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    AI Wezzit

    So I tried 'Ogof y Daren Cilau'. Just like the real thing o_O
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    Agen Allwedd parking

    The public carpark is (south-) east of Whitewalls, not west. What3Words - https://w3w.co/rooks.stunner.handsets
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    Mendips Rigging Guides & Best SRT Caves

    It can always be bailed but that adds quite a bit of time to your trip.
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    What the hell do you get fined 10d for

    Purely speculative but breakfast comes from 'break fast' i.e. to eat after fasting. So perhaps they called Clapham Junction the Breakfast Hole(Hall) as that's where they ate. In which case, farting during mealtimes would be unpleasant and seem like something that might be fined - especially if...
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    Draenen & PDCMG

    I've noticed the missing clause before and wondered. After doing some digging through the past minutes I'm pretty sure it's meant to reference Clause 6.9. See the minutes from 18 June 2011 (https://pdcmg.org/?mdocs-file=139). Clause 6.9 states the order of business of AGM but clearly this...
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    Cable gland thread on CEAG / SpeleoTechnics

    Does anyone know what the thread is on the cable gland hole for CEAG / SpeleoTechnics cap-lamps?  I have some old cap-lamps and and some spare LEDs/drivers etc - so I've been thinking of using the cap-lamps for extra caving lights e.g. for friends that occasionally go caving with me.  PG7 is...
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    New VAT rules mean websites worldwide no longer selling to UK customers

    I was wondering if anyone else has noticed this.  As of Jan 1, the onus has changed on who is responsible for paying VAT on goods shipped to UK customers.  The result is many companies no longer selling to UK customers.  This is not about leaving the EU (the new rules apply to companies...
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    Harry Pearman RIP

    I'm sorry to report that Harry Pearman recently died on Feb 26th.  Harry was one of the founder members of Chelsea Spel?ological Society (having started his caving with the scouts in London) and was the driving force behind the CSS Records series documenting all the known Caves and Tunnels in...
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    FOUND: Headtorch

    Found on Oct 15 outside Box mine.
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