====== CSCC Dig Fest 2014 ======
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{{ :news:dig_fest_2014_poster.jpg?direct&400|CSCC DigFest 2014}}
**It's going to be awesome!**

Ever fancied finding new cave? Now's your chance. The diggers of Mendip will be opening their digs for you to visit and have a go.

As well as digging there will be all kinds of other events, workshops, talks, Wessex Challenge, BBQ & stomp. 

**Fri June 6th**\\ 
  * From 19:00, Hunter's Lodge Long Room
    * Dig Matchmaker - sign up for the digs you want to visit.
      * Sites confirmed include:
      * Longwood Valley Sink and Top Sink
      * Caine Hill
      * Blake's Farm
      * Rod's Pot
      * Pig's Hole
      * Sludge Pit Upper Dig
      * Toothache
      * Grebe Swallet
      * Hillgrove
      * Gibbets Brow
      * Upper Flood
    * Workshop sign-up
      * [[http://www.mendipcaverescue.org|Mendip Cave Rescue]] Open Store
      * Art Workshop - Robin Gray
      * Digging Techniques (capping, plug & feathers, shoring, etc.) - Trevor Hughes
      * Basic Surveying - Henry Dawson

**Sat June 7th**\\
  * From 8:30, Village Hall 
    * Bacon Sarnies, etc.
    * [[http://starlessriver.com|Starless River]]
    * Posters / Displays / Club Stands (Prize for best)
    * 08:30 Breakfast
      * Final Dig Matchmaker and Workshop Sign-up      
    * 10:00 Depart for dig, dig, digging and workshops.
      * Meet digging teams and depart for caverns measureless. 
      * Or attend workshops.
    * Dig-o-meter 
    * 16:30 Bar
    * 17:30 The Wessex Challenge (hosted by the BEC)
    * 19:00 BBQ 
      *   Stomp till late (DJ Basher)
  
**Sun June 8th**\\
  * From 9:30, Village Hall
    * 9:30 Bacon Sarnies, etc.
    * 10:00 The Search for the Lost Cave of Hutton - Alan Gray
    * 10:20 The Mendip Cave Registry & Archive - Alan Gray
    * 10:30 Break
    * 10:40 Digging in a Conservation Area - Robin Gray
    * 11:30 A Round-Up of Surveying Software & Hardware - Andrew Atkinson
    * 12:00 Awards and Closing
      * Award Prizes for Displays & Digging Achievements
    * 12:30 Finish 

(Programme subject to change)

**Posters**

{{:news:dig_fest_2014_poster_v2.pdf|Poster 1}}

{{:news:dig_fest_2014_programme_v1.pdf|Programme}}

{{:news:dig_fest_2014_poster2_v1.pdf|Poster 2}}