The Grampian Speleological Group (GSG), Scotland’s premier caving club, has a long history of producing guides to the country’s caves; indeed this is third edition of a guide that was first published in 1972. However, in another sense this is a new departure. Previous editions were very much home-produced, but this has been laid out…
Descent 277: Why cavers are visiting Harry Potter’s bedroom!
Descent 277 is now here. It’s yet another great issue from the Descent team with interesting and exciting content, including some great exploration stories. There is so much to tell that this issue has eight extra pages! We start with Newsdesk where, of course Covid-19 gets a mention or two. Probably the most useful is…
Travel to Mars with Descent 274 …
Descent 274 has now arrived! This is the second copy to appear since lockdown so as can be imagined recent exploration doesn’t figure highly but nevertheless Chris and Judith have put together a readable and informative issue. Newsdesk has had to go to Mars to speculate on new cave discoveries – otherwise it is largely…
Scotland dig in to take third win
The tenth J’Rat digging award has gone north of the border – for the third time in ten years. The 2018 winning entry was Uamh nan Clachan Dubhan (the Cave of the Black Rock) in Sutherland, with a total surveyed length of 151.2m. It was handed over on Saturday 24th November at The Hunter’s Lodge which…
News: J’Rat 10th anniversary digging award 2018
31st August 2018 is the tenth anniversary of Tony Jarratt’s death and we would like to calculate how much new cave passage has been found in Mendip and in Scotland in the past ten years. If you have found anything during the ten-year period from 31st August 2008 until 31st August 2018 (however small and insignificant…
Poll Breugair (Liar’s Sink) – This Year’s J-Rat Digging Award Winner
Liar’s Sink is the name given to an obvious sink in the burn a short distance from the Cave of the Liar, Applecross. The following account is drawn from Toby Speight’s description of its exploration between January 2016 and October 2017. The original account, along with more pictures, can be found on the cave’s dedicated…
News: The Winner of the 2017 J-Rat Digging Award is….
The winner of the 2017 J-Rat digging award was announced at the Hunter’s Lodge Inn last night, 25th November. The winner is Toby Speight and the Grampian Caving Group, for finding and surveying 302.5 m of passage in Poll Breugair, Applecross, Wester Ross, Scotland. This is the second win for the GSG, but was closely…