South Wales Caving Club – 70th Anniversary
South Wales Caving Club has recently celebrated its 70th anniversary on April 30th. SWCC has been based in the Upper Swansea Valley for all that time, and has always made cavers welcome to their impressive ...
Newsflash: Water Release in the Mellte River Affecting Porth yr Ogof on 14 April
Information has been received from Terry Northam at Welsh Water/Dwr Cymru to confirm that there is to be a planned release of water from an upstream dam on Thursday 14 April 2015. This will affect ...
Why the BCA should listen to show cave owners.
A recent article in Descent based on a letter from Ashford Price, member of the Association of British and Irish Show Caves (ABIS), expresses the Associations strong objection to the BCA proposal to alter the present ...
Update: Drws Cefn and Ogof Draenen – landowners’ reaction
The landowners who own access to the UK's second longest cave, Ogof Draenan, have made it clear that they won't be bullied by threats of legal action made by cavers Stuart France and Nigel Rogers In ...
Update: More news on Drws Cefn legal threats
We reported on 24 November 2015 about the legal action threatened by cavers Stuart France and Nigel Rogers against Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and the landowner concerning their claim to have access rights to Drws ...
News: Ogof Marros – New Discovery
A new cave has been found in Carmarthenshire by a team of ten cavers from South Wales. The cave was dug throughout much of 2015, and the new cave passages did not come easily. An ...
News: Cavers Threaten Legal Proceedings Against Landowners
Cavers Stuart France and Nigel Rogers are involved in the on-going dispute over closing or gating the Drws Cefn entrance to Ogof Draenen in South Wales. On the 20th November 2015 their solicitors, Richard Buxton ...
