The link above leads to the 2024 AGM Agenda, not the 2025 Agenda. The correct date for 2025 is 22nd. Feb. The Council Meeting Agenda is correct.

I recall an early issue of the Orpheus Caving Club journal "The Lyre" which cxarefully explained how the scallop marks seen in caves were actually caused by an "Articulated Molybator" and these were its teeth marks. There was also the "Elastic Theory of Cave Deformation" which explained how the...

I always liked Paracetam 'ole - named by the Eldon I think.

Would you count Mary Queen of Scots as an early caver? She visited Poole's Cavern in Derbyshire during time she was being held at Hardwick Hall and actually got to the end of the cave where you will find the Stal. boss named Mary Queen of Scots Pillar. Don't know the exact date but I'm sure...

Further to the above Note that there is a fire door between the entrance corridor and the changing room where the batteries are now charged. However, people do sometimes fasten this door open and it doesn't have a DorGard device fitted because of a small step. It would seem that we should...

Worth noting that, when our club hut was inspected by the Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service as part of us putting in a new automated fire alarm system, one of things we were told to do was to remove the lamp-charging rack from the wall of the entrance corridor as it was considered to be a safety...

The British Caving Library at Hidden Earth 2024 BCL will have a stand at this year’s Hidden Earth where you will be able to find all sorts of goodies for yourself or your Club library. This year BCL has been fortunate to receive a number of donations of books, journals, exploration reports...

Personal preference only I as am a Derbyshire caver but I do like the OFD I streamway. It's just fun! I'm also a fan of the Easegill streamway. Derbyshire does have the longest undergroiund pitch in the UK: Titan - though I have never done it (or even seen it, other than in films or photos)...

Katie's message about the new site came straight to my inbox - no problems. Worked my way through and checked everything, had to amend just one item then good to go. All signed off successfully and I have my new BCA Number plus pictures of my membership cards for BCA and BCRA. Brilliant job...

This is a totally amazing collection and you can spend hours going through pages of extraordinary material if you are at all interested in caving history. A quite fascinating read is "BSA Secretarial papers, the formation of the BSA.", which contains, among other delights, some politrely snotty...

I have checked our holding at the British Caving Library and find we have only one item and this is an unbound photocopy of the University College of Cardiff Caving Club, Club Log Book, 1981/82. It comprises a hefty stack of unumbered sheets running from 17/18 October 1981 to 26 June 1982...

Sorry, that one has been grabbed by someone in the Club who is now using it, having bought some spare from Starless River.

There is a possibility that I may be able to source a little used Kong Banana which was donated to my club and is, I think, now in the "loan gear" because no-one wanted it. If you are still interested, please PM me.

We have at the British Caving Library a painting of GG Main Chamber which we think was passed on from BSA to BCRA. I don't recall that it has a legible signature on it and it's a fairly dreary painting so it's not been hung anywhere in the Library. From memory I'd guess it's around 3ft. high...

Worth enquiring of your local Record Office as this may depend on where in the country you have the paper records you need to store. Transporting items from the S.E. of England or Scotland to Cheshire, for example, would be expensive. There would presumably be different conditions required if...

I have already asked the BCA C&A Working Group to raise the issue of BCA joining the Outdoors for All campaign so this should come up at the BCA Council Meeting next Tuesday. Presumably it should come as part of the WG's report to Council. It has been rather difficult to track down how to join...

BCRA does contribute funds to the Library - BCA pays the rent of the building and some other costs. BCRA pays for the equipment and services used: phone, broadband, scanners, printers, shelving, publications which we need to buy but can't get for free - all this runs to several thousands of...

Actually Caving Supplies first operated from a garage in North Cheam, very close to where I used to live in Worcester Park, Surrey. I can remember paying a weekend visit from Derbyshire to my Mum and Dad's house just so I could nip up the road and buy some of the new batteries they had just...

Actually we did have a forward thinking "national body" back in the 1990's when the idea of CRoW was first put forward ! In 1998, when the government first introduced the idea of the CRoW Act and asked outdoor organisations for their comments on its proposals, the then NCA Conservation and...

I think I'm correct that the fall of boulders in the Canyon section of Little Neath River Cave, some years ago now, was attributed to an earthquake. I can't recall the details or the year but do remember going along the passage before the event and admiring the high and relatively narrow...