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 metatag-og:title=(Council of Southern Caving Clubs) metatag-og:title=(Council of Southern Caving Clubs)
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 metatag-og:description=(The Council of Southern Caving Clubs is an association of Caving Clubs whose main interests lie in the Mendip Hills of Somerset.) metatag-og:description=(The Council of Southern Caving Clubs is an association of Caving Clubs whose main interests lie in the Mendip Hills of Somerset.)
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-<panel type="primary" title="BCA AGM Ballot"> +<panel type="info" title="Access Guide">
-{{ :news:bca_ballot.jpg?nolink&200|}} +
-All BCA members whose emails addresses BCA holds should by now have received an email with a 'voting token' enabling them to vote in the ballot for the election of BCA chair and on the various constitutional changes that have been proposed.+
  
-Please take the time to vote. Proposals 2 & 3 in particular have significant and long reaching effects.+Check all the latest access information in our database of caves.
  
-<btn>[[news:2021_10_11_bca_agm_ballot_2021|Read more ...]]</btn>+<btn>[[https://access-guide.cscc.org.uk/|Search Guide ...]]</btn> 
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 +<panel type="info" title="Mailing List"> 
 + 
 +The CSCC has a mailing list to send out the Newsletter and occasionally other items of interest. It is open to anyone interested in supporting the work of the CSCC.
  
-11th October 2021+<btn>[[:information:mailing_list|More details ...]]</btn>
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-<panel type="primary" title="MCR Training Exercise - Rhino Rift - Saturday 13th November"> +<panel type="info" title="Met Office Weather and Warnings">
-{{ :news:mcr_training.jpg?nolink&100|}} +
-Rhino Rift will be closed to visitors on Saturday 13th November for a MCR training exercise. Please avoid the cave on this day.+
  
-<btn>[[news:2021_08_06_rhino_rift_mcr_training|Read more ...]]</btn>+[[https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings|{{ :met_office_logo.jpg?nolink&100|Met Office Logo}}]] 
 + 
 +=== Forecast === 
 +For the latest Mendip weather forecast visit [[https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/gcn5s9x50|Mendip Weather Forecast]]. 
 + 
 +---- 
 +=== Weather Warnings === 
 +Any weather warnings for southern England in the next seven days are listed here: 
 + 
 +{{rss>http://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/public/data/PWSCache/WarningsRSS/Region/sw?feed=rss2 20 description }} 
 +{{rss>http://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/public/data/PWSCache/WarningsRSS/Region/se?feed=rss2 20 description }}
  
-6th August 2021 
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-<panel type="warning" title="Singing River Mine Access"> +<panel type="info" title="BCA News Feed"> 
-{{ :news:singing_river_mine_entrance.jpg?nolink&100|Singing River Mine by Paul Stillman}} +[[https://british-caving.org.uk/news/|{{ :bca-logo-mini-white.png?nolink&100|BCA Logo}}]] 
-Following a change in ownership and landscaping work, the entrance to Singing River Mine is now located in a private garden.+{{rss>https://british-caving.org.uk/news/?feed=rss2 8 date }} 
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-Arrangements for future access are under discussion and will be available as soon as possible.+</grid> 
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-**In the meantime all visits should be avoided.**+<col xs="12" sm="6" md="4" lg="4"> 
 +<panel type="primary" title="CSCC August 2025 Newsletter"> 
 +[[documents:newsletters|{{ :documents:newsletters:cscc_newsletter_august_2025_image.jpg?nolink&200|CSCC Newsletter August 2025}}]] 
 +The latest issue of the CSCC Newsletter is now available to read online.
  
-<btn>[[news:2020_07_08_singing_river_mine_access|Read more ...]]</btn>+<btn>[[:documents:newsletters:2025-08-28_cscc_newsletter_august_2025|Read it here ...]]</btn>
  
-8th July 2021+28th August 2025
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-<panel type="primary" title="CCC Ltd: Rhino Right Hand Route Rebolted">+<panel type="warning" title="Eastwater: Gladmans and Lolly Pot Currently Unusable">
  
-From Charterhouse Caving Company Ltd+{{ :news:eastwater_entrance.jpg?nolink&200|Eastwater Entrance}} 
 +The anchors on Gladman Shaft and Lolly Pot in Eastwater Cavern are in the process of being replaced. The pitches are temporarily unusable.
  
