Recently there was long thread about the BCA. I can now post possible answers to some of the questions, such as "Why is the BCA still raising membership prices when there is a significant amount still left in its coffers?"
Right then son. A nice steamy scrub down with the ladies at the hut, then a curry followed by five pints of Old Peculiar and that's us done with your introduction to caving.
That's it, I'm off to find a new caving partner! You do it every time, you pick a trip from "Not For the Feint Hearted" and get stuck in the bit that says "impassable to anyone above average build"...