Due to a mates broken down van in Spain i am unexpectedly getting a lift back to cheddar rather than Sheffield if anyone is caving on mendip and heading north on Sunday with space for a caver and about 3-4 bags of kit I would be extremely grateful for a lift! My partner can meet anywhere on...

Has anyone tried using a cable gland glued into a dry bag for waterproofing underground electronics? Does it work?

Hi All I am in the process of prototyping some casualty bag designs for BCRC. At the moment I am sourcing materials from Extremtextile  https://www.extremtextil.de/ which stocks a good range of materials but is reasonably expensive. Does anyone out there have any good contacts for sourcing...

A training evening for southern caving politicians entitled "How to represent your mates" will be taking place at the hunters on the 11th of October. sessions will include: 0900-1000 "Flexibility of constitutional principles" with key note speaker Dominic cummings. 1000-1200 "bollocks to the...

It's come to my attention thanks to a member of my club who is diligent enough to read the CSCC meeting minuets that the age limit for visiting caves controlled by CCCC is being raised from 16 to 18. Can anyone confirm that this is definitely the case? if this is the case does anyone know: 1)...

Hi All I have lost my mobile phone and there is a fairly good chance its still residing in the WSG hut. Its a Nokia C something or other and has a key pad and a similar level of intelligence to its operator. Its not worth owt but would be handy to get the contacts back! Cheers Peachey

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On this years Ario Caves project expedition at least 5 people have had the webbing fail on their Petzl Pantin in the same place on the jammer brackets. Most of these jammers were bought new for the expedition. The new style of Pantin has much thinner webbing then the old style and does not seem...

Podsack rucksack lid think I might have left it at the farm Beer for return. cheers Peachey

What it says on the tin re some details of there book on the caves of the south eastern outcrop can anyone supply contact details? Cheers Peachey

Has anyone ever been to Ifton quary cave does it still exist? if so i have an interest in the place and would like to pick your brains... Cheers Peachey

found below the final climb in the wet way of swildons hole: a gold ring possably of the wedding variety send me a description and ill give it yer back :) Cheers Peachey

right then i would like somebody to explain some good reasons (apart from internal politics) why people are not allowed to join the BCRA without becoming direct individual members (DIMS) of the BCA. The main reasons i have been given are that: 1)the BCA provides the majority of the funding for...

just a quick post to let people know that David Gibson has got the online discounts working on the BCRA online membership form  :thumbsup: available hear: http://caves.org.uk/payments/bca/forms/M1.html you must join BCA as a DIM member which with a 50% discount is ?16 then BCRA membership is...

Details of the up coming BCRA cave science symposium are below entry is free to students and if anyone needs acomadation then PM me and we should be able to sort out some sofa/floor space with Leeds UUSS members. 23rd British Cave Research Association Cave Science Symposium Saturday 10th March...

Hi folks Know this is a bit late but if there is anybody who would be able and willing to lead a trip for a group from Leeds UUSS into either DYO or OFD 1 next weekend (28th/29th jan) it would be very much appreciated drop me a PM or reply below if you can help. many thanks Ian peachey

after a lift down to avlechurch and back from leedsish sort of area (can happily head across to sheff or the like if needs be) idealy need to be going down and back on the same day as having to juggle around exams and deadlines (revision or meetings its like being stuck between a rock and a hard...

Alright folks just wondering if anyone knows of any work on conduit development in glacial clays such as this example near appletreewick: cos im having a hard time finding any. Does it count as epikarst?! there seems to me to be quite a few questions that arnt easily answered.... I should...

Just seen this rather interesting article on the tinternet: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/12/hacked-kinect-science/ about making 3D surveys of sub glacial deposits using a sensor from a piece of gaming equipment as a cheaper version of a LIDAR scanner. Looks like it could be a really...

Hi guys Hears a list of future cave science events being hosted by the BCRA next year students are particularly welcome. Please can club presidents/secreterys make sure this info gets through to club members: ? 2012 Cave Science Symposium: Saturday 12 March 2012 at the University of Leeds ...