The Search for The Lost Cave of Hutton After nearly sixty years of searching the Axbridge Caving Group (ACG) finally  re-discovered the Lost Cave of Axbridge in 2011. Our next venture was to find the Lost Cave of Hutton which was entered by the Reverent Catcott, in 1757, who unearthed many...

Just had a telephone conversation with the local BBC and there is a possibility that underground shots of Pen Park Hole (Bristol) will be shown on BBC Points West tonight at 6:30.

Monday nights edition 9.00-10.00pm BBC ONE (12 November 2012) of this programme should feature Egyptian Fruit Bats flying in Redcliffe Caves Bristol. Ropes were suspended from the ceiling in an obstacle course arrangement for bats to fly through in complete darkness. Their echo location calls...

Three original Jim Eyre signed cartoons. Proceeds from this sale will be donated to the Mendip Cave Registry & Archive and will be used to publish the 5th edition of Mendip Underground. www.mcra.org.uk Item number: 330362387578 finsihes 3 October at 16:50 Text in pencil - "p.27 The lads...

The Axbridge Caving Group are showing three caving films, all are welcome - Venue - Hunter's Lodge Inn, Priddy. Date ? 8 March 2009 Time ? 8pm Albanian Expedition 1995 On 17th August 1995 the trip began, an expedition to a country with some of the world?s most beautiful caves and one of the...

This drill has been tested by our club expert who said that the stator coils are short circuit ? hence the reason that it blows fuses when switched on. The battery connection has been modified to allow an external battery to be connected. It is believed that the batteries in this box will also...

Shute Shelve Cavern is closed from 30 September to 1 May as it is used by Greater and Lesser Horseshoe bats for hibernation. Since the cave opened on 1 May this year I have visited on 5, 12 and 20 May. Each time I noticed a Lesser Horseshoe Bat hanging in exactly the same place in the roof of...

An underground dinner/dance with a difference! In Redcliffe Railway tunnel, Bristol. http://www.brunelparty.org/ In 1830 Brunel's father faced dwindling funds for his Rotherhyde Tunnel project under the Thames after a flooding incident. Brunel had the inspirational idea of holding a...

Last night I was taking a party on a guided tour of Redcliffe Caves (Bristol) and notices two types of fungus growing on the floor of the mine. Is anyone able to identify them please? Fungus - 1 Width 25cm Fungus - 1a Fungus 1 looks very similar to a fungus that I photographed in Milwr...

Is this the end of SRT? 17 Jul 2006 - NEW SUPER ADHESIVE INSPIRED BY GECKO'S STICKING POWER Farnborough, United Kingdom. - Scientists at BAE Systems' have created an artificial surface that grips incredibly tightly without glue or pressure. A sheet of this material just over 1 metre square...

Harptree History Society The History Society will be showing on Wednesday April 26 a film which was commissioned by Radstock Museum. The museum has always sought to finds ways to record and preserve the history of the local mining industry and ‘Somerset Mining Memories' provides a...

There are several cave pearls for sale on e-bay. When will people realise that they look very poor when out of their original setting but most beautiful in place. Leave them alone and just look at them. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-CAVE-PEARLS_W0QQitemZ6613293256QQcategoryZ3220QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This is a new series of four programmes that will be broadcast on the following dates on ITV 1 West at 7:30pm - Thursday 23 February - The Severn Railway Tunnel Thursday 2 March - The Clifton Rocks Railway and the underground shelters of Britain's Secret Underground Army in Somerset. Thursday...

From yesterday's Bristol Evening Post SARAH'S MISSION FOR JUSTICE Be the first reader to comment on this story 11:35 - 19 January 2006 Their wedding day was meant to be the start of something great. Instead, it was the beginning of a living nightmare for Sarah and Simon Mawadzure, which...

I have been digging for new caves or digging within existing caves searching for new passages for a long time. There have been some successes a 40m long extension in Goatchurch Cavern and the entry into the large chamber in Shute Shelve Cavern both on the Mendips. However most of the time is...