Am I the only one who feels uneasy about using plastic in digs? Whatever we take to stabilise and facilitate digs we are essentially leaving in caves. I am comfy if this is steel or wood- both biodegrade into compounds which I regard as inert and harmless in the cave or groundwater. Likewise...

Appropriate for this time of year - a daydream about numerous caves on a warm south sea island. Blue seas and white limestones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbMoEdjuf0g& Its not a film about caving but there is some caving 16 minutes in and an amazing view of the karst and caves at 20...

I have been enjoying looking for caves using Digital Terrain Model LIDAR. https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=10&lat=54.22479&lon=-2.94377&layers=1&right=LIDAR_DTM_2m The side by side geo-referenced maps viewer allows you to put your mouse on a suspicious dark shadow on the...