NAMHO Conference 2026

[TomFerry]

Its one of the few places I will get wet for

No you won’t you will wear waders and try to stay dry you want to split this to a new thread . I’m on mobile

 

[dougle89]

I may be around on the Friday to baby sit you two …. @dougle89 @Alex

Somebody sensible best come along …

Yeah that’s why I’m taking Pat

 

[dougle89]

I’ve emailed a couple times to follow up BACS payment but haven’t had confirmation yet, can someone please follow up

 

[Mattthemole]

I’ve emailed a couple times to follow up BACS payment but haven’t had confirmation yet, can someone please follow up

Hi I can confirm you have paid in full for your options and this is now logged as paid on the booking website. Unfortunately payments have to be manually entered for every delegate so I am still catching up!

 

[ChrisTwigg]

Just a quick update that more underground trips will be released at 9am on Friday 1st May.

 

[Alex]

Just a quick update that more underground trips will be released at 9am on Friday 1st May.

My refresh button is ready

 

[dougle89]

Hi I can confirm you have paid in full for your options and this is now logged as paid on the booking website. Unfortunately payments have to be manually entered for every delegate so I am still catching up!

Great thank you

 

[vicarage]

I'm underground Sat and Sun, but in the area Fri and Mon if anyone wants to join me to see surface stuff mentioned independently, the obvious one being Cobscar to Keldheads. Also up for easy/moderate underground stuff, but don't know the area at all.

 

[TomFerry]

I may be about friday for a walk somewhere .

 

[dougle89]

I may be about friday for a walk somewhere .

A wet walk with us!

 

[Ttxela]

Hello Folks, I'm booked on the Sir Francis Level trip, I believe there is a 7m shaft, it's not listed as an SRT trip so am I safe to assume I don't need to bring an SRT kit (I can if I need to but I'm very rusty ) Cheers!

 

[ChrisTwigg]

Hello Folks, I'm booked on the Sir Francis Level trip, I believe there is a 7m shaft, it's not listed as an SRT trip so am I safe to assume I don't need to bring an SRT kit (I can if I need to but I'm very rusty ) Cheers!

We will be putting in a fixed ladder for the weekend, so no need for SRT kit.

 

[Ttxela]

We will be putting in a fixed ladder for the weekend, so no need for SRT kit.

Splendid

 

[dougle89]

We will be putting in a fixed ladder for the weekend, so no need for SRT kit.

say, hypothetically, that someone was in Sir Francis on the Friday afternoon, would this ladder already be in place?

 

[Alex]

say, hypothetically, that someone was in Sir Francis on the Friday afternoon, would this ladder already be in place?

I have an electron if its needed

 

[dougle89]

I have an electron if its needed

I’ve got rope mate

 

[snebbit]

ActionStash stall will be at NAMHO again this year with pleasing prices, suit sizing etc Let me know if there's anything particular you want to look at in person as we're not planning to bring every product

 

[BCA Membership]

BCA have just published their first annual report however I'd love to feature more about mines next year!
Obviously we are keen not to stand on Descent's toes but if anyone attending the 2026 Conference would like to write a short article with a different spin on it for the BCA annual report it would gratefully received - ideally with some photos! Email admin@british-caving.org.uk

If I recall correctly NAMHO usually send Descent Magazine a summary of the whole conference, so we would be looking for something different - maybe you are usually more of a caver than a mine explorer attending your first NAMHO conference in 2026, or you would like to tell us about one particularly exciting trip you went on? Something a bit different would be great!

 

[TomFerry]

I am confident there we’ll be somebody who can help with this !

 

[Alex]

Is anybody else interested in a Sir Francis trip on the friday?

I can add you to a private message group so we can arrange a time.