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Stuart France said:The next bridge to cross is depoliticising the BCA Council...
Satire?
Beginning to wonder if you have a hand in Dankness below, perhaps you should get back to posting!
Stuart France said:The next bridge to cross is depoliticising the BCA Council...
You're kidding right?braveduck said:Take care with Dankness Below ,it only spreads its own version of the truth .
It is not unbiased reporting unfortunately .
Great shame but there we are.
Just hope they never get their hands Descent !
PeteHall said:I hope we are not confusing the mighty Dankness Below with the comically biased reporting of Darkness Below.
If it makes you laugh, it's probably Dankness Below, if it makes you shout at your screen, it's probably Darkness Below...
bograt said:Furthermore, it *Mendip* is the only major caving area not in a National Park, again influencing mindsets of all involved parties
PeteHall said:Way off topic, but there is no comparison between a selectively edited website and a public forum where any opinion can be expressed.
As Pitlamp says, credit where it's due, they do publish some decent content, though they do manage to add an anti-access slant to pretty much everything they publish.
PeteHall said:bograt said:Furthermore, it *Mendip* is the only major caving area not in a National Park, again influencing mindsets of all involved parties
This may be what it comes down to, but that doesn't necessarily affect the mindset of southern cavers vs northern cavers, most of whom I suspect don't actually live in a national park.
As I posted earlier, understanding the reasons access has been lost in the past, may help explain the attitudes of some older cavers in the area. I really hope someone can shine a light on this. Mikem, mrodoc, any ideas?
mrodoc said:I would take issue with that statement. Certainly never stopped me caving in the 60's - it was more a lack of transport not being made of the sterner stuff shown by Chard School Scouts were prepared to cycle a 30 mile round trip to search for and explore new caves. I would suggest the limited number of cave down by uni groups might more be due to lack of imagination. Those groups like ULSA made a mass of discoveries in th 60's and 70's.Fjell said:I don?t think some ?insiders? in previous decades ever fully appreciated how inhibiting it was for younger people to go caving in the past.
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