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| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 22/23 | Derbyshire | |
| Feb 5 | Edinburgh | AGM |
| Feb 5/6 | Yorkshire | Beginner/Intermediate trips |
| Feb 12 | Assynt | Scottish theme evening. |
| Feb 12/13 | Appin | TBD. This could be a day trip, or an overnight camp for those that fancy it. |
| Feb 20 | Cleeves Cove cave surveying | |
| Feb 26/27 | Yorkshire | Marilyn Pot and Easegill |
| Mar 31 | Edinburgh | Knots practice |
| Apr 9/10 | Yorkshire | Trips for beginners: Heron Pot / Sell Gill |
| Apr 16/17 | Yorkshire | Trips for more advanced cavers: King Pot / Black Shiver |
| May 27 | Edinburgh | 50th Anniversary exhibition opening |
| May 28/29 | Yorkshire | Easegill system |
| Jun 4/5 | Applecross | Cave discovery |
| Jun 11/12 | Yorkshire | Founder's day trip to Sell Gill Holes - vintage clothing and gear required! |
| Jun 17 | Edinburgh | Tour of GSG meeting places (i.e. pub crawl) |
| Jun 18 | Edinburgh | 50th Anniversary - presentations, meal and ceilidh |
| Jun 25/26 | Assynt | BBQ |
| Jun 26 | Appin | TBD |
| Jul 16/17 | Yorkshire | Warm-up for Slovenia |
| Jul 23/24 | Yorkshire | Warm-up for Slovenia |
| Jul 30 - Aug 14 | Slovenia | GSG Jubilee year expedition to Slovenia - with a possible side-trip to Croatia. Camping at Speleocamp, Laze |
| Sep 10 | Edinburgh | SRT training |
| Sep 17/18 | Assynt | SCRO training, cave rescue exercise |
| Sep 24/25 | South Wales | Hidden Earth caving conference, Monmouth |
| Oct 23 | Derbyshire | Titan descent |
| Oct 29 | Assynt | Annual Dinner, Ullapool |
| Nov 12-13 | Appin | Various caves |
| Nov 19 | Priddy | Mendip Cave Rescue 75th Anniversary and 2011 JRat's Digging Award ceremony |
| Nov 26-27 | Yorkshire | Rift Pot/Washfold Pot |
| Dec 10/11 | Assynt | Christmas Dinner, Elphin |
| Dec 10-11 | Yorkshire | Death's head-Big Meanie |
| Dec 30 - Jan 2 | Assynt | New Year |
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Assynt | New Year at the hut |
| Jan 16 | Derbyshire | Simon Brooks has the Orpheus hut booked for his 50th so we've brought our Derbyshire meet forward to coincide. |
| Jan 23 | Winchburgh | GSG AGM |
| Jan 30 | Assynt | GSG theme evening meal - not a Burns Supper but with a poetic slant |
| Mar 20 | Yorkshire | Goyden/New Goyden/Manchester hole |
| Apr 10/11 | Assynt | Continue emptying Rana of spoil and surplus gear |
| Apr 17 | Yorkshire | Little Hull Hole |
| Apr 23-May 3 | Assynt | "Mendip Migration" Digging at Toll Radain, Three G's, ANUSC and in the streambed. |
| Jun 5/6 | Assynt | Clearing Rana and Digging at Campbell's Cave |
| Jun 5 | Edinburgh | SRT and ladder training at the Loanhead bridge |
| Jun 12-27 | Derbyshire | Credit Crunch Expedition |
| Jun 26/27 | Assynt | GSG Midsummer BBQ |
| Jul 3/4 | Yorkshire | County Pot (TBC) |
| Jul 10 | Yorkshire | Founder's Day - Sunset Hole by rope ladder |
| Jul 17/18 | Assynt | Campbell's Cave etc. |
| Jul 31/Aug 1 | Yorkshire | Meregill Hole (TBC) |
| Aug 7/8 | Assynt | Introduce Croatians to Assynt |
| Aug 14/15 | Yorkshire | Take Croatians down some Yorkshire pots |
| Aug 14/15 | Assynt | Hut maintenance and shed building weekend |
| Aug 29 | Perth | Trinafour Caves |
| Oct 9/10 | Yorkshire | Little Hull Pot |
| Oct 30 | Yorkshire | GSG Annual Dinner, Buck Inn Malham |
| Nov 20/21 | Yorkshire | Easegill - probably Link or Pippikin |
| Dec 4/5 | Yorkshire | Caves chosen will be suitable for all levels from novice to expert |
| Dec 11 | Assynt | GSG Christmas Meal |
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Assynt | New Year at the hut |
| January 24/25 | Yorkshire | Tatham Wife Hole |
| January 24/25 | Assynt | Caving and Burn's Supper |
