Final New Year Plan

[S. Draper]

Bring lots of cash to pay for accommodation/food and a cave-proof watch 
if you have one. Information below. You should be able to view the 
spreadsheets read-only, so if anything needs changing please let me 
know. Feel free to print them off for your own use. I'll be bringing 
copies when I arrive on evening of Saturday 28th.

TRANSPORT
Who, how and when.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApXNq_vhQ9EgdG1qYmVhVzdFd3BWelRJTjRwVFZCaGc&usp=sharing

CAVING PLAN
Who, where and when.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApXNq_vhQ9EgdDNYWkZpalpsVVVCNXpVXzVaQ3lKNnc&usp=sharing

CONTACTS
BPF landline is the most important.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApXNq_vhQ9EgdGYzazNyYnBqeVNTLU84eDJjcVdINkE&usp=sharing

PERMIT PARKING
Some vehicle rules came with the Leck Fell permits:
Permit must be displayed in car windscreen. No more than three cars are 
to be taken onto the Fell, preferably fewer as there are other parties 
on the same day. Cars taken onto the Fell must only be parked in the car 
park. Other cars may be left in the car park at Cowan Bridge.

HUT RULES
I got sent a hideous long list of rules for the farm, so I've summarised 
it:
Keep all the rooms clean and tidy. No caving gear or dirty stuff beyond 
the changing room or hallway. Keep the yard and lane clear for access. 
Close gates, windows and doors. Conserve water. Don't go in the members 
bedroom. Sign in and pay on arrival (£5 per night). Door code is 1952. 
Take recycling and perishables away and put rubbish out in wheelie bin. 
Switch gas off at end of stay (but leave water on).

DIRECTIONS
> Travelling M6 North: Leave at Junct. 34. Follow A683 to Kirkby 
> Lonsdale. Turn left on to A65, down hill round left hand bend, turn 
> right before river Bridge towards Casterton, 1 mile; turn right past 
> white bungalow up single track road, straight across cross roads, 
> straight across second cross roads. Then follow lane up steep hill with 
> sharp bends to very end, 3 miles.
> Traveling from Leeds etc: Follow A65 past Skipton, Settle and Ingleton. 
> Turn right 0.5 mile after Cowan Bridge. After 200m fork right and 
> follow straight road for 1.5 miles to cross roads, turn right then 
> follow lane up steep hill with sharp bends to very end, 3 miles.

Looking forward to seeing you soon!
Sophie
07521 884300


On 2013-12-26 12:33, S. Draper wrote:
> We're going ahead, yay! (Leaders will need to think about which caves
> are appropriate for the weather though)
> 
> Food will arrive on evening of 28th, so if you're coming before then,
> bring some of your own.
> 
> I'm in the middle of trying to send loads more info, but keep getting
> dragged into unimportant things like "family time" and "being
> sociable", so apologies for that. The rest will follow later today.
> 
> Sophie
> 07521 884300
> 
> 
> On Dec 25 2013, S. Draper wrote:
> 
>> Merry Christmas all!
>> 
>> WEATHER
>> Forecast has slightly improved since the last email, but still unsure 
>> if it's good enough, so if some lovely people could be in touch about 
>> this by tomorrow morning that'd be great. Anyone who does travel, be 
>> safe (i.e. slow)! No cars aqua-planing across the motorway please.
>> 
>> CONFIRMATIONS
>> Reminder to Serena and Sam to please get in touch by tomorrow morning 
>> to confirm or otherwise their plans to attend. I've also heard nothing 
>> from Olaf whatsoever, so if you wouldn't mind getting in touch that'd 
>> be nice, especially if you want to have communal food. Some people who 
>> were coming as a couple and planning to cook separately are now coming 
>> on their own, so if they now want communal food, could they please let 
>> me know.
>> 
>> IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBER
>> Please, please save this into your phone: 01524 271837. It's the 
>> number for the farm, which has no internet or mobile reception, so 
>> this is the only way of contacting people once they've arrived and 
>> could also be an easy way of preventing an unnecessary CRO callout 
>> (like we nearly had on the recent Varsity trip).
>> 
>> PERMITS
>> Apparently this was the original plan and might be roughly what the 
>> final plan looks like:
>> 29th December: Gaping Gill (Merilyn)
>> 26th or 27th December: Penygent
>> 30th December (?): Knock Fell Caverns
>> some Leck Fell permits, say:
>> 28th December: Notts 2
>> 31st December: Boxhead & Lost Johns
>> 1st January: Gavel
>> some Easegill permits, say:
>> 27th: Lancaster Hole
>> 29th: Top & County
>> 31st: Sylvester & County
>> 
>> If leaders have a spare moment over the next few days (pah!) and feel 
>> like refreshing their knowledge of the Easegill caves and their 
>> rigging, then check this out: http://www.rrcpc.org.uk/easegill/ And 
>> this one for the Leck Fell caves: 
>> http://www.rrcpc.org.uk/easegill/text/leck.htm.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Sophie