British Caving Association

BCA (in conjunction with BCRA) absolutely deplores the aggressive invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the subsequent war which was entirely fabricated by the Russians without justification. In a civilized society, war has no place in resolving disputes and we stand shoulder to shoulder with the Ukrainian people and in particular their caving community in […]

The British Caving Library’s carbon footprint is very small but we wanted to do our bit! Today (16/03/2022) we planted a field maple tree in the field belonging to our landlord Mick Keeling so we can all pay back a little to the environment. The tree was kindly donated by Katie Eavis.  – Mary Wilde

Following our partial victory in the BCA judicial review, our representations on CRoW access have now been lodged with the Welsh government, NRW and Defra. They make a broad case as to why caving should be treated with the same “equity” as other activities and should be recognised as coming within the right to roam […]

The European Speleological Federation FSE grants five scholarships to young speleologists for attending the 18th International Congress of Speleology ICS in Le-Bourget-du-Lac, Savoie, France (see http://uis2021.speleos.fr ). The requirements are: a) Applicants must be affiliated to an organisation being member of FSE or a karst research institute in Europe.b) Applicants must be 26 years of […]