| January 31 | Winchburgh | GSG AGM |
| February 20/21 | Assynt | Caving |
| March 14/15 | Appin | |
| March 21 | Assynt | Caving and Bavarian meal |
| April 19 | Ripley | BCRC AGM |
| April 26 | Arrochar | SCRO joint exercise with Strathclyde Police on A'Chrois |
| April 25 - May 3 | Assynt | Mendip Migration |
| May 8-10 | Derbyshire | BCRC 2009 National Cave Rescue Conference |
| May 9 | Fort William | MRCofS AGM |
| May 30 | Applecross | Combined bank holiday caving weekend with joint SCRO / Torridon MRT exercise |
| June 13/14 | Yorkshire | Dentdale |
| June 20/21 | Assynt | GSG Midsummer BBQ |
| July 11 | Yorkshire | Founders weekend, Ireby Fell Cavern on rope ladders, old fashioned caving gear required! |
| July 18/19 | Yorkshire | Disappointment Pot |
| August 1/2 | Yorkshire | Penyghent Pot |
| August 21/22 | Yorkshire | Pete Ireson's favourite: Simpson's Pot pull-through |
| Sept 25-27 | Mendip | Hidden Earth national caving conference, Churchill Community School |
| Oct 24 | Mendip | GSG annual dinner, Bath Arms, Cheddar |
| Nov 21/22 | Yorkshire | Wretched Rabbit / Heron Pot - permits applied for |
| Dec 12/13 | Yorkshire | Disappointment Pot - permit applied for |
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Assynt | New Year at the hut |
| Jan 12 | Yorkshire | Farewell to the Robertson's in Ingleton |
| Jan 19 | Winchburgh | GSG AGM |
| Jan 26 | Assynt | Scottish Evening (Burns' Supper?) |
| March 8 | Assynt | An evening in the High Savoy |
| April 12-13 | Assynt | Hut building and Rana surveying/digging |
| April 19-20 | Yorkshire | Simpson / Swinsto |
| April 26-27 | S.Queensferry | BASP first aid course for SCRO members |
| April 26-May 9 | Assynt | Possible start of Mendip Migration 2008 |
| May 17-19 | Mendip | Fly-Cave weekend, possible Upper Flood trip |
| May 31-June 1 | Assynt | Hut building and Rana surveying/digging |
| June 7-8 | Yorkshire | EUG trip to Pool Sink (Easegill), 3 places available, maybe also Wretched Rabbit |
| June 21-22 | Yorkshire | Goon's 50 years of caving: Long Churn on rope ladders, period dress and illumination only (no PVC, no wellies, no LEDs!) |
| June 28 | Assynt | Midsummer BBQ |
| July 5 | Yorkshire | EUG trip to Notts II, 3 places available, contact Alison Fuller-Shapcott |
| July 12-13 | Yorkshire | Penyghent Pot |
| July 12/13 | Lothian | NAMHO Conference 2008 - Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange |
| July 19-20 | Yorkshire | Penyghent Pot |
| July 19-20 | Assynt | Hut building and Rana surveying/digging |
| August 2-3 | Appin | Appin overnighter |
| August 15-17 | Yorkshire | Swaledale (Yorkshire Dave's place) |
| August 16-17 | Assynt | Hut building (weekend and the following week) and Rana surveying/digging |
| August 20-24 | Assynt | Hut maintenance then trips down Rana for George Vestey and family on the 24th. |
| August 23-24 | Yorkshire | Death's Head / Big Meanie |
| September 12-13 | Yorkshire | Lancaster Hole / Wretched Rabbit, possibly Tatham Wife Hole on Sunday |
| September 17-18 | Assynt | Talk on Claonaite, Rana and the bear bones in Lochinver by Ivan on the 17th followed by a tour to the Bone Caves and beyond on the 18th |
| September 26-28 | Yorkshire | Hidden Earth |
| September 27-28 | Assynt | Hut building and Rana surveying/digging |
| October 10-11 | Yorkshire | Black Shiver |
| October 25 | Assynt | GSG Annual Dinner at the Inch |
| November 8-9 | Yorkshire | EUG trip to Lancaster/Notts II: some places available to GSG |
| December 13-14 | Assynt | GSG Christmas Party |
| December 31 | Assynt | New Year at the hut |
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 27 | Assynt | GSG Burns' Supper |
