Hi Matt Yes full details to follow as per the heading above the Agenda on the BCA website. Cheers Allan

BCA 2024 AGM Agenda The Agenda for the 2024 AGM is now on the BCA Website. Allan Richardson Secretary British Caving Association

I hire cars in Europe several times a year, I also use a top up insurance from the UK, it makes the car hire much cheaper. The hire charges have gone up considerably post Covid. A more cynical person would suggest that it is to make up for the loss of income from selling short term insurance...

Hi all The BCA 2024 AGM will be held by Zoom on Monday 3/6/2024 starting at 1900. Details and the Zoom address will be sent out in due course. Allan Richardson Secretary British Caving Association

The AGM will be held on Sunday 10th March 2024 starting at 1200, at the Rheidol Power Station, CwmRheidol, Aberystwyth. The meeting will be both in person and by Zoom. Following the meeting Roy Fellows will be giving a presentation on Welsh Mining. Allan Richardson Secretary Cambrian Caving Council

Late teens interested in rocks and fossils, then a friend who had a car said that the best minerals were on the old mine tips of the Northern Pennines and the Lake District, it was a short step from there to exploring underground, parents not happy. Ended up exploring a lot of mines before I...

Sounds like it could be useful surveying old mines which often have lots of metal in them.

In the mid 1980's I saw the Manifold Bore, we had been digging in the stream bed when we heard a "shushing sound", this was the water flowing over the dry riverbed and pushing through the Wild Rhubarb. Even when we still couldn't see the flowing water the river bed was resurging with pressure...

Buoy Rugby, played in the past at SWCC with a large Mooring Buoy someone found on the coast.

The 2023 Cambrian Caving Council AGM will be held by Zoom on the 15th March at 1930. The Zoom details will be sent out nearer the time. Cheers Allan Secretary, Cambrian Caving Council.

The 2023 Cambrian Caving Council AGM will be held by Zoom on the 15th March at 1930. The Zoom details will be sent out nearer the time. Cheers Allan Secretary, Cambrian Caving Council.

Hi Tracey The 5 mines trip and the Nenthead Great Traverse are essentially the same thing. The mines they traverse are Caplecleugh, Longcleugh, Smallcleugh, Rampgill, Scaleburn, Brownley Hill and Nentsberry Hagg's. Yes I know that is more than 5 mines, but I didn't name it. Due to ongoing...

Hi there are plenty available at SWCC at £5 each. Cheers Allan

Introduction to Cave Surveying Course The Cave Surveying Group (CSG) are running an Introduction to Cave Surveying course at SWCC over the weekend of 13/14 November 2021. The course whilst being run by the CSG, it is being supported by the BCA Training Scheme. The cost of the weekend is ?20...

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