Hi, we can do this, heading down to the Mendips next weekend via South Wales this weekend, so as long as you can pass it over before Friday we can get it there :)

A reminder that the BCRA symposium and field meeting to Alderley Edge are on 8th and 9th October. More details can be found at https://forums.british-caving.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1637 the Symposium programme can also be found below. If you would like to attend please register via the google...

BCRA Cave Science Symposium 2022, hosted jointly with the Manchester Geological Association Symposium - Saturday 8th October, 2022 Field-trip - Sunday 9th October, 2022 Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Manchester SECOND CIRCULAR The British Cave Research...

Twas the end of the exped, when all through the hut Not a creature was stirring, except for *that* mouse. The ropes were all hung down in Pigpen with care; Ready for next year when the cavers are there. The cavers are nestled back home in their beds, While visions of pitches dance in their heads.

The last day of the exped, and we managed to squeeze in one last day of caving. We decided to revisit a cave we found earlier in the week, when we didn't have enough gear with us to explore - Ectoplasm cave. So, we hefted our rucksacks full of gear up the hill, it was a bit of slog, but the...

We're now at the mid-point of the expedition and people are starting to think about having a shower and washing their clothes... We've had some highs and lows so far. We had a spell of rainy weather which delayed plans, but 5 people have been 600m down in camp since Sunday/Monday pushing some...

Can anyone help- I'm trying to get our exped ropes from Cardiff (or somewhere near - could probably get them to Bristol for example) to somewhere in the North - ideally the Dales, Huddersfield, Sheffield or Nottingham areas, but could potentially pick up from other locations. Would need to...

Thanks Mike, that's a good one, thought actually one I haven't seen before. The one I was thinking of is a caving version and someone has forgotten their wellies - anyone good at sleuthing things out that can find it?

I went to introduce some newer caving friends to this now slightly vintage piece of caving humour and now I can no longer find it. Does anyone know if it still exists somewhere?

I do... but this is what I wear in the colder dry caves and is the limit of what I can wear and still move, hence why I can't wear more.

I thought about this, but a. good ones are expensive, b. especially if you want them to be OK in the presence of water, and c. probably wouldn't be durable enough for caving. But maybe one day this will be an option.

Thanks for all the replies so far. Neoprene cuffs I have. I'll pop into inglesport as well as the local diy shops and look at some of those options. I generally wear as many layers as possible, but in cold caves it's still not enough (I have been known to wear thermals, fleece gilet...

Thanks, I actually used to wear a pair of sealskinz mountain biking gloves for gorge scrambling at work and they lasted about 5 winters, I was surprised at their durability. I might consider these for my summer alpine caving between pitches. I've also thought about wrists, I considered sewing...

Thanks Badlad and AR, do they fare OK when wet? I started looking at those sorts of things but wasn't sure, might have to go on a tour of the local diy shops!

I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for caving gloves for hands that get cold very easily? I usually wear neoprene gloves, which do a good job of keeping my hands warm but still able to climb and rig etc. However, my usual decathlon ones are out of stock and they're not terribly...