| Feb 10 | Yorkshire | Wretched Rabbit, Ease Gill Caverns (EUG trip with space for some GSG) |
| Feb 10/11 | Assynt | Rana Hole |
| Feb 17 | Yorkshire | Lost Johns |
| Feb 24/25 | Assynt | Rana Hole |
| Mar 10 | Yorkshire | Ease Gill Caverns (EUG trip with space for some GSG) |
| Mar 24/25 | Assynt | Filming in Claonaite and digging in Rana Hole; Moroccan theme evening? |
| Mar 31 | Yorkshire | Rumbling Hole |
| Apr 7/8 | Appin | The Eco-anchoring of Claig-ionn and other activities |
| Apr 14 | Derbyshire | BCRA Cave Technology Symposium |
| Apr 20/21 | Assynt | Rana Hole and more surveying in ANUSC |
| Apr 26ish | Assynt | Mendip Migration starts with upgrading the Rana winch |
| Apr 28 | Yorkshire | Something simple en route to BCRC AGM |
| Apr 29 | Derbyshire | British Cave Rescue Council AGM |
| May 13/14 | Queenferry | BASP 1st Aid Course for SCRO members |
| May 20 | West Lothian | SCRO mine search exercise |
| Jun 23 | Assynt | Midsummer BBQ |
| Jun 25/26 | Assynt | Guided cave tours for Ullapool High School - volunteer guides needed |
| Jul 7 | Yorkshire | Notts Pot |
| Aug 11-12 | Assynt | Rana hole etc. |
| Aug 17-19 | Yorkshire | Swaledale weekend, camping at "Yorkshire Dave's" |
| Sep 1/2 | Yorkshire | Black Shiver |
| Sep 13-17 | Assynt | European Geoparks Network Conference 2007 |
| Sep 14-20 | Assynt | Field trips for Geopark Conference |
| Sep 21/23 | Tewkesbury | Hidden Earth 2007, Tewkesbury School, (water levels permitting) |
| Oct 5-7 | Assynt | Rana digging on Friday, Joint SCRO/AMRT exercise on Saturday, surely digging on Sunday |
| Oct 13-14 | Yorkshire | Novice SRT trips |
| Oct 27/28 | Skye | GSG Annual Dinner at Saucy Mary's, Kyleakin |
| Oct 29-31 | Assynt | Post-dinner caving and digging |
| Nov 3/4 | Yorkshire | Cow Pot / Lancaster Hole (with EUG) |
| Nov 16-18 | Aberfoyls | MRCofS Shell Seminar for SCRO members |
| Nov 24/25 | Assynt | Rana and DIY curry evening |
| Dec 14/16 | Assynt | Rana and GSG Christmas Dinner |
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 21/22 | Assynt | Theme evening - Tartan Tremor |
| Jan 28 | Winchburgh | GSG AGM 10.30 am |
| Jan 28/29 | Yorkshire | post-AGM pre-Meghalaya SRT practice. West Kingsdale (Aquamole? Simpson's pull-through?), Chapel-le-Dale (Meregill Hole?) |
| Feb 4 - Mar 5 | Meghalaya | Caving in the Abode of the Clouds 2006 |
| Feb 11/12 | Yorkshire | W. Kingsdale - Bull Pot & Jingling Pot (lateral route) |
| Feb 18/19 and/or 25/26 | Assynt | Hut Maintenance |
| Mar 4/5 | Yorkshire | Marble Steps Pot (Sat), Illusion Pot (Sun) |
| Mar 18/19 | Assynt | Theme evening - Southeast Asian Collation |
| Mar 25/26 | Yorkshire | Black Shiver Pot (Sat), Alum Pot main shaft (Sun) |
| Apr 8/9 | Appin | Glen Duror bothy weekend (and George Kennedy's 30th birthday celebration!) |
| Apr 15-17 | Mendip | Proposed date for a fly/drive/cave/drink weekend. Contact Dave Warren if you are interested. |
| Apr 22/23 | Yorkshire | Ireby Fell Cavern (Sat) - permit T.B.C., Heron Pot (Sun) |
| Apr 29-1 | Applecross | TBD |
| May 6/7 | Assynt | Mendip Invasion? Dates unknown. |
| May 14 | Appin | SCRO / Oban MRT joint exercise |
| May 20/21 | Yorkshire | Ease Gill - Pippikin Pot - Link Pot (Sat), Bull Pot of the Witches (Sun) - permits T.B.C. |
| May 27-29 | Skye | TBD |
| Jun 9-11 | Wales | NAMHO Conference 2005, Mining in the Landscape |
| Jun 10/11 | Yorkshire | Leck Fell - Rumbling Hole, Gavel Pot and Short Drop Cave - permits T.B.C. |
| Jul 15-17 | S Wales | Proposed fly-drive trip - let me know if you are interested and if the date is suitable. |
| Aug 12/13 | Swaledale | Mines, caves and BBQ |
| Aug 5-7 | Assynt | Digging in Rana |
| Sep 22-24 | Staffordshire | Hidden Earth 2006 in Leek High School |
