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
To all BCA Members, The 2022 BCA AGM will be held by Zoom on Sunday 12th June at 10:30am. The Agenda and Zoom registration details will be published in due course. Please note that midnight on Monday 20th March, is the deadline for receipt by the Secretary, of proposals and nominations for submission to the […]
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 […]
A reminder about upcoming deadlines to apply for financial support for caving expeditions from the Ghar Parau and Mount Everest foundations. Please note the following deadlines for applications for 2022 spring expeditions:
A message from the BCA Chair about the National Geographic documentary film about the Thai cave rescue. For anyone who has not seen the “The Rescue”, I can highly recommend it even though we know the outcome, the inside story the film reveals, is an inspiration in itself and created some goose bump moments when […]
So you’re New to Caving? Congratulations! Your spirit of adventure is strong and you can look forward to your first adventures underground… If you’re interested in Caving, and would like to learn more or give it a try, then why not check out NewToCaving.com? The BCA runs NewToCaving.com as a resource for new cavers and […]
Earlier in 2021, I was contacted by Rob Watson of CHECC in hope of some funding for some online yoga sessions for university cavers. With the backing of BCA, CHECC were able to arrange 16 online Yoga sessions which are all available for the entire BCA membership to follow along with on their website. Throughout […]
The results are in from the online ballot following the AGM. Errata: when this post was initially published Motion 2C was listed as having passed. In fact, having achieved <70% of the vote, it has not been passed. The full breakdown of the votes is available here. Thank you to all those who stood for […]
Due to Covid restrictions, the 6th EuroSpeleo Protection Symposium “Assessing, monitoring and protecting cave biotopes and geotopes through Natura 2000 or similar programs in Europe” will take place as a hybrid event from 26.10.2021 – 30.10.2021. A number of participants have to participate via online as we are not allowed to gather all registered participants […]
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