-After a long day’s work last weekend, the Right-Hand Route in Rhino Rift has been rebolted using BCA approved IC resin anchors.+Please plan any trip accordingly. 
  
-The resin holding the new bolts has now had time to cure and so the route is usable again from this weekend (26th June) ...+<btn>[[news:2025-08-12_urgent_-_eastwater_cavern_gladmans_and_lolly_pot_not_currently_usable|More details here ...]]</btn>
  
-<btn>[[news:2021_06_25_rhino_right_hand_route_rebolted|Read more ...]]</btn> +12th August 2025
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-25th June 2021+
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-<panel type="warning" title="Thrupe Lane Swallet to receive CSCC Padlock"> +<panel type="warning" title="Swildon's Hole Fees">
-{{ :news:thrupe_lane_entrance.jpg?nolink&100|Thrupe Lane Swallet poss. by Dave King}}+
  
-Following requests from concerned locals, a CSCC padlock will be fitted to the entrance gate of Thrupe Lane Swallet.+{{ :news:2023-11-11_swildons_barn1.jpg?direct&200|Swildon's Barn}} 
 +After many years the fee has been increased to £2 per person.
  
-<btn>[[news:2021_06_09_thrup_lane_cscc_lock|Read more ...]]</btn>+<btn>[[news:2025-01-21_new_goodwill_fee_for_visiting_swildon_s_hole_priddy|More details here ...]]</btn>
  
-9th June 2021+21st January 2025
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-<panel type="primary" title="MCR: Invitation to Join Mendip Cave Rescue"> +<panel type="danger" title="Rockfall At Goatchurch Cavern"> 
-{{ :news:mcr_logo.png?nolink&100|}} +[[:news:2024-02-26_rockfall_at_goatchurch_cavern_main_entrance|{{ :news:2024_feb_goatchurch.jpg?nolink&200|Fairy Cave Quarry}}]] 
-From Mendip Cave Rescue+Recent heavy rain has caused a large rock to fall at the main entrance.
  
-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 ...+<btn>[[:news:2024-02-26_rockfall_at_goatchurch_cavern_main_entrance|More details here ...]]</btn>
  
-<btn>[[news:2021_05_26_invitation_to_join_mcr|Read more ...]]</btn>+26th February 2024 
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-26th May 2021+<col xs="12" sm="6" md="4" lg="4"> 
 +<panel type="danger" title="Landslide In Fairy Cave Quarry Car Park"> 
 +[[:news:2024-02-22_landslide_in_fairy_cave_quarry_car_park|{{ :news:fairy_cave_quarry_fall_1.jpg?nolink&200|Fairy Cave Quarry}}]] 
 +A landslide has occurred in the car park at Fairy Cave Quarry. 
 + 
 +<btn>[[:news:2024-02-22_landslide_in_fairy_cave_quarry_car_park|More details ...]]</btn> 
 + 
 +22nd February 2024
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-<panel type="danger" title="CCC Ltd: WARNING - Rockfall in G.B. Cave - Update">+<panel type="primary" title="Swildon's Barn Floor Replaced"> 
 +[[:news:2024-01-05_swildons_changing_barn_priddy_now_ready|{{ :news::finished_3.jpg?nolink&200|Swildons Barn}}]] 
 +The changing barn on Priddy Green is now ready for use.
  
-From Charterhouse Caving Company Ltd+<btn>[[:news:2024-01-05_swildons_changing_barn_priddy_now_ready|More details ...]]</btn>
  
-ROCKFALL IN THE AREA OF THE WATERFALL CLIMB, GB CAVERN+5th January 2024 
 +</panel> 
 +</col>
  
-Following the rockfall notified and publicised in early February, a further inspection trip was scheduled for 6 April, following the relaxation of covid restrictions. On 5th April, a report was received of a further fall. The inspection trip comprised Linda Wilson (Conservation Officer), Dave King and Graham Price (CCC Directors). A large area of the side of the passage above the big steps on the left hand side (when travelling into the cave, heading downstream) has come away, resulting in a massive, unstable talus cone of boulders, large rocks, smaller shattered rocks and mud that now completely covers the steps almost to the base of the ledge in the middle of the climb. Boulders and large rocks are spread over a wide area in the passage below the climb ...+<col xs="12" sm="6" md="4" lg="4"> 
 +<panel type="primary" title="Singing River Mine Access Restored"> 
 +{{ :news:2023_09_singing_river_2.jpg?nolink&150|Singing River Mine Entrance by Wayne Starsmore}} 
 +It is now possible to visit Singing River Mine once more thanks to a new access agreement.
  