| Sep 23/24 | Assynt | Digging in Rana and a new cave called Hut Maintenance |
| Oct 4-10 | Assynt | Digging in Rana (Mendip team visit) |
| Oct 7 | Assynt | SCROTE (SCRO Training Exercise) with AMRT |
| Nov 4/5 | S.Wales | GSG Annual Dinner |
| Nov 18/19 | Assynt | GSG Theme Evening - Una Notte Italiana |
| Dec 16 | Assynt | GSG Christmas Party |
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| to 4 Jan | Assynt | New Year at the hut |
| Jan 15/16 | Yorkshire | Vesper Pot (Sat), Illusion Pot (Sun) |
| Jan 22 | Edinburgh | AGM 10:30am in Winchburgh |
| Jan 29/30 | Assynt | Burns' Supper and caving |
| 5 Feb to 6 Mar | Meghalaya | Caving in the Abode of the Clouds expedition 2005 |
| Feb 12/13 | Yorkshire | Juniper Gulf (Sat) - permit obtained |
| Feb 19/20 | Appin | Bothy weekend in Glen Duror - Albion Pot etc. |
| Feb 26/27 | Assynt | Hut maintenance, Digging in Rana etc. |
| March 5/6 | Yorkshire | Rumbling Hole (Sat) - permit available, Notts II (Sun) |
| Mar 12/13 | Applecross | Cave of the Liar etc. - let's go before the midges come out! |
| Mar 25-28 | North Wales | Caves & Mines of North Wales - possible trips include Llanberis bomb store,Glynrhonwy Slate Quarry and Hafna Lead mine - contact Matt Hutson |
| Apr 8-10 | Mendip | Another fly/drive/cave/drink Contact Dave Warren for details |
| Apr 16-17 | Assynt | SCRO RAF Helicopter Training Session |
| Apr 23/24 | Nidderdale | Goyden Pot & Manchester Hole |
| May 7/8 | Yorkshire | Penyghent Pot (Sat) permit applied for |
| May 14/15 | Appin | SCRO practice, digging etc. |
| May 28/29 | Skye | High Pasture Cave etc. |
| June 4/5 | Yorkshire | Pool Sink to County Pot (Sat) - permit obtained |
| Jun 25/26 | Assynt | GSG Midsummer BBQ |
| July 8-10 | Surrey | NAMHO Conference 2005 |
| Jul 16/17 | Yorkshire | Ireby Fell Cavern (Sat), Great Douk &/or Sunset Hole (Sun) |
| Jul 30/31 | Assynt | Digging Rana, Hut maintenance etc. |
| Aug 13/14 | Swaledale | Contact Yorkshire Dave for details |
| Aug 27/28 | Assynt | Another attempt to recce the Sea Caves of Durness/Loch Eriboll - contact Dan Harries |
| Sept TBD | Picos | September Expedition to Picos |
| Sept 23-25 | Mendip | BCRA Conference |
| Oct 8/9 | Assynt | SCRO & Assynt MRT Joint Practice. Theme evening - Celebration of the sea! |
| Oct 29/30 | Yorkshire | GSG Annual Dinner |
| Nov 12/13 | Yorkshire | Long Kin West (Sat) - permit obtained |
| Nov 19/20 | Assynt | Digging in Rana and all other usual activities |
| Nov 26/27 | North Wales | Caves & Mines of North Wales - possible trips include Llanberis bomb store, Glynrhonwy Slate Quarry and Hafna Lead mine - contact Matt Hutson |
| Dec 3/4 | Yorkshire | Goon's Ancient Caverner descents of Ireby Fell Cavern & Tatham Wife Hole |
| Dec 10/11 | Assynt | Theme evening - Christmas Party |
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| to Jan 3 | Assynt | New year at the hut (continued) |
| Jan 17/18 | Yorkshire | TBD |
| Jan 24/25 | Assynt | Scots Evening - haggis and poetry (and Rana) |
| Feb 7 | Winchburgh | GSG AGM at 10:30 am |
| Feb 14/15 | Appin | Bothy weekend in Glen Duror - Albion Pot, Draught Caledonian etc. |
| Feb 21/22 | Assynt | Swiss evening |
| Feb 27/28 | Yorkshire | TBD |
| Mar 20/21 | Yorkshire | TBD |
| Apr 3/4 | Appin | Albion Pot, Draught Caledonian etc |
| Apr 24/25 | Yorkshire | TBD |
| Apr 25 | Ripley | BCRC AGM |
| May 8/9 | Applecross | Cave of the Liar et cetera |
| May 15/16 | Yorkshire | Nick Pot |
| May 21-23 | Mendip | Fly/drive/cave for a long weekend. |
| May/Jun | Ireland | Proposed week in County Clare |
| Jun 5/6 | Yorkshire | Lost Johns |
| Jun 12/13 | Skye | |
| Jul 16-18 | Swaledale | see note below |
| Jul 23-25 | Coniston | 2004 NAMHO Conference |
