BCRA Review

BCRA Review is our annual magazine containing reports of meetings and other BCRA activites for the year, together with reports from BCRA officers, and our report to the Charity Commission. The first BCRA Review was BCRA Review 2015.

Prior to 2015, BCRA News and Information was published in Speleology (ISSN 1478-999X) which superseded Caves & Caving (ISSN 0142-1832). In the past (but no longer), we have also published Newsletters of varying lengths and styles, which are available online.

Obtaining a copy of the Review: The Reviews can be ordered from our bookshop whilst stocks last. It may also be on sale at our meetings. The Review is not included in the benefits package for individual members of BCRA. However, if you are a BCRA Member Club receiving C&KS on paper, or one of our overseas Journal Exchange partners, we will mail you a free copy of the Review, when it is published in October of each year. (Non-delivery enquiries to the secretary, please).

BCRA Review 2023

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BCRA Review (iv + 56pp) (PDF 7.3MB)

Individual articles may be available below

WOLSTENHOLME, Phil (ed.). (2023). BCRA Review 23. Buxton: British Cave Research Association. £5.00 plus postage. ISSN 2516-1423. iv + 56pp, A4, with photos, maps and diagrams.
This issue has a cover date of 2023 and was published in October 2024.

British Cave Research Association Annual Review for 2023

NB: A page numbering error means that all the page numbers printed at the foot of the pages of this online version are two higher than they are supposed to be

Front cover (page i)

by John GUNN.
Elisabethschächter Schlotte, a deep phreatic hypogenic anhydrite cave near Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. See article on Hypogene Caves in Germany in this issue. Photo: John Gunn.

BCRA contact addresses (page ii)

List of Contents (p1)

BCRA Officers Reports (pp2-15)

Chairman, Secretary, IT and Web, Treasurer, Library Co-ordinator.

Treasurer's report (pp5-12) (PDF 521KB)

An extract of part of the above Officers Reports, as submitted to our AGM.

BCRA Publications (pp16-21)

Cave and Karst Science, CREG Journal, Cave Studies Series, Publications on the BCRA Website, Digitising the Simpson Archive.

BCRA Special Interest Groups (pp22-25)

Cave Radio and Electronics Group (CREG), Cave Surveying Group (CSG), Explosives Users Group (EUG), Cave Archaeology Group (CAG), Cave Biology Group (CBG).

Annual Awards and Hidden Earth 2023 (pp26-35) (PDF 2.6MB)

Report of the annual caving conference, preceded by a report of the BCRA's annual awards – Arthur Butcher, Photo Salon (Premier Trophy) and Tratman Award.

BCRA Grants and Awards (pp36-37)

UK Cave Conservation Emergency Fund (UKCCEF), Cave Science and Technology Research Fund (CSTRF).

BCRA Scientific Meetings (pp38-47)

34th BCRA Cave Science Symposium, Karst Hydrology of the Hertfordshire Chalk, Upper Nidderdale Karst, CSG Field Meeting.

BCRA Origins, BCRA Officers and post-holders 1974–2023 (pp48-52) (PDF 330KB)

by John GUNN and John WILCOCK.
Classification: Feature.

Bibliograph: GUNN, John and John WILCOCK. (2023). BCRA Origins, BCRA Officers and post-holders 1974–2023. BCRA Review 23, pp48-52.

British Cave Science Centre, Report (p53) (PDF 184KB)

by Andi SMITH and John GUNN.
Classification: Feature.

Bibliograph: SMITH, Andi and John GUNN. (2023). British Cave Science Centre, Report. BCRA Review 23, p53.

Hypogene Caves in Germany (pp54-55,i) (PDF 865KB)

by John GUNN.
Classification: Feature.

Bibliograph: GUNN, John. (2023). Hypogene Caves in Germany. BCRA Review 23, pp54-55,i.

Minutes of the 2023 BCRA Annual General Meeting (pp56,iii)

by Dave SHEARSMITH.

Back Cover (page iv)

by Mark MCAULEY, Mark BURKEY, Rob EAVIS and Phil WOLSTENHOLME.
A selection of images related to ongoing research, or documentation of underground phenomena. For details see contents page.

BCRA Review (ISSN 2516-1423)

BCRA Review 2023