Contents of Issue 80, Summer 1998

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News from British caving regions:

• North:
  • British Cave Rescue Council Conference, Ingleborough Hall, Clapham 12-14 June 1998.
    Contact: Jim Davis, Borrins Farm, Selside, SETTLE, N.Yorkshire BD24 0HX Tel: 01279 860379 Email: < info@managerie.co.uk > Website: http://www.managerie.co.uk/bcrc
  • Catamite Hole, East Kingsdale (Swire) 5
  • Deaths Head - Big Meanie, Leck Fell 6
  • ULSA explorations in Langstrothdale Chase (Smallshire) 6
  • Diving at Black Keld, Wharfedale 6
  • F.O.U.L. Pot, Fountains Fell (Northern Pennine Club) 6
• Peak District:
  • Poole's Cavern ground penetrating radar survey (Eddies & Walker) 7
  • Cave Dale to Peak Cavern link made for ventilation of the show cave (Arveschoug) 7-8
  • New cavers' route into Hillocks Mine/Whalf Mine (Knox) 8
  • Dig progress in Waterways Swallet (Foster) 8
  • Dig in Farnsley Lane Swallet (Arveschoug) 8
• Forest of Dean:
  • New Conservation and Access Group
    (Further details and information from the Secretary, Dave Appleing, 10 St George's Drive, CHELTENHAM, Glos. GL51 8NX Tel: 01242 669413 Email: < DAppleing@aol.com >) 3
  • Pollution problems and new extensions in Wet Sink, Slaughter Stream Cave (Taylor) 11
  • Breakthrough to a real chamber in the Miss Graces Lane dig (Taylor) 11
  • Further digging at Woolaston Wood (Taylor) 11
  • A fluted shaft, chambers and bones at Fishmonger Swallet, South Gloucestershire (Taylor) 11

Overseas:

• Ireland:
  • East Cuilcagh Extension in Pigeon Pot 2 (Fogg) 9-10
• France:
  • Gouffre Mirolda, French Alps, new world depth record of 1610m (Campion) 3
• Slovenia:
  • Alpine Karst Seminar to be run by the Speleological Association of Slovenia and the Karst Research Institute ZRC Sazu at Postojna, June 28th-July 1st 1998.
    Contact: The Karst Research Institute, Titov trg 2, SI-6230 POSTOJNA, Slovenia Tel:+386 67 24-781 FAX: +386 67 23-965 Email: < IZRK@ZRC-SAZU.SI > 3
  • Migovec goes deep (Evans & Hooper) 23-28
• Bahamas:
  • The Black Hole (Schwabe) 17-22

General Features:

• Editorial: On the accuracy of cave surveys for determining the deepest and longest caves in the world, and on a possible central archive for cave survey data (St Lawrence) 2
• Obituary, Pete Livesey (Waltham, Eyre & Cobley) 12
• The underwater chalk-bag (Trayner) 29-30

Association News:

• Advertisement for the remunerated post of Communications and Public Relations Officer (loose insert).
  Applications to the Chairman, Clive Gardener, 23 Landin House, Thomas Road, LONDON E14 7AN (Telephone for enquiries 0171 987 8820) by the deadline of 31st July 1998
• Advertisement for No. 7 in the BCRA Cave Studies Series, Caves and Karst of the Brecon Beacons National Park (Simms, 1998) ISBN 0 900265 205.
  £2.50 from Ernie Shield, post and packing £0.30 UK, £0.50 overseas. 4
• Advertisement for cheap copies of Limestones and Caves of Wales (Ford (ed.) 1989)
  obtainable from Ernie Shield £10 members, otherwise £15, post and packing £3.75 UK, £4.50 overseas (list price is £40). 4
• Advertisement for Hidden Earth '98 Conference, Southport, 4
• Cave surveying '90s style, an introduction to the Cave Surveying Group (Day & Wookey) 13-16
• UK Cave Conservation Emergency Fund, Annual Report of the Hon. Treasurer 1997, Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31st December 1997, Balance Sheet as at 31st December 1997 (Price) 31
• Ghar Parau Foundation Accounts for the year ended 31/12/97, Income and Expenditure Account for 12 months to 31/12/97, Balance Sheet as at 31/12/97, Ghar Parau Foundation Treasurer's Report for the year ended 31/12/97 (Jones) 32
• The BCRA Silver Jubilee Logo 25th Anniversary 1973-1998 (Cousins & Wilcock) 33
• Retirement of the General Administrator (Wilcock) 33
• Minutes of the AGM of BCRA held 7.3.98 at University of Keele (Wilcock) 33
• Report of Council Meeting 106, 16th November 1997 (Wilcock) 33
• Agenda for the Annual General Meeting of the BCRA 1998, 19th September 1998 at Southport (Wilcock) 33-34
• Motions to be presented at the AGM, deadline 29th August 1998 (Wilcock) 34
• Nominations for Officers and Members of Council for 1999, deadline 30th September 1998 (Wilcock) 34
• Report of the 1998 BCRA Cave Science Symposium (Wilcock) 34-35
• BCRA Council Address List 1998, with details of Officers and their jobs (Wilcock) 35-36
• Notice to members on the retirement of the General Administrator and reallocation of tasks to
  Ernie Shield (Publications Sales Officer),
  David Judson (Public Liability Insurance Administrator),
  and Bryan Ellis (Membership Secretary and despatch of new publications). (Wilcock) 36
• Advertisement for News Editor for Caves & Caving, 36

Reviews:

• Howes, C. Images below (Newman) 31