| Jul 24/25 | Yorkshire | Vespers Pot, Heron Pot (contact Peter Ireson or Fiona) |
| Aug 14/15 | Assynt | Rana Hole, Durness/Loch Eriboll sea caves (contact Dan) |
| Aug 20-22 | Mendip | Another fly/drive/cave. Contact Roger Galloway for details. Party on 21st at Annie's house. |
| Aug TBD | Canada | Return to Vancouver Island |
| Sep 11/12 | Yorkshire | Gavel Pot, Short Drop Cave (contact Fiona or Dan) |
| Sep 18/19 | Skye | High Pasture Cave and new discoveries in Coille Gaireallach |
| Sep 25/26 | Assynt | Rana Hole, hut maintenance et cetera |
| Oct 1-3 | Kendal | Hidden Earth 2004, National Caving Conference |
| Oct 9 | Assynt | SCRO/AMRT rescue exercise |
| Oct 30/31 | Assynt | GSG Annual Dinner and associated activities |
| Nov 5-7 | Cannich | Martyn's Birthday Bash |
| Nov 13/14 | Assynt | Italian Theme Evening (Let Pete D know if you are coming along) |
| Nov 27/28 | Yorkshire | Lost Johns, Calf Holes & Old Ing (contact Fiona) Note date change |
| Dec 11/12 | Yorkshire | Bull Pot &/or Aquamole Pot &/or Heron Pot |
| Dec 18/19 | Assynt | Sutherland Xmas Party |
| Dec 28 to Jan 4 | Assynt | New Year at the hut |
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1-4 | Assynt | New Year at the hut - activities depend on weather with digging, surveying, sledging, skiing, eating and drinking on the menu |
| Jan 18 | Yorkshire | Notts Pot |
| Jan 25/26 | Assynt | Burns night, digging and surveying |
| Feb 1 | Winchburgh | AGM 10:30 am at Derek & Liz's home in Winchburgh |
| Feb 8 | Meghalaya | A month of exploration in India |
| Feb 15 | Yorkshire | Lancaster Hole - permit applied for - contact Mike O'Driscoll for details |
| Feb 22/23 | Assynt | Indian evening, digging and surveying |
| Mar 15 | Yorkshire | Rumbling Hole |
| Apr 25/26 | Assynt | Hut building and start of Mendip Migration week |
| July 5->19 | Switzerland | Saas Fee then Chamonix - some 4000 metre peaks then Mont Blanc |
| Aug 2/3 | Assynt | Conservatory building & Rana Hole digging |
| Aug 16/17 | Assynt | yes it's more building and digging |
| Sept 5->21 | Italian Dolomites | September expedition to the via ferrata and wartime tunnels |
| Sept 13->28 | Scotland | Rock On - Scottish Geology Festival 2003 |
| Oct 3->5 | Upton-on-Severn | Hidden Earth 2003 - national caving conference |
| Oct 25/26 | Appin | GSG Annual Dinner - Inchree Holiday Centre |
| Sept | TBD | September expedition |
| Oct 25 | Appin | GSG Annual Dinner - may move 1 week to avoid clash with Hidden Earth 2003. |
| Nov 8 | Assynt | Fireworks |
| Dec 13/14 | Assynt | GSG Christmas Dinner, conservatory building and Rana Hole digging |
| Dec 28 -- | Assynt | New year at the hut |
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 19 | Yorkshire | Notts 2 |
| Jan 26 | Assynt | (Theme evening) |
| Feb 15/17 | Assynt | (with Chinese theme evening) |
| Mar 9 | Assynt | Dave Warren celebrates 50 |
| Mar 30 | Yorkshire | Gavel Pot & Short Drop - permit obtained |
| Apr 20 | Yorkshire | Easegill - permit applied for |
| May 1->6 | Assynt | Approx dates for Mendip Migration |
| May 5/6 | Appin | SCRO exercise with Oban MRT |
| Jun 4->18 | Canada | Caving on Vancouver Island |
| Jun 29 | Assynt | Mid-summer BBQ |
| Jul 7 | Lothians | SCRO exercise with Tweed Valley MRT |
| Aug 24->25 | Yorkshire | |
| Sep 7->14 | Dolomites | Vie ferrate |
| Sep 14->28 | Jura | Caving and climbing |
| Sep 27->29 | Forest of Dean | Hidden Earth 2002 - National Caving Conference |
| Oct 5/6 | Assynt | SCRO exercise with Assynt MRT |
| Nov 7-11 | Mendip | A proposed fly/drive expedition |
| Oct 26 | Assynt | GSG Annual Dinner in Inchnadamph Hotel |
| Nov 23/24 | Assynt | Tyrolean theme evening and hut building |
