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    Earthquake near Belper

    https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20240419014217.html ORIGIN TIME 01:42:17.2 UTC DEPTH 7 km MAGNITUDE 2.5 Felt Matlock (Derbyshire) and Belton (Leicestershire). The reports described, "felt a weak trembling" and "heard a moderate rumbling sound".
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    Wookey Hole unveils model of the moon in underground cave

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-somerset-68629228
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    Gina Moseley prepares for climate expedition to a cave in Wulff Land, Greenland

    https://www.wired.com/story/arctic-caves-greenland/
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    Satellite images of Gaping Gill at Winch Meet time

    It just happens that the National Library of Scotland side by side maps with ESRI and Bing satellite images are currently showing the BPC and Craven winch meets. https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=17.3&lat=54.15127&lon=-2.38262&layers=ESRIWorld&right=BingSat
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    Small Earthquake: Highbridge, Somerset, Sat 9th March 2024

    Magnitude 1.4 Depth 6km About 15km ESE of Cheddar https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20240309011728.html#page=summary
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    Another Petzl harness recall

    https://www.petzl.com/GB/en/Professional/recalls/2023-10-25/Call-for-inspection-for-the-ASTRO-and-CANYON-GUIDE-harnesses Product: Astro and Canyon Guide Harnesses Hazard: The affected products present a risk of injuries due to the detection of a defect on the gated opening attachment point of...
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    Ice ages were not as dry as we thought, according to surprising new Australian cave study

    https://theconversation.com/ice-ages-were-not-as-dry-as-we-thought-according-to-surprising-new-australian-cave-study-222184 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06989-3
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    Excavation of colossal caverns for Fermilab's DUNE experiment completed

    https://phys.org/news/2024-02-excavation-colossal-caverns-fermilab-dune.html
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    Plans for more ‘sensitive’ holiday lodge resort at Roanhead submitted

    https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/24072280.plans-sensitive-holiday-lodge-resort-roanhead-submitted/
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    Stalagmites as Climate Archive

    Heidelberg University and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology When combined with data from tree-ring records, stalagmites can open up a unique archive to study natural climate fluctuations across hundreds of years, a research team including geoscientists from Heidelberg University and the...
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    Caving bag found, Yordas, Kingsdale

    Ingleton Village FB group "Has anyone lost a bag with caving stuff today at Yodas cave,Kingsdale?"
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    Council proposes selling off Ingleborough Hall outdoor centre

    Lots of introductions to caving done here, in particular Ingleborough Hall also provides ... National Governing Body training and assessment for the BCA Local Cave Leader Scheme. Bradford have a second outdoor centre: Buckden House...
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    Cumbrian stone-age caves and ancient woodland for sale

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-67554323 Technically not in the Dales, so posting here An area of land that includes stone-age caves and ancient woodland has been put up for sale in Cumbria. Kirkhead Caves, near Lower Allithwaite, is a scheduled monument where ancient animal...
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    NCM exhibition: Martyn Pitt, National Photographer

    Discover the career of Martyn Pitt, National Photographer for the final years of the Coal Industry. His work chronicled the successes and failures, development and decline, and throughout his 30+ years in the industry, Pitt built friendships with the miners he recorded. With a focus on Pitt’s...
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    Settle Photographic Group photographs of Gaping Gill during this year's BPC winch meet

    Settle Photographic Group came up during the recent winch meet and took a lot of photos below ground. There's a gallery on the SPG's web site: https://www.settlephotos.org/gallery-hi-res/?g_ID=340 There are some more photo's in Member Galleries, e.g. Paul Higgins, Gill Pinkerton, Harry...
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    Kents Cavern sold to hotel and leisure firm

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-66437236?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
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    Underground navigation using muons

    https://www.cell.com/iscience/pdf/S2589-0042(23)01077-5.pdf SUMMARY Navigation in indoor and underground environments have been extensively studied to realize automation of home, hospital, office, factory and mining services, and various techniques have been proposed for its implementation. By...
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    Ian Hopley, CRO

    Short obituary in Mountain Rescue Magazine https://online.flippingbook.com/view/225557985/58/
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    Chris Baker, UWFRA

    Obituary in Mountain Rescue Magazine https://online.flippingbook.com/view/225557985/38/
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    Student missing in New Zealand cave after heavy rain

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/abbey-caves-rescue-people-trapped-in-caves-near-whangarei-emergency-services-responding/AS7MX35KVRB3XEI3QH2BUCLAHU/
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