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Rob Blackmann
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NEWS, NOTICES & THE FORUM

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Looking for miners who went to the Soviet Union

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Hope Valley Adventure Film Festival Saturday the 26th April

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Who won the first of the Fabulous Five Inglesport/Rab competitions??
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WHERE THE CAVES ARE - The Caving Regions

The Dales

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Marble Steps Pot dig/ropes

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Slack Hole - New EPC Dig
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Wales

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Logbook at the end of Draenen
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Mendip

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The Old Ruminator
Return To Quarter Way Up Hole

Forest Of Dean

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PeteHall
Redhouse Lane Swallet Update

Devon and Cornwall

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Contacting the Devon Karst Research Society

Portland

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Sandy Hole - North Passage

Scotland

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braveduck
Assynt advice

Ireland

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Relocating to cork Ireland - what to take?

Rest of The UK

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Large Sinkhole opens up in Otford, Kent

Rest of The World

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Exploring a few lava caves in Southern Vietnam

TRIP REPORTS - what have you been down to?

Digging & Exploration Trips in The UK

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Agen Allwedd - Priory Road Exploration
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Sporting Trips in The UK

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Mrs Trellis
Giants/Oxlow Connection "The Chamber of Horrors"

Expeditions & Trips Abroad

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Rob
Albania 24 Full report
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Stories - have a cave related tale to tell??

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bagpuss
Caving and Chronic pain

TECHNICAL FORUMS

National Access Discussions

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Dartmoor wild camping appeal won

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alanw
Innovative Short-Term Synchronous-Asynchronous Ambient Noise Tomography Unveiled for Urban Karst Exploration

Cave Conservation

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Pitlamp
Cleanup in Magnetometer

Digging

What bucket do you use??
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The Old Ruminator
The " Beejay "Temporary Boulder Prop.

Diving

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Steve Clark
Best diving torches (Durability vs Affordability)

Equipment

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DanTheCaveMan
Oversuit Killers - worst oversuit rips

Film & Photography

It's dark in here
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The Old Ruminator
Photography Showcase 3 per week limit

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Rachel
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Surveying

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Question from a filthy American caver

The ukCaving Wiki project

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Is the uk caving wiki down?

ORGANISATIONS

BCA

British Caving Association
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BCA Secretary
BCA AGM Agenda & Council Meeting Agenda 06/05/2025

BCRA

British Cave Research Association
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Dave Shearsmith
BCRA Hydrology Special Interest Group

The British Caving Library

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langcliffe
BCRA Online Archive Response Times

Caving Wales (CW) / Ogofa Cymru (OC)

CW / OC is the representative body for caving and recreational mine exploration in Wales and the bordering areas.
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Mynydd Llangattock Cave Management Advisory Committee

CNCC

CNCC is the regional council of the BCA for northern England and Scotland and the representative body for caving clubs in these regions.
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Simpson Chains
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CSCC

CSCC is the regional council of the BCA for sourthern England and the representative body for caving clubs in this region.
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CSCC
IMPORTANT - Moving Boulder in Thrupe Lane Swallet

DCA - Derbyshire Caving Association

DCA is the regional council of the BCA for the Peak District and the representative body for caving clubs in this region.
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DCA is seeking a new Equipment Officer
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Council of Higher Education Caving Clubs

(CHECC)
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BCA P&I
Student Handbook

Cave Rescue Organisation CRO

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paul
Incident 04/2024 - 10/02/24 - 23:50 (Easegill)

Derbyshire Cave Rescue Organisation DCRO

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Pete K
Advanced Notice 17th November 2024: Knotlow/Hillocks busy

Descent Magazine

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Descent 303 - Explore! Rescue! Protect!

FoDCCAG

Forest of Dean Cave Conservation and Access Group
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FoDCCAG AGM 25th March 2025

Hidden Earth & Eurospeleo

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The oil king
Hidden Earth 2025

The Ghar Parau Foundation

Funding British cave exploration and cave science
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nobrotson
GPF expedition cave science weekend at SWCC, 3rd - 4th June: sign-ups open!

SCOUT CAVING

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New camping badge
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Caving in The Media. Book/DVD reviews etc

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Peregrina
Underland audiobook £2 today

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Lifts & Partners

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Karabiner found in Sunset Hole
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Old neoprene

Job Vacancies

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Job opportunity at Poole's Cavern

Obituaries - cavers remembered

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