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

After careful consultation with the CRoW Convenor and the Lawyers involved in supporting the action, the BCA Exec unanimously agreed with their recommendation to proceed to lodge an “Appellant’s Notice” in the Court of Appeal. For more information about the context of this decision you can read the press release announcing the result of the Judicial Review, […]

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 […]