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South Wales Caving Club celebrates 75 years

Anybody visiting Powell Street, Penwyllt, in the last 18 months would have noticed how little activity there has been, largely due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the restrictions imposed on social activities. As if determined ...

Bath tub temperature caving!

  Team: Duncan Hornby, Simon Lowis, David Mullin, Claire Vivian, Clive Westlake, Tomasz Zalewski Dates: 28th August 2021 Passage in Little Neath River Cave. Photo by Tomasz Zalewski. So the 28th August 2021 was a ...

Another Year In The Life Of A Cave Videographer

Here's Caver Keith's traditional annual caving roundup video. It contains some previously unseen footage. It’s not been the most prolific year for the studios in terms of videos completed, but it has been a very ...

Skyhook and beyond

Team: Chloe Francis, Duncan Hornby, Tim lewingdon, Helen Stewart & Claire Vivian Trip date: 25/1/20 A few years ago Claire and I had the privilege of supporting a Freem filming trip beyond the sky hook ...

Provisionals’ / beginners’ Weekend, November 2019

With a record breaking 30 people to arrange trips for, this weekend was a huge one. We had 18 people completely new to caving and 11 who were within their first year of starting caving ...

Management changes at Ogof Ffynnon Ddu

Bob Hall, on behalf of SWCC and the Ogof Ffynnon Ddu Cave Advisory Group, has sent the following information: Changes to the Administration of Access of the Ogof Ffynnon Ddu System Background The Ogof Ffynnon ...

Mega Mendip!

Team: Andy Freem, Antonia Freem, Tim Lewingdon, Andrea Lewingdon, Brendan Hoare, Chloe Thomas, Collin Hoare, Duncan Hornby, Liz Bristow, Mark Lee, Tenzin Lee, Matthew Jones, Jill Brunsdon, Paul Meredith, Haley Meredith, Phill Thomas, Sanita Lustika, ...

Access to Dan yr Ogof in jeopardy?

Photos courtesy of the National Showcave Centre for Wales Cavers, no matter how carefully they abide by access arrangements, should always be conscious that for some of our most treasured caves, access can never be ...

Access to Ogof Ffynnon Ddu 1 entrance

The following information has been released by South Wales Caving Club regarding a revised access route to the entrance of Ogof Ffynnon Ddu 1. Due to some tensions with a local landowner, please note the ...

Black Hole’s and Bear Pits

Mendips Meet, 17-18 Nov Team: Bill Buxton, Celestine Crabbe, Andy Freem, Antonia Freem, Duncan Hornby, Stephen Johnson, George Linnane, Sanita Lustika, Phill Thomas, Claire Vivian, Clive Westlake. With Miri and Duncan Simey in support. This ...

Provisionals’/Beginners’ weekend November 2018

This was the biggest Provisionals' Weekend I have been involved with. We had 34 people come caving with us over the course of the two days and over 20 current club members helped out to ...

Less than 1%…

SWCC Team: Duncan Hornby, Allan Richardson & Claire Vivian Trip Date: October 16th 2018 Following directly after the SWCC Yorkshire trip meet, Claire and I stayed up North for a few more days. On a ...