some of whom may not be as conservation conscious as cavers[/quote]
If only! Have you been to Easter Grotto recently?
Muddy Funkster said:I understand what you're getting at but surely there's not too many non cavers or fishermen who are regular readers of the Chelsea Newsletter? I don't really know what the readership size is though.
Muddy Funkster said:I have not produced the article to get into access arguments and debates but as an aid to the caving community / Chelsea members who might like to see a very well decorated cave in a highly unusual location.
Muddy Funkster said:Will probably end up meeting you before long.
Fulk said:....some of whom may not be as conservation conscious as cavers.
If only! Have you been to Easter Grotto recently?
Been lurking reading this thread and I'm not getting involved in access/info debates. But the above point stood out, particularly the bit about respect and duty of care - whilst a lot of cavers do take care others just barge through, don't look what they're doing and end up destroying what they have gone to see.. If you have seen once decorated places trashed then perhaps you can see why advertising the exact location of a decorated cave is met with some hostility.Although I am a relative novice at caving, when I do cave, I do so with a lot of care and respect for its delicate environment. Maybe I'm wrong here, but if you have the desire to crawl down into a muddy hole in the ground you do so to see the natural beauty that awaits within, and with that appreciation, a sense of respect and duty of care go hand in hand?
Muddy Funkster said:I had already phoned the MOD number on the Castlemartin Range website to discuss access to the cliff tops.............
Muddy Funkster said:Although I am a relative novice at caving, when I do cave, I do so with a lot of care and respect for its delicate environment. Maybe I'm wrong here, but if you have the desire to crawl down into a muddy hole in the ground you do so to see the natural beauty that awaits within, and with that appreciation, a sense of respect and duty of care go hand in hand?
Muddy Funkster said:I would also like to become an active member of CSS and by that I mean caving and getting to know members, but also submitting more to the newsletter, something which the club would like more of its members to do.
dunc said:If you have seen once decorated places trashed then perhaps you can see why advertising the exact location of a decorated cave is met with some hostility.
NigR said:The main reason the precise location of this cave has not previously been described in intricate detail is glaringly obvious to anyone who has visited it.