We'll meet in Beit Quad at 1pm, go down to stores (in the far left
basement corner of the union) and gather some equipment before heading off to
the trees.
This will also be a chance to chat about caving in a slightly more relaxed
setting, and to signup to the weekend trips - bring a 10 squid deposit to
guarantee a place!
If you're much later than 1pm - go straight to Princes Gardens (you'll see the
ropes in the trees), its the patch of grass to the north of SouthSide and south
of Ethos, the otherside of Exhibition road.
If you miss this one don't worry - we'll be out most
Wednesdays in October, weather permitting.
Slide Show Wed 14th Oct 7pm
Discover
the true realities of caving, a description of sports and
exploratory caving at home and abroad. FREE wine and
cheese to munch on during the pretty picture slide-show.
Frechers Trip - 16-18th October
Our first trip will be to OFD in Wales, it'll will be a nice easy trip to show you what caving is all about and so that you can get to know everyone in the club.
To come
on the trip this weekend you must first signup to the club
(include link to online subs) for £20. We understand that this is a big cost for you first years, so we have dropped the fresher trip
price to £10. Places are first come, first served: please come along
either on Tuesday evening to our usual bar meet, or Wednesday to the
slideshow to pay your trip cost + signup for the trip.
See below for more info on the kind of thing a caving trip involves, or check out our website.
Weekly Meetings Tuesday 7:30pm Union Bar
Come along for a few choice ales / coca-colas, and chat about plans for future caving...
This is a great chance to meet people in the club and other freshers that have joined. We look forward to meeting you all!
We'll probably be in the corner of the bar so look for someone familiar (&
probably wearing a helmet with a LIGHT).
Events
Calendar
Standard weekend trip involves: Meet Fri 6pm in stores, pack vast quantities of
expensive club kit which fits, pile into back of minibus at 7pm, razz along the
M6 with the Joy Division pumping, stopping at a Tesco super stores to stock up
on porridge and mars bars, rock up at a fabulous hut in the middle of nowhere
and get the fire & cheese-on-toast production line cranked up, sleep in
bunk beds, get up on Saturday and conquer caverns measureless to man, get out &
go via the pub if still open then back to the hut and cook a 3000+ calorie
meal. Repeat on Sunday, then drive home in time for last tube. Dump stuff in
stores & cleanup before the Tuesday social meet.
Ideally you'll bring your own sleeping bag, though we have a few club ones to
lend.
16-18th October - Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, WSG hut, South Wales (Confirmed) 30th Oct - 1st Nov - Aggy, Chelsea Hotel. Halloween with real bats (Confirmed Minibus, Hut TBC) 13-15th Nov - Yorks, Northern Pennine Club (Confirmed) 27-29th Nov - Derbyshire, Orpheus (Confirmed)
Just a to clear up any confusion some people have, we stay
in really quite plush dedicated caving huts with showers,
flush toilets & bunk beds with mattresses, well stocked kitchens and
fridges, common rooms with entertaining locals and log fires. We have a
monumental greasy fry up / porridge fest to acquire the calories at breakfast,
pause for a chomp on pita-bread sandwiches poised above crashing underground
torrents, and round off the evening eating an enormous meal before slumping in
front of the fire and playing dubious health-and-safety games with the other
student caving groups.
WE DO NOT CAMP, OR STAY IN 'CAMPING BARNS', OR CAMP UNDERGROUND*!
*[Unless you really want to go camping & cave exploring in Daren]
Website
There's an absolute shed load of information on
our website, so hit: http://union.ic.ac.uk/caving
To see the pretty pictures & read the wicked stories.