Caves and Caving

Contents of Issue 73, Autumn 1996

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News from British caving regions:

• North:
  • Dale Barn.
  • Two teams of Red Rose cavers complete the Three Pots challenge in 22 hours (the three deepest potholes under the Yorkshire Three Peaks, Ingleborough (Meregill Hole), Penyghent (Penyghent Pot) and Whernside (King Pot)). The challenge will include fell running to the top of the Three Peaks as well next year, and returning to the starting point, the whole round of 22 miles (35Km) being on foot and carrying all the caving tackle!
• Peak District:
  • Digging the James Hall Over Engine Mine to Speedwell Cavern through route.
  • Assault Course extended to Faucett Rake in the Pilkington Series of Speedwell Cavern.
  • Tiger 7 in Lathkill Head.
  • Ashwood Dale Resurgence.
  • New Peak Rigging Guide (Contact Ralph Johnson Tel. +44 1782 515753).
• South Wales:
  • Report of the BCRA Regional Symposium on Ogof Draenen (Gascoine).
• Forest of Dean:
  • Review of the known caves and possible developments in the Coleford-Chepstow area (Taylor).
• Mendip:
  • Priddy Green Sink connected to Swildons Hole.

Overseas:

• Norway:
  • Coarvvekraigi, a new cave system (Dougherty).
• Austria:
  • CUCC 1994 Expedition to the Loser plateau of the Totes Gebirge (Day & Bellhouse).
• Spain:
  • The hidden depths of Peter Plummet, San Miguel de Aras, Llueva, Cantabria (Skorupka).
• Romania:
  • Hull University Speleological Society expeditions to Cluj-Napoca region 1994 and 1995 (Knight).
  General Features:
  • The Cave Heritage Centre Steering Committee, Progress report to BCRA & NCA, July 1 1996.
  • Radon: The end of the beginning. Where next? (NCA Radon Working Party)
  • Copyright of cave surveys (Gibson).
  • Ghar Parau Foundation Accounts for the year ending December 31 1995. Change of contact address for Treasurer of the Ghar Parau Foundation: Howard Jones, Sportsview, Bryn Estyn Lane, WREXHAM LL13 9TY, UK. Tel. +44 1978 311864
  Association News:
  • Report of Council Meeting 100.
  • Centre spread giving Council Report, Accounts, and abridged notes to the accounts for the year ending March 31 1996.
  • Agenda for the 1996 AGM, 1800 on September 14 1996 at Sheffield Hallam University.
  • Nominations for Officers and Members of Council for 1997 required by September 30 1996.
  • BCRA requires a Travel Insurance Administrator (with remuneration)
  • Officers and Council of the Association 1996.
  • New members.
  Other points of note:
  • The E.K. Tratman Award is for the best piece of caving literature published in the UK in the current year. The current judges' panel has members Ray Mansfield (Editor of Current Titles in Speleology), Roy Paulson (BCRA Librarian), and Nick Williams. To enter your publication for 1996, send a copy to Ray Mansfield, Downhead Cottage, Downhead, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset BA4 4LG.
  • Plans to float Cave Surveying Group
  Letters:
  • Lost in the Dordogne - confusion between the Dordogne and Lot/Cele regions in correspondence in C&C 72 .