Here are the details of this year's Wessex Challenge! The theme is The Crystal Maze - expect perplexing puzzles, feats of strength and a geodesic dome. The event will be hosted at the Belfry, please arrive by 16.00 to partake. We will be having the BEC annual BBQ after this event, if you would...

I lost a Fenix headtorch somewhere between the parking by Yordas woods and the Brown Hill/Heron Pot area, ascending via the rocky depression running perpendicular to the beck. If anyone happens to come across this, I would be very grateful to have it returned! Postage and a pint will of course...

SOUTHERN CHECC 2018 On the 9th of March, around 80 students and alumni gathered for a weekend of training, caving and drinking at the South Wales Caving Club hut. The clubs in attendance were ACC, CUCCC, EUSS, ICCC, KUCC, NUCC, OUCC, Plymouth A&E, RUCC and SUCC ? we were happy to see the...

Southern CHECC is now fast approaching as the first CHECC event of 2018. As such, we are now looking for volunteers to help in the running of the event. These events can't run without the support of those working behind the scenes, and at the smaller events we like to rotate "shifts" so you...

The 2017 CHECC Forum The weekend kicked off in the Yorkshire drizzle on Friday night, with clubs arriving well into the early hours having travelled from all over the country. The 2017 CHECC Forum saw a record number of clubs in attendance, with 18 universities represented. After the necessary...

Hi everyone, This year at CHECC we have some students from Harper Adams University attending, with their newly established outdoor club. As they are a very new club, they will be short on gear - are their any student clubs or local sources that could lend a hand? They have planned not to take...

We are pleased to confirm the dates for next year's Southern and Northern CHECC events! Southern CHECC will be held at the SWCC hut on the 9th-11th of March, and Northern CHECC will be held at Bull Pot Farm over the 23rd-25th of March. Both events will focus on providing training workshops...

Hi everyone! Looking for some wonderful content for our newsletter - stuff I am looking for includes: - Any fancy trip reports; trips abroad, overnight camps, etc. - Any particularly hilarious trip reports - Photos from any of the three CHECC events - News of upcoming events open to the wider...

Hello! A group of us are looking to go caving and canyoning near Valencia this summer. It's more of a general holiday, so only really looking for a few suggestions - I'm sure we can kill some time by the pool... So far, we've been able to locate a few canyoning trips, but don't have anything...

Here is a recap of Southern CHECC 2016, held in the Mendips on the 4th-6th of March: Firstly, a massive thank you to everyone involved in the organisation of this event. A special thank you to Hellie for providing the food, to the training and workshop coordinator Stu Alldred, and to the BEC...

Here is a complete list of what's on at Southern CHECC this weekend - proof that it's not just drinking! Saturday Rescue training with Mendip Cave Rescue SRT training on the Wessex Tower St Cuthbert's trip - Peter Glanvill Upper Flood Swallet - Michael Waterworth In the evening we have: A...

Hi everyone, Southern CHECC is coming up on the first weekend of March, taking place across the BEC and SMCC huts. It will be a weekend of training events and games, should be as great as last year! Please get all forms back to me by the 22nd of February - email lab15g10@gmail.com if you don't...