BCRA Cave Science Symposium and AGM
Symposium - Saturday 11th October 2025 Field trips - Sunday 12th October 2025 School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol FIRST CIRCULAR The British Cave ...
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Book review: Hidden Inside the Highlands
For anyone who has ever struggled to explain the allure of venturing underground, Paul Savage recommends taking awhistle-stop tour beneath the Highlands in the company ...
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Jim dives to new depth record in Ireland
Jim Warny is the latest to break the record for deep cave dives in Ireland and the UK - even if he did admit that ...
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Descent Magazine: Issue 303 Out Soon
Descent magazine is renowned for its excellent coverage of caves and cavers and, judging from the preview, the forthcoming issue is continuing that tradition. Chris ...
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The Godstone Collapse: beyond the news reports
"GODSTONE - Falling-in of the Roadway – Breakage of the Water Main." The news headline above doesn't come from any of the reports on the ...
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Cave and Karst Science Vol 51 No 3: Mongolia, Mulu and Mendip
The latest edition of the BCRA’s Cave and Karst Science contains five papers, some shorter contributions and a photo spread. Maria Box and colleagues have ...
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New Goodwill Fee for visiting Swildon’s Hole, Priddy
The goodwill fee for visiting Swildon's Hole, Priddy in Somerset, has remained the same for many years. From the start of 2025 the fee has ...
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Cave and Karst Science Vol 51 No 2: Bones, Biota and Mozambique
The latest edition of the BCRA’s Cave and Karst Science contains four main papers. Lee Knight, Nataša Mori and Anton Brancelj have carried out a ...
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The Tratman Awards for 2022 and 2023 go to …
The Tratman Award is presented annually to the best caving-related, paper-based publication in memory of UBSS member Professor E.K. 'Trat' Tratman. The award recognises excellence ...
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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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There are five main papers, two short Forum pieces and a Photo Feature in the latest edition of the BCRA's Cave and Karst Science, but ...
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The Charterhouse Caving Co. Ltd. has gone paperless, exchanging the old paper permits for new electronic ones. And they're free. Since the Dawn of Time ...
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Descent 293 is now published and without further ado, here is a review! There is one article in this issue that, for me, stands out ...
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The next issue of Descent magazine is due out on August 5th. If you haven’t got a subscription, go to the link at the end ...
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Peter Burgess attended another NAMHO conference and reports his impressions. With a great set of talks, field trips and social events it seems to have ...
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After a long break, Hidden Earth will be held again this Autumn. Hidden Earth, the UK's major caving event has been missing from the calendar ...
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Cave diver and photographer Martyn Farr has produced a tempting array of descriptions and photographs of 100 cave and mine sites. Hidden Realms aims to ...
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