The British Caving Association

For those of our members who have not already heard on the caving grape-vine, I have to report that BCRA's former Chairman Dave Checkley died on 20 February after a long illness. As well as being chairman of BCRA for five years, up to 2014, Dave had been the BCRA President for five years before that...

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This is the planned list of events for 2020. Further information is usually posted here before each event, but please also check our Facebook page and the BCRA web site . Please contact us if you have a question. 28-29 March 2020 - "Expedition Cave Science" weekend seminar at TSG club head...

At the moment, BCRA's online content is available for download to members via the user-id and password printed on your membership card. We are now experimenting with an alternative system, known as IP-based access. IP access is where your computer is recognised by its Internet IP address, thus bypas...

A note on Joint Membership of BCRA BCRA Members who renew their membership online can currently still benefit from a joint membership discount, but it is likely that this will be phased out during 2020. Members who renew their membership by letter and cheque should calculate their fees as if they w...

BCRA individual membership fees reduced for 2020 As you are probably aware, BCRA restricts its membership to members of the British Caving Association (BCA). BCA has announced that, for 2020, their Direct Individual Membership (DIM) fee will be reduced by £5 to match the fee paid by club members (C...

In this newsletter... Latest periodicals now online Diary Dates for 2020 IP-based access to our online content Latest periodicals now online CREG Journal 108 is now available online and was mailed today Cave & Karst Science 46(3) is now available online and should be mailed within the next few ...

BCA's Ballot on changes to their constitution All members of the British Caving Association should have received an email (or a letter if your email address failed) describing the ballot that is currently taking place on constitutional amendments that would change the way voting is performed at fut...

In this newsletter... Caves and Karst of the Yorkshire Dales - volume 2 Cave & Karst Science 46(3) and CREGJ 108 New Council member Vince Simmonds Programme of events for 2020 Caves and Karst of the Yorkshire Dales - volume 2 This book has now been reduced in price to £25. It can be ordered onli...

Is the information you seek missing from this forum? You can also read our Facebook page and our board at UKcaving.com . But we are all volunteers and, sometimes, things get forgotten about so, if you cannot find what you are looking for here, please contact us . (Try the secretary or chairman or a...

In this short newsletter... Latest periodicals, now mailed and online Science Symposium & AGM. 19 October, Keyworth, Nottingham BCRA Publications Stock - final clearout * Latest periodicals, now mailed and online C&KS 46(2) and CREGJ 107 were both mailed recently and are now online. * Scienc...

The Karst and Caves of Morecambe Bay - a tribute to the works of Peter Ashmead (1938-1977) - was published by BCRA in August 2019. It is available in print or online - see http://bcra.org.uk/gen01 The book contains the facsimile reproduction of an unpublished manuscript by Peter Ashmead and Duncan B...

I have mentioned in several newsletters the problem of the storage of BCRA's back-stock of publications (mostly Cave & Karst Science and its predecessors). We would now like to make a final clearout. This back-stock arose because, for the traditional printing method we have used in the past, the...

CREG Journal 107 - The September 2019 issue - is now online at http://bcra.org.uk/cregj The printed version is still in press and will, hopefully, be mailed by 9 September. If your online subscription has expired, you will find out when you try to log in. If your paper CREG subscription has now expi...

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