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Samouse1
New to caving event this Saturday (8th June)

NEWS, NOTICES & THE FORUM

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Sid Perou memorial party

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Sallet Hole inaccessible

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Hidden Earth Trip Plans?
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Vkocher
Opportunity to get involved in Cave Science at Pooles Cavern in Buxton

WHERE THE CAVES ARE - The Caving Regions

The Dales

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Who was "Yorkie"?

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Pete K
Whalf Climbing Shaft blocked

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andrewmcleod
OFD fixed aids updates

Mendip

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Mendip Through Trips, attempting a definitive list

Forest Of Dean

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Tritim230
Slaughter Stream Cave now re-opened

Devon and Cornwall

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Cave access

Portland

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tim.rose2
Plymouth University Adventure & Expo Portland trip 24-26/05/24

Scotland

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braveduck
Assynt advice

Ireland

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mrodoc
Trip to Ireland.

Rest of The UK

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jonnybellman
Anyone able to show me around coniston copper mines?

Rest of The World

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mrodoc
The Best Cave Formations Ever Seen ?

TRIP REPORTS - what have you been down to?

Digging & Exploration Trips in The UK

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The Old Ruminator
The Mine Shafts Project. Hydrology.

Sporting Trips in The UK

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Sell Gill the interesting way, some reminders.

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LiamW
Dachstein Expedition 2024
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Stories - have a cave related tale to tell??

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An ode to the friendships made by caving

TECHNICAL FORUMS

National Access Discussions

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Dartmoor wild camping appeal won

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alanw
What a submerged ancient bridge discovered in a Spanish cave reveals about early human settlement

Cave Conservation

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paul
No spray paint please!

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What bucket do you use??
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Two lengths of rubber fire hose up for grabs

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Left handed cylinder valves

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Sea cliff bolt failure

Film & Photography

It's dark in here
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Mattqdg
A video thread on UK Caving?

Insurance

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£12 million pound Public liability claim?

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BCRA Cave Surveying Group and Annual Review

The ukCaving Wiki project

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Is the uk caving wiki down?

ORGANISATIONS

BCA

British Caving Association
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BCA Secretary
BCA Council Meeting - 10 09 2024

BCRA

British Cave Research Association
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pwhole
BCRA Annual Review - photos needed

The British Caving Library

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BCRA Online Archive - More BSA Records Added

Caving Wales (CW) / Ogofa Cymru (OC)

CW / OC is the representative body for caving and recreational mine exploration in Wales and the bordering areas.
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Mynydd Llangattock Cave Management Advisory Committee

CNCC

CNCC is the regional council of the BCA for northern England and Scotland and the representative body for caving clubs in these regions.
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Furness Iron Mine

CSCC

CSCC is the regional council of the BCA for sourthern England and the representative body for caving clubs in this region.
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CSCC
CSCC Newsletter - August 2024

DCA - Derbyshire Caving Association

DCA is the regional council of the BCA for the Peak District and the representative body for caving clubs in this region.
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P8 First Pitch - New anchors and updated rigging topo
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Council of Higher Education Caving Clubs

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Wretched Rabbit

Cave Rescue Organisation CRO

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paul
Incident 04/2024 - 10/02/24 - 23:50 (Easegill)

Derbyshire Cave Rescue Organisation DCRO

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DCRO
Advance Notice 25th May: Knotlow Hillocks

Descent Magazine

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Descent 299

Hidden Earth & Eurospeleo

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Hidden Earth 2024 - Photo Salon

The Ghar Parau Foundation

Funding British cave exploration and cave science
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nobrotson
GPF expedition cave science weekend at SWCC, 3rd - 4th June: sign-ups open!

SCOUT CAVING

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JoshW
Scout Group Numbers

OTHER STUFF

Idle Chat

General chat about anything
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Mattqdg
Cryptic caves

Caving in The Media. Book/DVD reviews etc

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Mrs Trellis
Alderley Edge Cobalt mine on TV again 27/08/2024

Caver Post

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Dales to Mendip

Lifts & Partners

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andrewmcleod
Exeter to TSG this weekend

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Roaring Hole - lost 'bits' bag
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For Sale / Wanted / Free Recycling

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Pitlamp
Mess tins, anyone?

Job Vacancies

Looking for work? Looking for employees?
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Job opportunity at Poole's Cavern

Obituaries - cavers remembered

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Sid Perou

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