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Chunky and Caver Keith Wow The Wessex
After dinner speakers R us Only 9 days before the event Les Williams contacted Mark and asked if he was free on 21st October as he needed an after dinner speaker for the 83rd Wessex ...
Mud, Water and Zombies…
Team: Gian Ameri, Stuart Bennett, Derek Cousins, Duncan Hornby, Kevin Munn, Pam Munn, Phill Thomas, Morgan Specht, Helen Stewart, Claire Vivian, Jo White, Tarquin Wilton-Jones Dates: 14th -15th October 2017 Saturday Staying at the TSG ...
Hidden Earth 2017
The weather wasn't first class, but the atmosphere and talks were. For those of you yet to visit it, Hidden Earth is an annual conference on caving. Whilst this might sound boring, it isn't in ...
Hidden Earth Photo Winners
With tough competition from many excellent photos it was pleasing to see Mark Burkey, Jo White and Duncan Hornby win awards across various categories in the Hidden Earth 2017 photo competitions, here they are! Category: ...
Midweek Tunnelling
One of the few advantages of a 10 day shift pattern is the occasional long weekend so when Bob Hall posted on Facebook looking for company for a Thursday caving trip I was able to ...
Downpours and dog-legs in Devon
Trip dates: 8th September - 10th September 2017 Team: Stuart Bennett, Duncan Hornby, Barbara Lane, Kevin Munn, Pam Munn and Claire Vivian Saturday A slow start (caused by a late Friday night and Barbara’s bottle ...
Banishing the end of summer blues
The summer expeditions might be over, but the club is still as busy as ever. We have evening trips starting back up, new Provisional Members who started caving at the June beginners' weekend coming back ...
Chilled in the Cheddar Chamber
Trip date: 26th August 2017 Team: Tarquin Wilton-Jones, Morgan Specht, Dave Coulson. Warden: Mike Kushy Another of those caves on my wishlist, Reservoir Hole had traditionally had access problems, but access is now possible with ...
Walking and trampolines
19-20 August 2017 Team: Toby Dryden, Duncan Hornby, Barbara Lane and Claire Vivian A super fast journey up to North Wales by Toby, Barbara and Claire directly contrasted with the 6 hour epic drive had ...
Caves in an Ancient Land – 17th ICS Conference, Australia
It was never going to be cheap, but it sure was a lot of fun! Two members of SWCC (Claire Vivian and Duncan Hornby) headed to Australia in July for the 17th ICS conference. We ...
A head for heights needed!
Toby Dryden, Chris Epton, Claire Vivian, Jo White. Saturday 1 July. Good weather and great company was had on this weekend. We stayed at the Bryn Conwy bunkhouse, which is right in the centre of ...
Local Update
Once again, plenty has been going on at and around SWCC. We recently had new provisional member, Lucy, spend a week in South Wales for some caving and walking fun. She met many new cavers, ...
