A brief interruption to drudgery of Easter revision, with a day-trip to some subterranean WWII fortifications in Kent. Amazing preservation & complexity, these catacombs stretched from the eroding cliff face, to blocked-off stone staircases that would appear to end up just below the wine-cellars of some rather well-to-do houses. Cream tea enjoyed on the cliff-top, fossils hunted on the flint beach, and a rather pleasant time had by all. A few photos, more to come.
Summary: Your new, bonny-eyed, 2006/2007 committee are:
President: Sandeep Mavadia
Treasurer: David Loefler
Secretary: Daniel Greenwald
For Evans' Sake Award (Creative Use of a Bodily Fluid): Rik Venn for his horrific Washing-up-glove hi jinx down Maskhill mine.
Herman Hertz Award (Close Shave Caving Experience): David Wilson for the lucky escape that was 'Coach Crash' Dig, Area K, Tolminski Migovec, Slovenia.
With the threat of finals looming, and the realisation of just how much time helping to run this club has taken over the last two years, I am pretty much standing down this week. So long, and thanks for all the mud! Jarv
Lovely little run up to Derbyshire, a good 4 trips run in the Castleton area, Orpheus hut & people were as lovely as ever.
Trip Tag-line: 'Rattle Rattle Rattle' goes the boulder choke of doom
Dave is currently in Harvard working out how to add numbers together (or whatever number theory is) but that doesn't mean that he can't go caving. He met up with cavers from the Boston grotto and headed over to Franklin for some classic debauchery.
Sounds like an interesting tale, 700mile drive to get his trainers frozen and left without any pants. Read the report, goggle at the photos.
Stonking weekend up in Yorks. Three trips down Gaping on Saturday; two trips up on Kingsdale on the Sunday & an almighty kit fest in Bernies.
First ever ICCC visit to the Forest of Dean. An excellent trip with lots of stomping through gorgeous stream way and the occasional sump culminating in an underground Christmas pudding.
Fantastic trip to Slovenia, too much snow for much serious caving (entrances on Migovec were buried under 1.5m of snow!), but some great winter mountaineering.
Check out the Brilliant Photos, Trip report to come when it's written.
After a rather faffy start on Friday, we were finally crawling past lorries on the M4 when with a sudden 'ker-clunk' our sexy Ford Transit sounded like a WWII tank. Loitering at the Reading services while waiting for the AA was not the most auspicious start to a caving weekend, but with a bit of carefully applied wire we were soon on our way! Weekend went brilliantly; we had St Cuthberts & Shatter cave leaders to take us underground, so got to see some extremely pretty formations!
A full report of the sofa burning debauchery and how ol' sea-dog Trevor nearly ended up with an eye-patch with appear as soon as one of the usual suspects writes it...
Desperate to go deep again, ICCC returned to Yorkshire. Frigging freezing; but Yorks managed to avoid the snow that was falling across North Wales & Cornwall. Alas, no photos, but a fine report instead.
