If you haven't seen it yet, the fim of the 2018 Thai boys rescued from a flooded cave, The Rescue is on BBC2 this Sunday 9pm.

Apologies if it's been mentioned before but I've just come across this tale from Pete Livesey, describing a couple of caving expeditions, which imho is well worth a read: http://footlesscrow.blogspot.com/2012/10/travels-with-donkey.html

I managed to get to the Mendips last week and took the family down Goatchurch where I was surprised to find roosting bats. Back in the day (some 30 years ago) when I used to cave on Mendip, there were too many novice trips in the cave for the bats to roost. Does anybody know what's happened...

This interesting sounding book is mentioned in Mendip Underground (2013 edition, page 56) but I can't find any other reference to it. Was it ever published? Any plans to publish it???

Thinking of a trip down Browns Folly, does anybody know what access is like at the moment? Is there an up-to-date survey available??

The Red Bull Bulletin magazine (distributed free at some supermarkets) is usually full of 'rad' skateboard dudes, but the latest issue has an article on cave diver Klaus Thymann, you can watch his film at https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/films/underwater-explorer

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/sports/turkish-diver-sahika-ercumen-breaks-world-record/1628524 I never knew there were records of such things but she has just broken the world record.............

Undiscovered worlds with Steve Backsall on 12 May Steve Backshall leads an elite cave diving team into the largest unexplored cave network on earth. Below a Mexican jungle, they are pushing further than anyone has before. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00052dh Looks interesting.............

Interesting cave dive rescue article in todays paper: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/feb/09/experience-rescued-someone-trapped-in-underwater-cave