Contents of Issue 85, Autumn 1999

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Editorial

On the need to write up caving exploits and see that they are published in high quality publications and magazines, rather than on the Internet.
(St Lawrence, H.) 2

UK Caving News

Wales

• Access for caving on Mynydd Ddu (The Black Mountain): An open letter to cavers (Young, J., Brecon Beacons National Park Authority) 9 jon.young@breconbeacons.org
• Ogof Draenen, progress in Wessex Series, Rifleman's Chamber, Pontypool or Bust, and Flood Overflow Passage (Carter, J.) 10
• Daren Cilau (Carter, J.) 11
• Black Mountain: Twyn Tal Draenen, Roaring Hole (Carter, J.) 11
• Cribarth Sink dye-traced to Hospital Cave, Craig y Nos (Carter, J.) 11
• Boreholes in Dan-yr-Ogof (Carter, J.) 11
• Pwll Cwm Sych (Carter, J.) 11

Derbyshire

• Titan Shaft update (Arveschoug, D.) 6
• Bagshawe Cavern (Arveschoug, D. & J.E. Taylor) 6-7
• Bagshawe Resurgence Cave (Arveschoug, D.) 7
• Dowel Dale Side Pot (Williams, N.) 8

Forest of Dean

• Yorkshire Pot, Big Sink (Taylor, P.) 12
• Royal Forest of Dean Caving Symposium: Forest 2000 (Taylor, P.) 12, also see Events Diary
• Cave Rescue Training Exercise (Taylor, P.) 12
• Pollution at Otter Hole (Taylor, P.) 12-13
• Digging at Hole in the Hedge (Taylor, P.) 13
• Digging at Kiln Piece Hole and Whippington Brook Swallet (Taylor, P.) 13

Scotland

• Alt na Uamh Stream Cave (Grindley, R.) 5
• Rana Hole (Grindley, R.) 5
• Draught Caledonian (Grindley, R.) 5
• Skye (Grindley, R.) 5
• Whitequarries Shale Mine (Grindley, R.) 5

Devon & Cornwall

• Pengelly Centre (Neill, A.) 8
• Rescues in Devon caves (Neill, A.) 8
• Rocky Acres Cave (Neill, A.) 8
• Little Pridhamsleigh (Neill, A.) 8
• Bunkers Hole & White Cleave Mine (Neill, A.) 8
• Baker's Pit Cave (Neill, A.) 8
• South Caradon Mine (Neill, A.) 8
• Mine shaft capping (Neill, A.) 8

Overseas Caving News

Norway

• Norway's longest & Deepest (St. Pierre, D.) 14-17

South Africa

• New caves in the Makapansgat area of the Northern Province of South Africa (Herries, A. & A. Latham) 18-20

India

• Meghalaya: Earthquakes, cobras and marsala tea (Edmunds, P.) 21-23

Vietnam

• Vietnam '99 (Holroyd, M.) 24-27

Features

• Obituary: Bryan Ellis (Magdan, R.) 4
• Ghar Parau Foundation Accounts for the year ended 31.12.98 (Ibberson, P.N.) 11

Reviews

• Subterranea 11, April 1999 (Nichols, T.) 30
• Dan-yr-Ogof, The jewel of the Welsh caves (Farr, M., ISBN 1-85902-645-1) (St. Lawrence, H.) 31

Equipment Reports

• Lightwave solid-state torch 3. Contact: Sherry Guimond, Lightwave, 24702 Kim Circle, Laguna Hills, California 92653, USA. sguimond@fea.net

Association News

• Council Report and Accounts for the year ended 31st March 1999, AGM 1999 Agenda, Membership Summary 1974/1999, Insert
• Report of Cave Science Symposium 1999 (Burgess, S.) 28
• Report of BCRA Regional Meeting 12-13 June 1999, Swaledale (Bedford, Margaret) 28-29
• Call for Papers, BCRA Cave Science Symposium 2000, 25 March 2000, University of Huddersfield 29.also see Events Diary
• Brief notes on the BCRA web site and other caving URLs 29
• Using your library (The National Caving Library, Matlock) (Paulson, R.) 31
• The BCRA Cave Studies Series 32. Also see Publications

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