After following the link in the the voting email and clicking yes, no, abstain etc on the various proposals ... they all seemed to bugger off into the aether at the end. I realise that, after voting, you cannot go back and re-vote BUT is it possible to see the motions (especially the wording)...

Last week (Thursday 21st Nov) UCET took a reporter from the Daily Post down into Poacher's cave. She had a fantastic time and took many photos, some video (we didn't know she was doing that) and wrote up a great article which extols the virtues of caving  ;D...

I am looking for a Stenlight2 or Stenlight3  ::) It doesn't need to have the battery - it just needs to be the lamp itself with the wire attached that clips into the battery wire (sorry, I don't know all the techno-speak). I do already have one but the switch is faulty. I know that this was...

I have been sent some piccies of a cave but the sender didn't know the name or where it is (except that it is near "Ashford in the Water") Obviously the explorer in the picture is ill equipped but, that aside, does any know where it is? ;) Ian

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could offer some advice on a (faulty) Scurion I have please; I bought it approximately 12 months ago (give or take) and have used it around a dozen times only. I have forgotten the model name (but I can find the original box if I need to) although it was the...

Merry Christmas Everybody  :beer2: A special thanks to Tim and Jane for keeping UKCaving up and running for the rest of us to continue sharing our adventures, asking our questions and, of course, to pursue our unending squabbles. Thanks also to everyone who has contributed over the year (past...

?Poetical Expressions From Worlds Below? by Michael Murphy (2016) 1st Edition, Signed A stunning series of twenty poems & verse taken from the forty years caving experience of the author with each presentation including a photograph or graphic to steer the reader and root the words. You do...

?Mountains and Orefields? by Nigel Jones, Mark Walters & Pat Frost (2004) First Edition You may be forgiven for believing that this isn?t a caving related publication; but you would be wrong. The exploration of abandoned mines has long been synonymous with caving and this book is quite a...

?Secret of the Cave? 1954 Commando Comic Book. Ridiculous jungle romp with a soldier hiding a large diamond in a cave where he expects no one to find it. Oddly enough, he hadn?t considered torture as a means to obtain the location from him. Worse still, torture seemed to be fair game in 1954 ...

?The Cliffs & Caves of Cheddar? by William Gough (1937) A very interesting book of sepia photographic plates of the Cheddar Gorge and cave formations. Published by the son of the discoverer of Gough?s cave (R C Gough). It is quite marvellous to see the skill with which these images have been...

?Copper and Copper Mining? by R.L. Atkinson (1987) 1st Edition Copper mines (especially in the UK) are known to be extremely pretty. Where the copper blooms, there is often an abundance of other minerals to flood riot through the permeable rock. In turn, we (as underground explorers) are...

Teach Yourself Geology by ?David A. Rothery? (2003) I guess, like so many folk grasped by the underworld of caving, a spark of interest was ignited by the prospect of better understanding the strange environment that had become our adventure?s playground. So many times had I looked upon the...

?The Complete Caving Manual? by Andy Sparrow (1997 & 2009) When I first began caving in 2004, I was given a copy of this book and told to learn it ?back to front?. At the time my experience of caving was limited to a few small caves with a couple of friends and no equipment to speak of. ...

?Of Caves and Caving, a way and a life? by John E Gillett (2002) A rather splendid journal of the life and times of a caver written for the enjoyment of those who have been intrigued by the pursuit (but never pursued it) as well as those of us who have. The underground adventure of the author...

?Mines of the Gwydyr Forest? by John Bennett & Robert W. Vernon (1989-1997) A series of seven books. The Gwydyr Forest in North Wales is a fabulous place to explore. It is rich in history and has many attractions from the rather obvious abundance of woodland to (hollow) mountains, lakes, and...

CAVING Episodes of Underground Exploration by ?Ernest A Baker? (Second Edition) First published in 1932, this 2nd edition from 1935 contains a wealth of accounts spanning the United Kingdom and Northern Europe. This lengthy work begins with an explanation of caves and caving then plunges into...

?Death Sentence? By Damien Boyd (2016) The Wessex Cave Club play host to a murder in Swildon?s Hole in this fictional crime mystery. Well, I assume it?s a fiction. The sixth book in the ?Detective Inspector Nick Dixon? novels, we are led through the skulduggeries and murderous actions of a...

?Discovering Caves? by Tony & Anne Oldham (1972) First Edition. A wonderful little book detailing the many show caves around the UK. Included (for each cave) are the details so often missing from other references, such as; the likely duration of your visit, the distance to explore (in your...

The Robbers Cave by ?A.L.O.E? (1892) First Edition. Excellent condition book with intact boards and crisp, clear plates. There is no foxing to the pages although they do show some browning and, of course, emit the pungent stench of aged paper. Notwithstanding this, the gilt edging and gilt...

?The Last Adventure? by Various (1989) First Edition. A rather splendid compendium of accounts of various cavers around the country. Stories, reports and lore are covered across the great caving regions by the stalwarts there at the first hand. The reader is cleverly drawn into each adventure...