Caves and Caving

Contents of Issue 76, Summer 1997

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News from British caving regions:

• North:
  • Closing the gaps in the 3-counties system
  • Great Expectations, new cave near Greenhow Hill
  • Flood Cavern, Dentdale
  • Laughing Pot, new cave on Scales Moor
  • Langcliffe Pot, Great Whernside, diving extension
  • Leck Beck Head and Witches Cave, Easgill, diving connection
  • Marble Steps Pot, Masongill, diving extension
  • Alum Pot, diving extension
  • Pippikin Pot, Leck Fell, new sump
• Peak District:
  • The Garden Path, a new shaft into Lathkill Head Cave
  • Buxton Underground Group new web site at http://freespace.virgin.net/david.mycroft/david.mycroft
• South Wales:
  • Obituary: Mel Davies, Bill Gascoine remembers, 3
  • Developments on the Black Mountain: sink of Ogof Twyn Tal Draenen, Rusty Horseshoe, Ogof Carreg Lem, Ogof Dew Saint, Ogof y Garimpeiros
  • Crescent Cave extensions
  • Ogof Tardiardd Rhymney extensions
  • Tooth Cave, Gower, new access agreement requiring BCRA insurance
  • Newton, G., "Pilgrim's Progress, or Ogof Draenen, the Chelsea survey", 14-15
• Forest of Dean:
  • Obituaries: Andy Solari, Geoff Broadman
  • New discoveries in Wet Sink (Slaughter Stream Cave)
  • Big Sink digging extensions

Overseas:

• Ireland:
  • Mill Sink, County Clare, extensions
  • Obituary: Farrell McGourty
  • 13th SUI/ICRO advertised for 24-27 October 1997, Southern Hotel, Strandhill Road, Sligo. Tel: +35 3 71 62101
    Contact: Veronica Kelly, 4 Stockman's Gardens, BELFAST BT11 9AT. Tel: 01232 627247
• Spain:
  • Rigby, P., "Picos OUCC Gustuteru 1996", 16-19
• Slovenia:
  • Evans, J., "The Migovec system", 20-24
• Oman:
  • Thomas, V. & L. Robinson, "Oman '97", 25-28

General Features:

• Judson, D., "Grant aid for caving expeditions", 3
• Jones, G., "The changing face of UK caving" - a personal view on the future structure of NCA, written on behalf of the CNCC Committee, 29

Association News:

• New BCRA Travel Insurance Contact: John Cooper, 31 Elm Close, WELLS, Somerset BA5 1LZ. Tel: 01749 670568
• Gibson, D., "BCRA Research Fund", 30
• Gibson, D., "BCRA 1997 Cave Science Symposium" report, 30-31
• Wilcock, J.D., Report of Council Meeting 103, 31
• New BCRA Members, 32
• BCRA Council Address List 1997, 32

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 1997, send a copy to Ray Mansfield, Downhead Cottage, Downhead, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset BA4 4LG.

Reviews:

• Dalley, S. (ed.) 1997, The independent hostel guide 1997, UK & Ireland, Backpackers Press, 2 Rockview Cottages, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire DE4 3PG, 3.95 UK pounds. Tel: 01629 580427