Hello humans,

 

Our second weekend trip is coming up soon. So sign up asap!

 

Also don’t forget to join us at the pub tomorrow evening, and to come to tree training on Wednesday.

 

Finally, our first film night will occur soon.

 

Read on for all the details!

 

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Weekend Trip to Wales !!!

 

When: Friday 29/10/2021 at 17:00 to Sunday 31/10/2021 at 23:45

Where: South Wales 

Price: £15.00 if this is your first trip! (£45.00 if you have been caving with us before)

Membership: you need membership to join weekend trips (£30.00) (membership lasts the entire year)

SIGN UP HERE: https://forms.office.com/r/E4Nxr4DNMi

 

For our second trip of the year we are again venturing to South Wales to explore a number of different caves. These caves are horizontal (no rope needed) so that everyone can join. This trip is especially aimed at newcomers to caving! So do not worry if you have never set foot in a cave, this is the right trip for you. You also do not need to know any rope skills yet.

 

Before going on this amazing trip, we will meet on Tuesday (26/10/21) at 17:00 to pack some kit. You do not need any equipment of your own, we will provide everything you could possibly need in a cave. We do recommend to bring your own sleeping bag if you have one, but we will of course provide one if needed. 

 

We will set off on Friday evening and return on Sunday evening. On Friday we will leave from outside Beit Halls. Because of covid (☹) we ask you to please show us a recent negative covid test before travelling (a photo of a lateral flow test is enough, but a PCR from Imperial is even better). We will stop at a supermarket on the way to buy all the food we need for the weekend and also for you to buy your own dinner/snacks for Friday. Except for Friday’s and Sunday’s dinner, we cook all of our food together which is included in the trip cost. Accommodation, transport and all equipment are also covered by the trip cost! On Saturday we will have a fairly long caving trip if you feel like it, but sometimes a few of us decide to have a nice day on the surface instead. On Sunday we will have a shorter caving trip before driving back to London. We usually get back around midnight. Because the union is overhauling its minibus fleet, it is possible that we will not be able to use a minibus and will instead go in personal cars. Please only buy the trip fee once your spot on this trip has been confirmed. We aim to confirm spots by the end of this week and an email with more details will be sent out then.

 

South Wales is a great caving area with lots of beautiful caves of all sizes. Whether you want to see pretty stalactites, want to walk through a meandering streamway, or see huge chambers, this is the right place for you. For those particularly keen on a challenge, a crawl through tight muddy passages can of course also be arranged. (You can see some amazing pictures here!). This trip will be quite popular so do not worry if you don’t get a spot, there’ll be many more in the future!

 

Our future trip dates are:

Date                                 Destination                        Details

05/11 – 07/11                    Mendips                             Bonfire Night Trip (smaller trip, but also suitable for beginners)

19/11 – 21/11                    Yorkshire                            SRT required

26/11 – 28/11                    CHECC (Yorkshire)            University club meet up (generally not much caving occurs)

 

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Caving Pub

When: every Tuesday from around 18:00 until pubs close

Where: FiveSixEight / Union Bar (in Beit Quad) 

Membership: you do not need membership to join us for a drink and a chat

 

Come join us at the pub tomorrow!

 

This is our weekly social activity. We sit in one of the campus pubs to eat dinner and have a few drinks. (Don’t worry if you don’t drink alcohol, some of us don’t either and we can confirm that the union has some acceptable non-alcoholic drinks.) This is a great opportunity to chat about caving. Look out for a caving helmet to find us! If you have trouble locating us, drop us an email or message our facebook group.

 

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Tree Training

When: every Wednesday, 13:00 – 17:00

Where: Prince’s Garden (outside Ethos) 

Price: FREE 

Membership: you do not need membership to join tree training

 

Come to Prince’s Garden on Wednesday afternoon!

 

Here we will show you a rope technique for caving called SRT (single rope technique). Due to a lack of caves in London, we practice our rope skills on a tree. So look out for a bunch of people climbing a tree in Prince’s Garden. There is no need to sign up, just show up at any time between 13:00 and 17:00 for however long you want to stay. Tree training will happen every Wednesday in Autumn Term (from now until the end of December). If you already know SRT, we will also rig some more complicated challenges to make sure that everyone has a fun time. You will need to learn SRT if you want to come on one of our later trips to Yorkshire or Derbyshire. 

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Caving Film Night

 

When: Thursday 28/10/21

Where: 55 Norbroke Street, W12 0QX, East Acton (aka Cave House, where some of us cavers live)

Price: FREE 

 

Our first film night of the year is coming up. This is the perfect opportunity to watch some classic caving films and to eat loads of popcorn. We will probably watch a caving horror film to make fun of all of the ridiculous scenarios, as well as “Withnail and I”, which is not technically about caving but we love it anyways.

 

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Yours till caves grow in London,

 

Ana

ICCC President