| Dec 14/15 | Assynt | Cocktails/canapes & gourmet Xmas evening with slide show of all the years' foreign expeditions. |
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Feb (most of) | Meghalaya | Expedition |
| Feb 17 | Winchburgh | GSG Annual General Meeting |
| Feb 24/25 | Assynt | Robert Service evening - Smoo Cave survey plus usual attractions |
| Mar 10 | Yorkshire | Notts 2 - Help Nigel with smoke tests |
| Apr 7/8 | Skye | Explore Steve's latest discoveries and help with digging/surveying |
| Apr 21 | Yorkshire | Outsleets Beck |
| Jun 2/3 | Kintyre | Look for known and unknown caves in the seldom visited peninsula |
| Jun 23 | Yorkshire | Cow Pot - permit applied for |
| Jul 21/22 | Cumbria | Nenthead mines |
| Jul 28/29 | Assynt | Digging in Rana Hole - hut maintenance |
| Aug 25 | Yorkshire | Christmas Pot - permit applied for |
| Sept 1->15 | Dolomites | Probable fortnight in Cortina area |
| Sept 8 | Yorkshire | Lost Johns - permit applied for |
| Sept 22/24 | Elphin | Peter and Dick's celebratory pig bake |
| Oct 6 | Assynt | SCRO/AMRT practice rescue |
| Oct 11/13 | Derbyshire | UK National Caving Conference near Buxton |
| Oct 27/28 | Yorkshire | GSG Annual Dinner, GG - Bar Pot & Flood Entrance |
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| New Year 1999-2000 | Assynt | All the usual activities |
| 15-16 January 2000 | Yorkshire | Lost John's Cave |
| February | Somerset | Date and caves TBD |
| 1-29 February | Meghalaya, India | Expedition lasting about a month |
| 26 February | Yorkshire | Vesper Pot |
| 25 March | Yorkshire | Simpson's Pot |
| 22 April | Yorkshire | Lancaster Hole/Top Sink - Permit applied for |
| 20 May | Yorkshire | Hunt Pot - Permit applied for |
| 2 June | Assynt | GSG Spring BBQ |
| 17 June | Yorkshire | Smeltmill Beck Cave |
| 25-26 June | Derbyshire | BCRC Conference |
| 1 July | Yorkshire | Black Shiver |
| 29-30 July | Yorkshire | TBD |
| 5-6 August | Mendip | TBD |
| 19-20 August | Yorkshire | TBD |
| 2 September | Assynt | GSG Autumn BBQ |
| 2-3 September | Yorkshire | Bar Pot/Lancaster Hole (Meghalayans visit) |
| 2-16 September | Vercors, France | Expedition |
| 15-17 September | Bristol | BCRA Hidden Earth 2000, Bristol University |
| 23 September | Settle | Nigel & Anne's wedding |
| 7 October | Yorkshire | Flood Entrance |
| 26-30 October | South Wales | GSG Annual Dinner |
| 4 November | Falkirk | Falkirk tunnels |
| 4 November | Assynt | The Allt bonfire and fireworks |
| 11 November | Yorkshire | Juniper Gulf |
| 11/12 November | Assynt | All the usual digs plus French cuisine Saturday evening |
| 25/26 November | Swaledale | St. Francis Level, Cliff Force... et cetera |
| 3 December | Arrochar | SCRO exercise with Arrochar MRT |
| 9 December | Yorkshire | TBD |
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 9-10 January | Yorkshire | Pen-y-ghent Pot (permit applied for) / TBD |
| 23-24 January | Appin | Midge-free caving in Creran |
| 30-31 January | Yorkshire | Christmas Pot / TBD |
| 6-7 February | Assynt | Robert Service evening (ask Pete Dowswell for an explanation!) |
| 20-21 February | Yorkshire | Notts Pot / TBD |
| 6-7 March | Yorkshire | Flood Entrance Pot / TBD |
| 20-21 March | Assynt | Caribbean evening |
| 10-11 April | Assynt | Hut repair, plus digging |
| 17-18 April | Forest of Dean or Derbyshire | Watch this space...! |
| 1 May | Assynt | Curry Marathon at the Alt |
| 29-30 May | Appin | |
| 5-6 June | Skye | Cave prospecting with Steve Birch |
| 12-13 June | Appin | |
| 26-27 June | Yorkshire | TBD |
| 3-4 July | S of Yorkshire | Derbyshire, Wales, or Mendip? |
| 17-18 July | Yorkshire | TBD |
| 10-12 September | Leeds | Hidden Earth '99 - BCRA National Caving Conference |
