking #yorkshiredales #uk #britain #england
Overnight rain nearly stopped it. The team waited. Levels dropped just enough.
Steve McClure & Molly Thompson-Smith completed a new trad climb of GG Rider, Gaping Gill, under 5 hours.
First-release images from Inside the Mountain, via Director Jack Homan 👇
If you’d like a notification once the film is released, you can sign up here - https://forms.gle/azE4dKBqPVhfwCpE7 - to receive a link when the film is ready.
#yorkshiredales #gapinggill #climbing #indiefilm #documentary
Most walkers pass it every weekend without a second glance.
Sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata) grows along the Dales' lanes and riverbanks. Crush the leaf, you'll smell aniseed. Historically used as a sweetener, a cough remedy, and even furniture polish.
Happy World Wildlife Day 🌿 The Dales are full of plants worth knowing.
#outdoors #yorkshiredales #worldwildlifeday #uk #britain #england
Two years ago Gareth Williams offered to share his caving footage with us. We said yes without quite knowing what would follow.
What followed: hundreds of thousands of people watching caves they'd never heard of, beneath hills they'd never visited. Our Facebook growing past 10,000 followers. And Meta, quietly, starting to pay.
Meta paid £100. We've matched it. £200 shared equally: £100 shop credit to Kendal Caving Club, £100 to Crewe Climbing & Pothole Club.
Gareth, you've helped us show the world the Yorkshire Dales from the inside. Thank you.
Horton-in-Ribblesdale to Settle: 8.5 miles, Ribble Way, views of Pen-y-ghent, and no car required.
Both stations are on the Settle–Carlisle line. Walk south, catch the train home.
Full route + train connections 👇
https://www.inglesport.com/horton-settle-walk-route-train-guide/
Tight deviations are not only awkward to pass they increase the load on your anchor. At 60°+, the anchor takes more force than the rope load itself.
Kattsafe have a clear diagram + free calculator worth bookmarking:
https://kattsafe.com.au/resources/tools-calculators/deviation-point-load-calculator
#caving #spelunking #potholing #uk #britain #england #outdoors
Two walkers. Stranded at 8pm. No torches. Shorts, T-shirts, first time on a hill, inspired by a TikTok video.
Over 3,000 mountain rescue callouts in England and Wales last year. Spring's here and those numbers are only going up.
The fells are brill. They also don't care if you're underprepared.
Read this. Share it with someone who's just getting into hiking.
👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0e105yk23o
#outdoors #outdooradventures #yorkshiredales #lakedistrict #spring #uk #britain #england
The Scarpa Women's Terra GTX is now in stock. These boots offer a classic leather look with an "instant fit" feel that won't let you down on the trail.
Waterproof GORE-TEX
Vibram Energy sole
Nab a pair here -> https://www.inglesport.com/product/scarpa-womens-terra-gtx-walking-boots/
#outdoors #outdooradventures #hiking #uk #britain #england #footwear
Today's Ingleborough Observer. We're speechless.
£47m to fill every cave and pothole in the Yorkshire Dales with concrete.
Gaping Gill goes first.
We're pivoting to concrete supplies.
Happy #WorldBookDay 📚
Our reading list:
🔦 Blind Descent — £9.99
🔦 Adventures Underground (Yorkshire Dales) — £29.95
🧗 Touching the Void — £10.99
🧗 Alone on the Wall — £9.99
🏃 Trail & Fell Running in the Lakes — £14.95
All in stock. inglesport.com
#outdoors #worldbookday2026 #caving #potholing #spelunking #climbing #trailrunning
"A small but enjoyable active stream cave," says the description.
Sure. In the dry.
Kendal Caving Club recently showed us what Sunset Hole looks like with proper Yorkshire rain behind it, and it's something else entirely.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8gFAHGkoypY
#outdoors #caving #potholing #spelunking #yorkshiredales #uk #britain #england
The King Charles III Coast Path is open.
2,700 miles. England's entire coastline. World's longest managed coastal trail. 🤯
Scottish Coastal Way and Wales Coastl Path connections are being planned at both ends.
Which sections have you walked?
#outdoors #kingcharlesIIIcoastpath #uk #britain #england #seascape #landscape
Incredible news for northern cavers and history nerds. DNA has revealed Northern Britain’s oldest human remains—found in a Cumbrian cave—belong to a 3-year-old girl from 11,000 years ago. Pierced jewelry suggests it was a sacred burial site. What do you think? 👇
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260519224326.htm
#caving #spelunking #potholing #history #archaeology #cumbria #uk #britain #england
New in stock: Skylotec ROLLNLOCK Ultralight Multifunctional Pulley 🔵
✅ 3 modes: ascender / pulley / progress-capture hauling pulley
✅ Glove-operable switching
✅ Rated to −29°C | Ultra-light aluminium | UIAA compliant
⚠️ Not a fall arrester. Not for self-belaying while climbing.
