The funeral of Pete Cardy, SWCC Hon Member, will be at 1pm on Tuesday 20th Feb at Llanelli Crematorium. SA14 8BX. Family flowers only. Donations in memory to South & Mid Wales CRT via smwcrt.org or the South and Mid Wales CRT Facebook page. Jopo

Many cavers on this forum will have known Pete Cardy who died unexpectedly on Tuesday 16 Jan. Pete went on the 1976 Ecuador expedition to find the space ship hidden in a cave as postulated by Von Daniken in The Chariots of the Gods. Needless to say the army sponsored expedition found no...

After some 35+ years we are ceasing the manufacture of the Slix stretchers. Post Covid orders have dipped and the cost of the straps and bags for the range has become far too expensive. I never registered the design or trademarked the React Slix range of stretchers relying instead upon...

May I wish you all the best Xmas you can engineer. Lets hope that next year caving huts will once again echo to the sounds of inebriated cavers planning a year of unbridled discovery at home and abroad. Best of luck and stay safe. Jopo

Anyone else not received their BCA voting code? Requested mine 3 times - and no it is not in my spam :( Jopo

It is with great sadness I have to inform you all of the death today, Sept. 13th 2020, of Mick Day. Mick was the last chairman of the NCA and the first chairman of the BCA its current President and a longstanding member of the South Wales Caving Club. He was involved in many discoveries in Dan...

Are the minutes of the NCA available online? Jopo

Following Simon Wilsons suggestion on the current Marble Sink thread a discussion about techniques using the much maligned ladders might be useful entertaining hopefully without any slagging off. I started caving before srt was imported and ladders were all we had. I have used them with and...

Can anyone point me to a small supply of Lycopodium spores and nets please. Project planned for S. Wales in August Jopo

I see from the latest Twll Du update that the CCC seems to have a new secretary, Allan Richardson. The website gives no info. Anyone know how this came about? The CCC Latest News section has no info. One trusts it was constitutional. Jopo

Nice Rohan jacket left at Penwyllt. In DO cupboard until claimed. Jopo

Am I alone in being concerned as to why access to certain mines on Welsh FC (now NRW) land is better in private hands http://rakelane.anduin.org.uk/cal/about.html than groups like the CCC. I wonder how these three directors managed to persuade the NRW that they represent UK cavers/mine...

I have noticed a few contributors who seem to have stopped commenting. I thought it might be because some discussions quickly got circular or repetitive to the point of boring (IMHO) I now understand that some contributors have in fact been banned. Any truth in this and if so could we have a...

Some of you older cavers may remember Laurie Galpin (fondly or not so) Laurie died a couple of weeks ago and has donated himself to medical science. A memorial is to be held next week Simon and Annie wrote. Sent from Simon' s iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Simon ... Date: 18 August...

This is interesting. Hope it ends well. http://www.thespainreport.com/11388/47-spanish-cavers-fly-peru-race-save-injured-comrade-trapped-400m-underground-7-days/ Jopo

Just noticed that the forum seems to stamp a new post a hour early - or is it me? Posted this at 23.19 Jopo

https://plus.google.com/111610247864593899054/posts/WTGxWnsFfoa In the land of the free. Jopo

Ray Kershaw presents 'The Mossdale Story' on BBC Radio 4 this Wednesday at 11am

What is your club? My club is looking at various options and I was wondering how other clubs have approached the problem(?) of liability and property ownership. There are several forms a club can take which offer various advantages/disadvantages as regard member/trustee/officers/tax/insurance...

Elsie Little - Funeral arrangements. Many of you will already know the very sad news that Elsie Little had two major strokes and died on Friday without regaining consciousness. The funeral is arranged for 1.00pm Saturday June 29th at Llanelli Crematorium, Penprys Road, Dafen, Llanelli, SA14...