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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Descent 286 will be winging its way through the post shortly so take a moment to check whether or not your subscription is up to ...
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There are four major papers in the latest issue of Cave and Karst Science, two looking at different aspects of invertebrate fauna in caves, one ...
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Most British cavers will be familiar with the work of Robbie Shone who has been photographing the world's caves for the last 20 years or ...
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The latest book on Irish caves to be published by the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society (UBSS) in conjunction with the Speleological Union of Ireland ...
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The BCRA Cave Archaeology Group is holding a weekend field meeting on Recording Historic Graffiti & other markings in the Yorkshire Dales, based at Lower ...
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The caving world may be slowly starting to return to what passes for normal, according to the latest issue of Descent. After so long of ...
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The International Union of Speleology (UIS), who were last week condemned by the Ukrainian Speleological Association and the international caving community for their original statement ...
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The British Caving Association (BCA) and the British Cave Research Association (BCRA) have issued their own open letters after widespread condemnation of the statement by ...
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The International Union of Speleology (UIS) has been swiftly and widely condemned in the caving community for not taking an unequivocal stand in its statement ...
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Descent 285 will be out soon so take a moment a moment to check your subscription is up to date and if not, head over ...
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The deadline for nominations and proposals for BCA's upcoming AGM is fast approaching as BCA Chair Russell Myers explains: The deadline for Proposals and Nominations ...
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The BCA's Youth and Development team have announced the availability of two grants of £500 to help groups of young cavers attend the 19th International ...
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An introduction to the geology, hydrology and landforms of the upper Dove Valley. This is one of the best places in the country to examine ...
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) The latest issue of Cave and Karst Science opens with a study of the impact of tourists on air flow in Poole's Cavern. Later ...
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Subscribers of the magazine Descent will by now have received the latest issue, number 284, and for those that do not, this is one you ...
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The first issue of Descent for 2022 will be out soon so take a moment to check your subscription is up to date and if ...
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Following recent vandalism to the gate on Waterwheel Swallet, Mendip, the CSCC Conservation and Access Officer, Graham Price has issued the following information. "Waterwheel has ...
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On the afternoon of 15th January 2022, the BCRA is hosting their 32rd Cave Science Symposium, a series of online talks postponed from November 2021 ...
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