Camping for the night at the old station

Sunny stroll up Pen y Fan trying to get fit for the Ben

Wander up to Pen y Fan in good sunshine, up from storey arms layby path return via TJ obelisk then off path back to storey arms @JonnyC: Sunny weather meant a change of plans, instead of progressing the personal task list I grabbed they keys and headed to the Beacons. Good weather made the trail up pretty warm as well as being a little crowded, beautiful weather on top for a lunch stop before grabbing some tranquillity off path on the way back.

Nice stroll over worm's head @JonnyC: A last minute plan to get some sea air and break the walking boots in, took the opportunity to head up to Gower and wander the peninsula and to take Andy and Soph on to Worm's Head. The weather turned out to be pretty much perfect although the sun tucked in behind the clouds before Andy got to launch the drone. Good stroll and good to get out, nice to have a little visit from a seal also.

The annual Christmas party with a twist, someone stole the Christmas tree but the festivities went on regardless @MLeP: Why troughs are better than cranes... @MLeP: Good work Go Pro! :)

A pleasant stroll around box retracing a previous route. Good fun and a good deed done @JonnyC: A little bit of a last minute plan came together to pay box a re-visit, not least as I needed to return some treasure underground. After digging out some old coordinates and deciphered text passages and a RV with a helpful Inkpen in a car park we headed toward Box. We ended up going in a slightly different entrance, but Rich's recognition soon got us on the straight and narrow. It was pleasantly surpri ...

Quick dash down to sump one and back @JonnyC: After a mammoth drive across Bristol we headed to the comfort of the Wessex. We had a pleasant trip in via short dry overtaking a novice party who kindly rigged the twenty for us. Sump one was still technically a duck. Headed out via wet way. A very pleasant trip. A few pics but most didn't come out clearly.

Swift trip down chased by a youth group, down into water chamber and drainpipe, played with under over, superman and maze before assisted handline from tradesman.

Gentle trip into Sludge pit Hole, a first visit for JC, explored a fair amount, relatively damp but +5 outside meant the walk back was bearable @JonnyC: Having posed for a photo in the entrance, the realisation that the memory card was still at home kicked in, and Jon being without camera too left us with mental pictures only. We headed in via Boulder chamber, fault passage and on to main rift, passing through some pretty reasonably sized passageway, and toward the end some pretty funky inclined ri ...

Quick dash to Sump Two to celebrate a birthday @JonnyC: Good pacey wander down the short dry, ladder left rigged by previous group, duck through into Two along to the sump, few pics at the sign, then a dash back to the surface via the wet way. Good to get out on a social trip, water not high, but fun still. @RichM: A welcome trip, good to just cave in good company with no pressure. Couldn't seem to get enough air at times, subsequently found out that the group we passed in the entrance series had the MCR gas detectors with them and there was only 18% oxygen! Photography failed - flash + water doesn't mix.