| 11 September | Assynt | SCRO joint practice with Assynt MRT |
| 25-26 September | Assynt | GSG Autumn BBQ |
| 2-3 October | Yorkshire | TBD |
| 23-24 October | Yorkshire | County Pot, Easegill Caverns |
| 30-31 October | Assynt | Annual Dinner (Halloween dress required!) |
| 13-14 November | Appin | Digging in Draught Caledonian? etc |
| 27-28 November | Yorkshire | TBD |
| 11-12 December | Yorkshire | Grange Rigg/Christmas Pot |
| New Year 1999-2000 | Assynt | All the usual activities |
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Sat 3-4 Jan | Yorkshire | Vesper Pot / TBD |
| Sat 24-25 Jan | Assynt | Burn's Supper at the Alt, diving and digging |
| Sat 31 Jan - 1 Feb | Yorkshire | Magnetometer Pot / Hagg Gill |
| 21 Feb | Kirkliston | GSG AGM |
| 28-29 Feb | Assynt | GSG theme evening, digging et cetera |
| Sat March 7-8 | Yorkshire | Sleets Gill Cave / Out Sleets Beck Pot |
| 14-15 March | Appin | Exploration and surveying |
| 28-29 March | Assynt | GSG theme evening and all the normal Assynt activities |
| 4-5 April | Yorkshire | Simpson's Hole / TBD |
| 25 April - 10 May | Assynt | Mendip migration -
caving, digging, diving, and a swift half or two or more |
| 16-17 May | Appin | Surveying and exploration |
| 29-30 May | Assynt | Spring BBQ, digging and diving |
| 6-7 June | Durness | Smoo and other Durness caves |
| 12-14 June | Clapham | British Cave Rescue Council Conference |
| 22-23 August | Appin | Digging in Rose Cave etc. |
| 5-6 September | Yorkshire | Short Drop / TBD |
| 18-20 September | Southport | BCRA Conference "Hidden Earth 98" |
| 26-27 September | Appin | Glen Creran - surface & subterranean surveying |
| 3 October | Assynt | SCRO joint practice with Assynt MRT |
| 10-11 October | Yorkshire | Easegill (permit applied for) / TBD |
| 24-25 October | Assynt | GSG Annual Dinner in Inchnadamph Hotel |
| 7-8 November | Appin | More work for the Appin Cave Guide |
| 14-15 November | Mendip | Goon's 40 years of caving celebration |
| 28-29 November | Yorkshire | Rift Pot - Ireby Fell / TBD |
| 5-6 December | Yorkshire | Alum <-> Diccan exchange / TBD |
| 12-13 December | Assynt | Mexican evening plus all the usual attractions |
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Sat Jan 11-12 | Yorkshire | Little Hull (booked) / TBD |
| Sat Jan 24-25 | Assynt | Burns Supper - at the Alt |
| Sat Feb 08-09 | Yorkshire | Rift Pot / Ireby |
| Sat Feb 21-22 | Assynt | |
| Sat Mar 01 | Kirkliston | AGM |
| Sat Mar 08-09 | Assynt | Greek evening - Taigh nam Famh |
| Sat Apr 04-05 | Assynt | Indian evening - Taigh nam Famh |
| Sat Apr mid | Derbyshire | BCRC AGM |
| Sat May 10-11 | Yorkshire | Ease Gill |
| Sat May 31 | Assynt | Spring BBQ |
| Sat Jun 14-15 | South Wales | Contact Roger and Liz for details |
| Sat Aug 01-03 | Yorkshire | Bar Pot (booked for Friday) |
| Sat Sep 06 | Assynt | Autumn BBQ |
| Fri Sep 12-14 | Bristol | BCRA conference |
| Sat Sep 20-21 | Appin | Lecture to Appin Historical Society |
| Sat Sep 27-28 | Yorkshire | Little Hull (booked) |
| Thu Oct 16-20 | Fermanagh | Contact Fraser |
| Sat Nov 01-02 | Derbyshire | Annual Dinner in Castleton |
| Sat Nov 22-23 | Yorkshire | Dow Cave / Providence Pot |
| Sat Dec 6-7 | Yorkshire | Simpson's Pot / Bull Pot of the Witches |
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Mon Jan 01-02 | Assynt | New Year in Taigh nam Famh |
| Sat Jan 13-14 | Yorkshire | TBD / TBD |
| Sat Jan 27-28 | Assynt | Burn's Supper, digging & caving |
| Sat Feb 10-11 | Yorkshire | Cherry Tree Hole / Bar Pot (booked) |
| Sat Feb 17 | Uphall | Annual General Meeting 2:30 p.m. |
| Sat Feb 24-25 | Assynt | Hut-building, digging, caving |
