Hey humans, *tldr;* *- COME TO TREE TRAINING every Weds 1-5 pm* *- Yorkshire II 16th-18th Nov* *- CHECC Forum (read: get drunk for a weekend) 23rd-25th Nov* *- Respond to this email if you wan't to come to either* *Yorkshire II* Our next Yorkshire trip will be on the weekend of the 16th-18th November. If you want to come, please make sure you've been to at least one Tree Training session before you ask for a space! You can sign up to the trip in person on Wednesday at tree training pr reply to this email and we'll let you know if you can come. As our previous trips have been so popular (i.e. oversubscribed), people who have been to tree training will take priority over those who haven't so make sure you come this Wednesday. Spaces won't be allocated until after tree training on Wednesday so don't be too worried if you haven't been before. *CHECC Forum * *Just a heads up - this is not a trip! If you want to go caving, come to one of our Yorkshire trips!* CHECC = The Council of Higher Education Caving Clubs The CHECC forum is basically a weekend where university caving clubs from around the UK meet up for lots of drinking, dancing and general socialising. There are also training sessions held on the Saturday and Sunday which can be really interesting and useful. There will be caving game competitions on the Saturday night featuring Pot and Sling, Squeeze Machine, Knot tying and more! *Info from the CHECC website:* *"This year’s Forum will be held at Hope Valley College in the peak district between 23rd – 25th of November 2018. Doors will likely open between 7-8pm. We will most likely be camping on the playing fields outside the school although if the weather is bad we may have to sleep indoors...**Food is included with the price of a ticket, two breakfasts and one dinner on the Saturday night. Both vegetarian/meat options will be available. As always we will be hosting a disco in the main sports hall & games on the saturday night."* *Training Sessions Include:* 1. Cave Rescue Workshop 2. SRT Workshop 3. Photography Workshop 4. Survey Workshop 5. Bolting/Technical Workshop 6. Hydrogeology & Dye Tracing 7. Leadership and Training Skills 8. Funding Forum There will also be talks on Saturday evening: 16:30 - British Caving Library 17:00 - CUCC Austria Expedition 17:30 - SUSS Tresviso Expedition 18:00 - Rescue Lessons For more info on training and talks, visit the CHECC thread on UK Caving here <https://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?topic=24223.0&fbclid=IwAR2Vlu2PCl_UQeZMx6XIg_dFWXC_Bk7zPYaZLnotfs6RRlvK6jWJZXlfV4M>. Also checc (see what i did there?) out this trip report <https://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/articles/yorkshire-2017-11-24.html>from when we went to the CHECC forum last year. Although note that there is some caving on that trip which we don't necessarily plan to do this time! We'll be taking a small minibus to CHECC this year so there are a few spaces available if any of you are interested! If you are, please let us know ASAP as we need to buy tickets and book onto training courses before they fill up. As always, respond to this email if you want to come or have any questions. Yours 'til the final sign-up, Diss *ICCC President* -- Imperial College Caving Club <http://union.ic.ac.uk/caving>