Hardrawkin Pot

I had a “dicky tummy” in the morning and thought I would probably feel better after breakfast but I didn't feel hungry enough for the usual Bernies Veggie Breakfast and only had some eggs on toast.
We were planning on a trip down Hardrawkin Pot below Ingleborough and near the Old Hill Inn here we had some time ago attempted a trip but didn't take enough note of the description to find the entrance and settled on Sunset Hole instead!
This time we had written down the description of the route to the entrance from the “Selected Caves of Britain and Ireland” book and actually found it easy to find except for a little ambiguity at the gate signposted for Great Douk.
I had decided to give caving a miss today and walked with Keith, Karen and Simon B. to the entrance which was surrounded by a new fence and wooden stile. The other side of the drystone wall was the 2 metre high entrance to High Douk Cave from where water was flowing which passed under the wall and then down Hardrawkin Pot. Karen had a quick look in this cave and found a very smelly, very dead sheep with lots of maggots.
I left them to it and wandered back to the cars in the layby up the road from the Old Hill Inn and read a book on my Kindle for a couple of hours before the other three were back saying it was a very good caving trip.

It was only 13:30 but Keith decided to set off straight for home while Karen, Simon and I made the customary post-caving trip to Bernies.