Only 2 left → https://www.inglesport.com/product/skylotec-rollnlock-ultralight-multifunctional-pulley/
Ingleton goes back to the 1940s this weekend 🎷
Swing bands, military vehicles, living history, free dance lessons & a Sunday Remembrance Parade.
Free to attend, Fri 3rd–Sun 5th July.
Shop open 9–5 all weekend. Café: Sat & Sun from 9am.
Your road kit won't survive the Dales.
We've launched a dedicated trail running section on our website: shoes, clothing & gear for real fell conditions. Outdoor specialists since 1977.
https://www.inglesport.com/trail-running-shop-uk/
#outdoors #trailrunning #fellrunning #running #yorkshiredales #yorkshire #uk #britain #england
Highest mainline station in England. A mile and a half under Blea Moor. Twenty-four arches at the finish.
Our new Railway Walk: Dent Station to Ribblehead, on foot, one way, with a train at each end.
Full guide + train times: https://www.inglesport.com/dent-station-ribblehead-walk-rail-guide/ 👍
#outdoors #hiking #railway #yorkshire #yorkshiredales #uk #britain #england
We're deeply saddened by the passing of Geoff Yeadon on Sunday 29th March.
World record cave diver. BEM recipient. President of the Cave Diving Group. A familiar face at our café in Ingleton, in the hills he spent half a century exploring.
The Grand Master. Irreplaceable. 💙
In 1816, Turner stood at Cauldron Falls in West Burton and sketched what he saw. Over two hundred years later, Walden Beck still drops into that same deep, swirling pool.
Just minutes from one of the prettiest village greens in the Yorkshire Dales, and still far quieter than nearby Aysgarth.
Worth the detour. Always. 👍
#outdoors #yorkshiredales #landscape #westburton #cauldronfalls #uk #britain #england
Cave and mountain rescue talk this Saturday ⛏️🏔️
Michael Hale speaks at Fraser Hall, Cowan Bridge: 20 June, 3pm. £5. Tea and cake on the day.
Know someone who should hear this?
Tickets 👉 https://fraserhall.uk/news/
#outdoors #mountainrescue #uk #britain #england #searchandrescue
@dare@kamu.social Thanks very much for the boost! Hope all is well in your world.
Same kit. Different stakes.
35 UK workers killed by a fall from height at work last year. 28% of every workplace death. The UK's #1 cause of work-related death for 24 years running.
No Falls Week, today till 22 May. Give it a share https://nofallsweek.org/
#NoFallsWeek #ropeaccess #workatheight #irata #healthandsafety
Middle Scar Cave: sealed for years after its entrance collapsed, only recently reopened. Almost nobody knows about it.
Gareth Williams and Kendal Caving Club were inside: wet, tight, and genuinely special. One of Ribblehead's least-known underground gems.
📹 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Dgi4khBhzEM
#outdoors #yorkshire #yorkshiredales #caving #spelunking #potholing #uk #britain #england
New issue of Descent in at Inglesport. Issue 309.
Inside: Mendip discoveries, possibly the world's tallest cave entrance, the BCRC's 2025 rescue round-up, two weeks in Greece, a wildlife rescue guide, and a Gouffre Berger trip report.
Available in-store or online 👇
https://www.inglesport.com/product/descent-magazine/
#caving #potholing #spelunking #magazine #uk #britain #england
Into the dark. 🔦 Gareth Williams & Kendal Caving Club take on the Lancaster Hole → Wilf Taylor's round trip in Ease Gill, past the famous Colonnades and back out. Worth a watch.
Full film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79HfS_uCJ1M
#outdoors #caving #spelunking #potholing #yorkshiredales #yorkshire #uk #britain #england
Back in stock — the Edelrid OHMEGA.
190g. Clips to your first bolt. 3 adjustable braking levels. Integrated pulley. Balances weight differences. Reduces collision and ground-fall risk.
Limited stock and they're shifting fast.
🔗 https://www.inglesport.com/product/edelrid-ohmega-assisted-braking-belay-device/
#outdoors #climbing #climbinggyms #indoorclimbing #climbinggear #uk #britain #england #yorkshiredales