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| + | Mendip Cave Rescue will be holding a practice rescue in Swildons Hole involving hauling at the 20ft Pot. | ||
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| + | This area of the cave will be very busy and you may have wait to descend or ascend the pot. | ||
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| + | The practice is limited to members of the rescue team only. | ||
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| + | 31th October 2021 | ||
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| + | All BCA members whose emails addresses BCA holds should by now have received an email with a ' | ||
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| + | Please take the time to vote. Proposals 2 & 3 in particular have significant and long reaching effects. | ||
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| + | 11th October 2021 | ||
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| + | Rhino Rift will be closed to visitors on Saturday 13th November for a MCR training exercise. Please avoid the cave on this day. | ||
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| + | 6th August 2021 | ||
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| + | Following a change in ownership and landscaping work, the entrance to Singing River Mine is now located in a private garden. | ||
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| + | Arrangements for future access are under discussion and will be available as soon as possible. | ||
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| + | **In the meantime all visits should be avoided.** | ||
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| + | 8th July 2021 | ||
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| From Charterhouse Caving Company Ltd | From Charterhouse Caving Company Ltd | ||
| - | We have received | + | After a long day’s work last weekend, |
| - | I will keep you informed. | + | The resin holding the new bolts has now had time to cure and so the route is usable again from this weekend (26th June) ... |
| - | Graham Mullan\\ | + | < |
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| - | Charterhouse Caving Company Ltd\\ | + | 25th June 2021 |
| - | 11th Apr 2021 | + | |
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| + | Following requests from concerned locals, a CSCC padlock will be fitted to the entrance gate of Thrupe Lane Swallet. | ||
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| + | 9th June 2021 | ||
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| + | From Mendip Cave Rescue | ||
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| + | MCR has had to restructure itself and has reconstituted itself as a registered charity. With the new structure cavers who wish to continue supporting the MCR by being on the cavers call out list are invited to apply for associate membership ... | ||
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| + | 26th May 2021 | ||
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| - | Further to the decision by Longleat to close the show caves and suspend their operations in Cheddar, they have notified CSCC that with immediate effect caver access to all caves on Longleat property which includes the whole south side of the Gorge, is no longer available. This includes all caves and digs, and affects sites such as Reservoir Hole, Spider Hole, Goughs Cave, Long Hole, Great Oones etc. | + | Further to the decision by Longleat to close the show caves and suspend their operations in Cheddar, they have notified CSCC that with immediate effect caver access to all caves on Longleat property which includes the whole south side of the Gorge, is no longer available. This includes all caves and digs, and affects sites such as Reservoir Hole, Spider Hole, Goughs Cave, Long Hole, Great Oones etc ... |
| - | Longleat are not adverse to reinstating caver access subject to an access agreement with CSCC. Negotiations to formalise an access procedure were started at the request of Longleat a few years ago but were never concluded. | + | < |
| - | Discussions have recommenced and both parties are hopeful of a favourable and positive outcome, however in the meantime all the caves are closed. | ||
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| - | Longleat will be keeping a presence in the Gorge for maintenance purposes, but this is all. Approaches should not be made to Longleat or any of their representatives as permission to visit any of the caves will be denied. | ||
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| - | [[canda@cscc.org.uk|Graham Price]]\\ | ||
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| + | **Any weather warnings for the South of England in the next seven days are listed below:** | ||
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