-<btn>[[:news:2021_04_07_rockfall_in_g.b._cave|Read more ...]]</btn>+<btn>[[news:2023-09-20_access_restored_to_singing_river_mine_shipham|Read more ...]]</btn>
  
-7th Apr 2021 +20th September 2023
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-<panel type="primary" title="Coronavirus Recovery Roadmap: Stage 1"> +<panel type="warning" title="Charterhouse Permits Go Paperless">
-{{ :logo-2021.png?nolink&100|}} +
-Dear Southern Cavers,+
  
-It is with some relief that as from Monday 29th March that the national “stay at home” rule will end, and the long path to a return to something like normality can begin. This means that it is no longer illegal to leave home without a valid excuse, though the government asks that we all minimise the number of journeys we make. From Monday 29th it is also permitted for up to 6 people, or two households, to meet outdoors and for people to take part formally organised outdoor sports ...+{{ :ccc_ltd_permit.jpg?direct&150|Charterhouse Permit}} 
 +The Charterhouse Caving Co. has gone paperless, exchanging the old paper permits for new electronic ones.
  
-<btn>[[:news:2021_03_28_coronavirus_recovery_roadmap_stage_1|Read more ...]]</btn>+And they're free!
  
-28th Mar 2021+<btn>[[news:2023-08-24_charterhouse_permits_go_paperless|Read more ...]]</btn> 
 + 
 +24th August 2023
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-<panel type="primary" title="BCA: Covid Roadmap Update"> +<panel type="primary" title="Wookey Hole - Access Agreement Signed"> 
-{{ :bca-logo-mini-white.png?nolink&100|}} +[[news:2022.11.25_wookey_wardens|{{ :news:dry_to_24.jpg?nolink&150|Caver in Wookey Hole}}]] 
-Following the Government announcement for England in its Covid-19 Response Spring 2021 – the Roadmap out of Lockdown, BCA offers the following synopsis about how this may affect caving ...+An agreement has now been signed allowing dry cavers access beyond the show cave in Wookey Hole.
  
-See the [[https://british-caving.org.uk/covid-roadmap-update/|BCA Website ...]]+<btn>[[news:2023-02-15_wookey_hole_access_agreement_signed|Find out how to book your trip.]]</btn>
  
-29th March 2021+15th February 2023
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-<panel type="primary" title="BCRC: Guidance Should a Return to Underground Activity Become Available">+<panel type="primary" title="Replacement gate at Compton Martin Ochre Mine"> 
 +{{ :news:2022.06.01_compton_martin_ochre_mine.jpg?nolink&150|Compton Martin Ochre Mine Gate}} 
 +The gate at Compton martin Ochre Mine has needed replacement for some time, after the old gate rusted away.
  
-BCRC have issued a press release on the coronavirus giving guidance should a return to underground activity become available ...+This has now been completed, so please remember to bring a CSCC key if you are visiting.
  
-See the [[https://www.caverescue.org.uk/cave-rescue-coronavirus-update/|BCRC Website ...]]+<btn>[[news:2022.06.01_compton_martin_gate|Read more ...]]</btn>
  
-27th June 2020+1st June 2022 
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 +<panel type="primary" title="MCR: Invitation to Join Mendip Cave Rescue"> 
 +{{ :news:mcr_logo.png?nolink&100|MCR Logo}} 
 +From Mendip Cave Rescue 
 + 
 +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 ... 
 + 
 +<btn>[[news:2021_05_26_invitation_to_join_mcr|Read more ...]]</btn> 
 + 
 +26th May 2021
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-{{ :bca-logo-mini-white.png?nolink&100|}} 
-{{rss>https://british-caving.org.uk/news/?feed=rss2 8 date }} 
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