Anyone know where i can obtain a good 2nd user ladder from,  :-\    money is extremely tight at the moment , ive tried all local rags etc., just missed a new one on ebay. its not going to be used that often just the occasional trip down swildons (20`) thanks

Happy Christmas everybody  :clap2:  :beer2:  :lol:

hi , im thinking i might want to take my lot to this cave after everything ive heard about it from on here, could you please tell me how to get permits/key, i realise no novices are allowed in this cave but i dont consider us novices as we've done all burrington caves and swildons upper to the...

Hi, As me and my gang have started to do swildons now as well as all the Burrington caves, i am wondering and would  like to know your opinions, if there are any advantages/disadvantages  in wearing wet suits instead of the more traditional caving suit and furry. We did swildons last week in...

as i dont know where the changing barn is on priddy green could someone enlighten me please, ive used the wessex club house past couple of times to go to swildons but as im not a member of that club i dont want to abuse the courtesy shown to me in allowing my lot to get changed there the past...

just wondering will washing a rope in a washing machine  have any damaging effects to the structure of the rope?  cold wash, no detergent of any sort, just water + 1200 spin speed. I just washed my rope like that and its like new, but i dont want to carry on doing that if there will be long term...

could somebody possibly tell me where i can get a plan of the mines, i am going to there 2moro for the first time with my lot .also i need rough (not follow the road chaps ) lol directions from chippenham, i know my way to box but just need help to locate the mine entrance thanks guys stealth

can anyone tell me where i could possibly acquire 8 proper caving helmets really cheap. as i have very limited funds  at the mo me and my gang are using heavily modified builders helmets, which are ok for the caves we are doing at the moment but as we are getting more experienced we will want...

could someone give me an idea of how difficult route finding in this cave. ive read the description in Mendip underground but would like to hear what you guys have to say. Ive never been in this one and am thinking of taking my lot down it this weekend, just need the heads up to what i will...

How do you combat school bullying. My kids secondary school is supposed to have an anti bullying policy but to be honest its a joke. Ive had words (politely and calmly) to the teachers, heads of years, even the headmaster and its always the same response, we will look into it and stop it...

nice to meet you on Saturday Andy, the talk you were giving down in GC about how GC was formed was interesting and got me thinking, thanks i always like input like that.Maybe there is a lot more cave to discover in GC , and over the other side of the west twin brook valley, above Sidcot,who...

as the title states the question, what would the definition of a Mendip Master Cave be?  :-\

Its always good to put a face to a name, it was a pity we had to leave when we did otherwise, we would have loved to help you with your surveying, but as we live over an hour away we had to make a move back home. Traveling through Bath at peak times even on a Saturday is no fun. Poor Ditzy was...

I was reading an old post somewhere on here ( i had nowt to do so stayed up and read old postings) that sidcot and the GC may have once been connected before the stream eroded the west twin valley down to its present state. If that is the case would it be feasible that in theory at least they...

can anybody please tell me why 10mm polypropelyne rope ( the blue stuff you can buy in hardware shops) is not suitable for underground use. I am trying to convince a family member ( he is not a caver) that only proper caving rope should be used, but he believes that for very basic stuff like...

go to link, download program and have fun. good game to play if you are bored for 10 minutes. :thumbsup: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/26674594/ its very small but the website is  a bit slow at peak periods

can anybody tell me if reads is an ok cave for totall novices. They have only been in Goatchurch, ive heard that the boulder ruckles are a bit loose and im unsure whether to take my lot down there or not

I didnt know which forum to put this in hence this one. What do you think of the possibility of setting up a white board on this ukcaving forum site? I was thinking sometimes its easier to draw something in real time than maybe just to describe in words. Of course it would need a IT person to...

Went to Burrington and Goatchurch  today with the gang and was very dismayed at the amount of crap that was down there,  :( empty plastic pop bottles, dog ends and what looked to be the remains of a firework all in the top entrance down to giants. Brought it all back out with us. Did find a...

I have just been reading the Goatchurch description in "Mendip Underground" and it mentions a passage called orange peel passage, where is this? it does say in the book that at the bottom of the giants staircase there is a hole at floor level on the right which leads to a short series of small...