******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* Hello cavers, Weekend Trip to the Mendips !!! When: Friday 11/02/2022 at 17:00 to Sunday 13/02/2022 at 23:45 Where: Mendips Price: The trip is paid for in two parts, first a £17.00 deposit before the trip, and after the trip the transport cost is subsidised and split between all attendees (total capped at 45.00) Membership: you need membership to join weekend trips (£30.00) (membership lasts the entire year) SIGN UP: Please reply to this email if you would like to come! Tell us your full name, whether you have a rail card and/or a car, what the earliest time is that you could leave on Friday, any dietary requirements, any medical conditions, and anything else you think we need to know. (Older members who have access to our accounts spreadsheet, please add your name there, no need to reply to this email.) This trip is beginner friendly! There is the opportunity to do SRT, but there are also lots of horizontal caves that don’t require any experience. Have a look at our website<https://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/> for past trip reports to this caving region. We will meet in stores on Tuesday (08/02/2022) at 17:00 to pack kit. You do not need any equipment of your own, we will provide everything you could possibly need in a cave. Please only buy the trip fee once your spot on this trip has been confirmed. We aim to confirm spots by the end of next week and an email with more details will be sent out then. How the trip works: 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 we will be using personal cars or hire vehicles. Our next trips dates are: Date Destination Details 25/02 – 27/02 Yorkshire Y4: First Aid Training! 11/03 – 13/03 Yorkshire Y5: SRT Required (Easter Tour and Summer Term dates to be announced soon) Also: Pub every Tuesday (around 6pm at the union bar/568) and Cavers Go Climbing every Wednesday (3pm at RavensWall) Yours till I get the haematite glitter off my caving kit, Ana ICCC President