We called them peat pipes when I was working for Moors for the Future. They played havoc with damming efforts as they formed relatively unpredictably and could completely negate a dam. There was a PhD student working on their formation when I was there - here's the summary info...

Reptilian Rift ? Perhaps we can hope for a future Abdication Aven or Republican Rising

I was checking the Peak District website for something work related, when I started procrastinating and had a look at their section on caving. To my surprise, this was quite good, with some good links (the BCA, DCA, BCL etc), and seemingly fairly informed.  For newcomer info however, as well as...

Hidden Earth is always a good place to discuss ideas openly with various members of the community. This year's was no different, one of the ideas floated at the CHECC talk being a revival of the Adopt a Club scheme, with each 'adult' club that signed on forming a close link with a  student...

Two weeks ago (23-25th March), a group of around 70 student cavers gathered at Bullpot Farm for our annual Northern CHECC event. As with the main CHECC forum, the aim of the event is to get student clubs to meet and cave together, but with a greater focus on training. All the usual the northern...