Over the weekend of 2nd to 3rd November the Shepton Mallet Caving Club are having an open weekend for anyone who might be interested in joining us. Whether you?re an experienced caver looking for a friendly local club, or you?ve just started caving and want to take it further, we?d love to meet...

Over the weekend of 10th ? 11th November the Shepton Mallet Caving Club are having an open weekend for anyone who might be interested in joining us. Whether you?re an experienced caver looking for a friendly local club, or you?ve just started caving and want to take it further, we?d love to...

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Hi All, we're considering a trip to Rod's pot and Bath Swallet this weekend.  Has anyone been in there recently?  I'm not local so don't know how wet it has been recently and whether the connection will be passable. Also does anyone know if there is any in situ gear on Purple pot? thanks for...

We are hosting an event for prospective new members over the weekend of 4th-5th November 2017. The weekend is open to anyone who wants to find out what makes the Shepton the best caving club on Mendip. It doesn?t matter whether you?re an experienced caver looking for a friendly local club...

Over the weekend of 5th/6th November 2016, we are hosting an event for prospective new members. The weekend is open to anyone who wants to try caving and find out what makes the Shepton the best caving club on Mendip. It doesn?t matter whether you?re an experienced caver looking for a friendly...

Over the weekend of 31st October / 1st November 2015, we are hosting an event for prospective new members to try caving. Oh, and you will find out what makes the Shepton the best caving club on Mendip. We will be leading trips to a variety of Mendip caves on the Saturday and Sunday. There will...

Dear Fellow Cavers, The Shepton Mallet Caving Club would like to invite you to join us at the Grand Opening of our newly extended hut on Saturday 4th July. The hut extension came about as the result of a very generous bequest from our late member Terence Fitch.  A great deal of work has gone...

Having arranged a key and permit for a trip to Ogof Draenen today our members have found that the key they have been sent does not fit the lock. I thought I should warn anyone else heading over there this weekend so other people don't end up having a wasted trip. :furious:

Hi All, I'm trying to find accomodation for the weekend of 23rd - 25th November, for approx 8-10 people from my caving club.  All the huts I have checked so far are full that weekend (BPC, YSS, NPC, BPF). Does anyone have any other suggestions for caver friendly accomodation? I've looked at...

Just discovered this musical about Floyd Collins is on at the Southwark Playhouse in London until the end of the month. Sounds intriguing http://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/the-vault/floyd-collins/ Just booked tickets for 30th March

Someone told me there were going to be some celebrations over the weekend of the 18th - 20th November for the 75th Anniversay of Mendip Cave Rescue.  Can anyone confirm this, and are there any details yet?  I think that is also the weekend of the JRat digging award - am I right about this too...

A team from the Shepton Mallet Caving Club are doing a 24 hour sponsored prussik this weekend.  We will start at midday on saturday and aim to have at least one person prussiking at all times until midday on sunday.  We are raising money for Leukaemia and Lymphoma research, if you would like to...

I've just had a quote for life assurance to cover our first mortgage.  The basic premium for the cover we want based on our ages was approx ?20 (from Aviva).  But because we are cavers and climbers we have been quoted a monthly premium of nearly ?200. Is this normal, do I just have to accept...

A group of us are off to Romania this summer (approx first two weeks in August). None of us have been there before, we are planning to visit the Apuseni Mountains area. I have been trying to find a suitable campsite for us to use as a base, but haven't had much luck.  The only one I can find...