Book Review: The Body in the Dales
Yorkshire copper DCI Jim Oldroyd gets caught up in the mystery of a body found down a well-known cave. There’s certainly no shortage of suspects ...
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BCRA Cave Archaeology Group Field Trip – Poole’s Cavern 9th/10th May 2026
Join the BCRA Cave Archaeology Group at the British Cave Science Centre at Poole’s Cavern, Buxton on the 9th/10th May 2026 for a programme of ...
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Book Review: A Rock and a Hard Place
Scottish caves have turned up again in crime fiction ... JD Kirk (a pen-name for writer Barry Hutchison) has written 21 novels featuring DCI Jack ...
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The Giles Barker award for 2025 goes to …
The Giles Barker Award is presented to any person connected with any aspect of cave photography in recognition of excellence or contributions to the field; ...
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The Tratman Award for 2024 goes 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. Chris Howes, on behalf ...
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Cave and Karst Science Vol 51 No 2: Hypogene karst in Yorkshire and ancient burial on Mendip
The latest edition of Cave and Karst Science is now with us. It contains six papers and a photo spread. Max Moseley discusses Charles Chilton ...
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BCRA Cave Science Symposium, AGM and Field Trips
Symposium - Saturday 11th October 202 Field trips - Sunday 12th October 2025 School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol Register here at the eventbrite ...
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Book Review: Maidens of the Cave
Alan Jeffreys heads over to the American mid-West for an enjoyable underground murder romp in company with an appropriately named main character. Crime fiction searches ...
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Unlock Mendip – The Wessex Challenge 2025
In just over two weeks time the Bristol Exploration Club (BEC) will be hosting the next Wessex Challenge at the Belfry on Mendip! The event ...
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With 2023 well underway, you will soon be receiving your next copy of Descent in the post. That is, of course, if you have taken ...
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Nicely on schedule, the next issue of Descent is about to drop through your letterbox. Make sure your subscription is up to date, so you ...
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This is the third volume of a four volume set covering the caves, mines and associated features of the county of Somerset. Volume 1 was ...
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Descent 289 - The first issue under new management, and the verdict is more, please! Chris Scaife and Carolina Smith will no doubt have been ...
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New claims as to the use of fire in Rising Star Cave in South Africa have thrown the spotlight back on the activities of the ...
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The first issue edited by the new team of Chris Scaife and Carolina Smith is about to hit the streets. Make sure your subscription is ...
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The Mendip Cave Registry and archive (MCRA) is pleased to announce that the third volume of Somerset Underground will be officially launched at the Hunters' ...
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The Fairy Cave Quarry management team have asked us to post the following: A reminder to anyone visiting Fairy Cave Quarry. Hobbs the quarry owners ...
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Descent 288 is now out, and marks a significant milestone in its long history. This issue is a major landmark for a magazine, which can ...
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The Tratman Award is granted annually to the best publication of the year, including books, journals and even individual articles. This report considers those that ...
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After 34 years and 204 issues, Chris Howes and Judith Calford are handing Descent on to new management. Descent was launched in January 1969 by ...
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The time has come, the caver said, to talk of many things: of kit and digs and caving trips, of places we have seen, so ...
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BCRA Cave Science Symposium 2022 hosted jointly with the Manchester Geological Association Symposium - Saturday 8th October, 2022 Field-trip - Sunday 9th October, 2022 Department ...
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Road widening works on the Heads of the Valleys Road seem to have opened a new cave. Will it stay open? Adam Jones, previous Chelsea ...
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WARNING: EASTWATER CAVERN, MENDIP. There has been a rock fall in the rift connection between the bottom of Dolphin Pot and the chamber before Dolphin ...
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A wide variety of news stories and superb features make up issue 287 of Descent, now distributed to caving outlets and subscribers. As usual, there ...
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A cobalt mine, abandoned in the early 19th century, has been discovered at Alderley Edge in Cheshire revealing a ‘time capsule’ of personal objects and ...
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As readers of the CRO annual incident report, Rescue ’22, may recall, some of our members have been working with colleagues from the Upper Wharfedale Fell ...
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