| Sat Mar 09-10 | Yorkshire | TBD / TBD |
| Sat Mar 23-24 | Assynt | Hut-building, digging, caving & Indian Evening |
| Sat Apr 13-14 | Appin | Surveying - both above and below ground |
| Sat May 11-12 | Yorkshire | TBD / TBD |
| Sat May 25-26 | Assynt | Spring BBQ |
| Sat Jun 08-09 | Appin | Surveying |
| Sat Jun 22-30 | Assynt | Sutherland week |
| Sat Jul 13-14 | TBD | Choice of Applecross / Skye / Derbyshire |
| Sat Jul 27-28 | Assynt | Hut-building, digging, caving |
| Sat Aug 10-11 | Appin | Surveying |
| Sat Aug 24-25 | Assynt | Hut-building, digging, caving |
| Sat Sep 06-07 | Assynt | Autumn BBQ and practice rescue New date |
| Sat Sep 13-15 | Sheffield | BCRA Conference Hidden Earth |
| Sat Sep 28 | Assynt | Claonaite diving (tentative) |
| Sat Oct 12 | Assynt | Claonaite diving (tentative) |
| Sat Oct 12-13 | Yorkshire | Juniper Gulf (booked) / TBD |
| Sat Oct 26-27 | Assynt | Annual Dinner: Altnacealgach |
| Sat Nov 09-10 | Yorkshire | Lost Johns (booked) |
| Sat Dec 07-08 | Yorkshire | Pippikin (booked) / TBD |
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Sat Feb 11 | Yorkshire | Vespers Pot |
| Sun Feb 12 | Yorkshire | Tatham Wife Hole |
| Sat Mar 04 | Yorkshire | Diccan Pot |
| Sun Mar 05 | Yorkshire | Pool Sink |
| Sat Apr 08 | Yorkshire | Little Hull Pot |
| Sun Apr 09 | Yorkshire | Middle Scar Cave |
| Sat Apr 22-23 | Appin | Surveying |
| Sat May 06-08 | Assynt | BCRA Hydrology weekend |
| Sat May 27-28 | Wales | Dan Yr Ogof |
| Sat Jun 03 | Assynt | Elphin BBQ |
| Sat Jun 17-18 | Assynt | Elphin spring barbecue (New date) |
| Fri Jun 23 | Edinburgh | Freddie Brandon's 3 score & 10 celebration |
| Sat Jun 24-25 | Penwyllt | Cavers' Fair |
| Sat Jul 01-02 | Sutherland | Digging |
| Thu Jul 13 | Carlops | Classic caves of Scotland - No.1 Jeanie Barries' Cave |
| Tue Aug 01 | Yorkshire | Centenary of Martel's descent of Gaping Ghyll Winch meet in period costume |
| Sat Aug 05-06 | Sutherland | Family weekend |
| Sat Aug 12-13 | Applecross or Skye | TBD |
| Tue Aug 22 | Edinburgh | SRT training |
| Sat Aug 26-27 | Yorkshire | To be announced |
| Sat Sep 09-10 | Sutherland | Elphin autumn barbecue and slide show |
| Sat Sep 23-24 | Yorkshire | Alum Pot / Diccan Pot |
| Sat Sep 30-01 | Southport | BCRA National Conference |
| Sat Oct 07-08 | Sutherland | Digging |
| Sat Oct 21-22 | Wells | GSG annual dinner |
| Sat Nov 11-12 | Yorkshire | To be announced |
| Sat Dec 02-03 | Yorkshire | Tatham Wife Hole / Hag Gill |
| Sun Dec 10 | Appin | Preparatory work for Caves of Appin |
| Sat Dec 16-17 | Assynt | Hut-building, digging in Rana and Damoclean |
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Sat Mar 19 | Yorkshire | Meregill |
| Sat Apr 16 | Yorkshire | TBD |
| Fri May 20-22 | Sutherland | ANUSC (digging/diving), hut building |
| Fri Jun 03-05 | Sutherland | Hut building |
| Fri Jun 10 | Yorkshire | Dowbergill Passage, Snatcher Pot |
| Sat Jun 25 | Sutherland | Hut opening ceremony |
| Fri Jul 15 | Yorkshire | Black Shiver Pot, Simpson's Pot |
| Sat Sep 17 | Assynt | Hut building |
| Sun Sep 18 | Assynt | Hut building |
| Fri Sep 23-25 | Assynt | Hut building and inspection |
| Sat Oct 01 | Assynt | Official opening of Elphin Caving Centre |
| Sat Oct 15-16 | Assynt | Hut building |
| Sat Oct 15 | Yorkshire | Pasture Gill Pot |
| Sun Oct 16 | Yorkshire | Out Sleet Beck Pot |
| Sat Oct 22 | Assynt | Annual Dinner |
| Sat Nov 05 | Yorkshire | Ireby Fell Cavern |
| Sun Nov 06 | Yorkshire | Heron Pot |
| Sat Nov 26 | Yorkshire | Marble Steps Pot |
| Sun Nov 27 | Yorkshire | Jingling Pot |
| Sat Dec 10 | Yorkshire | Hurnell Moss Pot |
| Sun Dec 11 | Yorkshire | Simpson's Pot |
| Fri Dec 30 | Assynt | New Year at the new hut |