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    An informative discussion

    Recently there was long thread about the BCA. I can now post possible answers to some of the questions, such as "Why is the BCA still raising membership prices when there is a significant amount still left in its coffers?"

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    Access in the Yorkshire Dales NP

    Apologies if I've missed any discussion on this topic. Whilst looking at "facts" behind postings on a CROW thread I saw that the Yorkshire Dales Access Forum is looking for new members. The forum has to consulted on all access issues and has a "Cave and Crag Access" sub group. The list of...
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    Possible Aurora visible this weekend

    Geomagnetic Disturbance Alert 23rd August 2013 British Geological Survey Two Earth directed coronal mass ejections (CME) both associated with solar filament eruptions left from the Sun on the 20th and 21st August. The first shock arrival is expected late on August 23rd, with the second...
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    Don't spoil a walk with a stick and a little ball, go caving

    http://fox2now.com/2013/03/12/man-falls-into-18-foot-deep-sinkhole-on-waterloo-golf-course/ This is not intended to fuel the CROW debate about "open-air recreation"
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    Survex to Google Earth - Advice

    The objective is to display a cave survey in Google Earth to see if there are surface features close to several avens. I took the Survex .3d file and ran it through 3dtopos to get the station, eastings and northings into a s/sheet.  The eastings and northings were adjusted to OSGB references.  A...
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    British Geological Survey - open access to maps & data

    The BGS have opened up their mapping for free non-commercial access/download.  A 1:50000 starting point is http://www.bgs.ac.uk/data/services/digmap50wms.html. Peter K
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