Descent Magazine – 300th issue out now!
Descent is now 300 issues old. Founded in January 1969, it has outlasted the Beatles, the Apollo moon missions and pre-decimal currency and is now ...
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The British Caving Library at Hidden Earth 2024
The British Caving Library will have a stand at this year’s Hidden Earth where you will be able to find all sorts of goodies for ...
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Book Review: Somerset Underground volume 4
This is the fourth and final volume of a set covering the caves, mines and associated features of the county of Somerset. Volume 1 was ...
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Adventures Underground
The second edition of the popular Adventures Underground by Dave Haigh and John Cordingley is available now from Wildplaces Publishing. The first edition, reviewed here, ...
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Rescue Team Fund-Raising and Subterranean Turnips
Rob Hall reports on a very unusual book-signing event deep under Swaledale, and reviews “Rescued?” by Emmy Hoyes. On a visit to Kirkby Stephen one ...
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Descent 299: Out on 3rd August
In the Newsdesk we have reports of a giant sinkhole that opened up on a football pitch, the 14th International Cave Rescue Meeting and Floyd ...
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Newly-published Book – Karst: Environment and Management of Aquifers
Who isn’t tempted by a free book, especially when it’s about karst or caves? The Groundwater Project has just published a 300-page volume on the ...
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Descent 298: On The Shelves Soon
Descent 298 is due out on June 8th, so without further ado, here is what we can look forward to reading. In Newsdesk, there is ...
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GB Cavern, Mendip – Waterfall route re-opened
The Waterfall climb in GB Cavern, Somerset was closed in 2021 after a major rockfall. Following a recent inspection, Charterhouse Caving Company Ltd (CCC Ltd) ...
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Wells and Mendip Museum plan to delve deep into the pioneering days of British caving in an exhibition that will run from 6th July to ...
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Zac Woodford, the British Caving Association's new Publications and Information Officer, explains why BCA needs to raise membership fees and demonstrates why BCA still provides ...
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The latest edition of the BCRA’s Cave and Karst Science contains five main papers, and a photo feature. It begins, however, with tributes to David ...
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From tight and wet digs in Derbyshire, to the discovery of huge river caves in Indonesia, the latest issue of Descent covers it all. Peter ...
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Descent 297 is now being printed and should be available on 13th April. In Newsdesk, we have a report of ice caves found on a ...
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The entrance to Goatchurch Cavern with the recent rockfall on the left. Photo: Wayne Starsmore The wet winter of 2023/24 is probably the cause of ...
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The next issue of Descent magazine is due out shortly. If you haven’t got a subscription, go to the link at the end of this ...
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The old stone barn on the edge of Priddy Green, Somerset, has been used by cavers for many decades, and by 2023 was in serious ...
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A rich seam detailing what lies beneath the surface of the UK has been donated to two major libraries for researchers to dig into. The ...
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The latest edition of the BCRA’s Cave and Karst Science contains six main papers, some shorter forum pieces, including meeting reports and photo features; it ...
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The latest issue of Descent Magazine is out, in good time for Christmas. Descent 295 arrived on the author’s doormat a few days ago, with ...
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The next issue of Descent magazine is due out shortly. If you haven’t got a subscription, go to the link at the end of this ...
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Cover: Geoff Yeadon in Frake’s Passage, Kingsdale, Yorkshire Dales. Photo: Mark Burkey Descent has a smart new cover style, with a new logo first spotted ...
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The BCRA Cave Science Symposium and AGM is taking place on 21st and 22nd October 2023 in Leeds ...
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The 2023 JRat Digging Award presentation will take place in the Long Room of the Hunter’s Lodge Inn, Priddy, Somerset on Saturday 25th November. The ...
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The publications of 2021 were particularly fine, both in quality and quantity, causing the shortlist for the Tratman Award to be much longer than ...
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Access has been restored to a popular Mendip mine. The Council of Southern Caving Clubs (CSCC) has negotiated a new access agreement to Singing River ...
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Paul Taylor's Otter Hole Film is now available on a USB Memory Stick. This comes complete with the "short version" of the film which has ...
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