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    Bernie's under new ownership!

    Table football is actually a massive shout, though apparently Nadia thinks it's shit. Maybe they shouldn't have let her in after all...
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    Top trips in Ireland?

    Burren: Poulelva - Pollnagollum provides a great through trip which is justly popular and not too hard to routefind (should take 5 - 7 hours at a steady pace if visiting for the first time); there are many other options in the high level galleries which can be visited in pretty much any weather...
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    Bernie's under new ownership!

    When can I have my alpkit gloves back Kristian? I know you have them. https://alpkit.com/products/gabbro-waterproof-winter-glove - these ones And before you mention the red dragon remember the car key ;)
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    Cave Science Weekend, SWCC, 2nd - 3rd March: all welcome!

    Thanks for signing up all who have already :) we're pretty much at capacity now so any further sign ups will be added to a reserve list!
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    Lost left foot pantin leck fell upper parking

    Ruiaridh accidentally took it so all good :)
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    Cave Science Weekend, SWCC, 2nd - 3rd March: all welcome!

    I should also add that I will try and allocate places as evenly between clubs as I can. So if we have a preponderance of sign ups from one club, I might ask that you decide between yourselves who comes so that we don't only have people from one club :)
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    Cave Science Weekend, SWCC, 2nd - 3rd March: all welcome!

    Myself, Ruiaridh Macleod, Lydia de Brett and Joe Stell have organised a practical cave science weekend at SWCC, 2nd - 3rd March. Saturday will feature three underground workshops, where we will go caving in OFD and look at either cave geomorphology/hydrogeology, cave biology and cave...
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    Lost left foot pantin leck fell upper parking

    Think I may have managed to leave a new style left foot pantin at leck fell upper parking, where you park for lost John's, with brown electrical tape on, on Sunday 17th December, evening. If anyone happens to spot it please let me know :)
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    Harry Long's caving book is out at last!

    You did omit the final sentence of his paragraph: ...I realised also that exploration wasn’t necessarily synonymous with setting foot where no-one had been before, as it often meant where no white man had been before! I don't know Harry but this statement alone makes me more inclined to give...
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    BCRA online seminar series. Next seminar on Monday 6th November.

    I've caved with Eva in the Hochschwab, its an amazing karst area, do come to the talk if you want to find out more!
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    BCRA online seminar series. Tomorrow!! Monday 2nd October.

    This is starting now :)
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    Carbon offsetting for expeditions

    The 'ferry vs car' topic was discussed on ukclimbing a few years ago in relation to an article about climbing in Europe by train https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/ukc/a_guide_to_climbing_trips_in_europe_by_train-722440?v=1#x9279684 In summary, it depends on the emissions of your vehicle
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    Carbon offsetting for expeditions

    Don't bother, he knows that his flippant straw man arguments are self evidently bollocks. He knows you can quite easily travel the world without flying and that no one isarguing to stop cultural exchanges via travel. If he doesn't realise that then he's equally not worth your time. He also...
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    Carbon offsetting for expeditions

    I've just been reading up on the carbon offsetting scheme used here. It's an interesting approach, but quite complicated and not as clear-cut as you might hope for. The total carbon footprint of the expedition was calculated to be 31.105 tonnes. This was claimed to have been fully offset by the...
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    Carbon offsetting for expeditions

    Ah, I see where some confusion arose, my apologies, poor comms from me. Currently, we do not consider carbon officially (which I sort of implied we did), however we do consider the presence of younger cavers via the Alex Pitcher and Ian Timney awards and also more informally by committe...
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