Oxford University Cave Club

Club Caving Meetings, Trinity Term 2023

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(end of) Week	Date	Place	Cost	Accommodation	Meeting Leader
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2	5th-7th May	Devon	£60	DSS	TBA
3
4	19th-21st May	Dales	£60	BPF	TBA
5
6	3rd June	Agen Allwedd - day trip	£30	-	TBA
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8	17th June NOTE NEW DATE	Slaughter Stream - day trip	£30	-	TBA

Other meets may be organised - please check at Social meetings or via the OUCC mailing lists.

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PLEASE help and volunteer to organise a weekend. If no-one organises the weekends they won't happen.
There is a detailed crib sheet on the website telling you exactly how to organise a weekend. Take a Look!

How to Sign up for a Caving Trip
	Trips must be paid for in advance. Payment is by an online system. https://www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/product-catalogue/oxford-university-cave-club/ou-cave-club-trips Cost covers: loan of equipment, transport, accommodation, food on site; but not food in transit or what you spend in the pub! See here for more information. If you haven't been caving with us before but want to give it a go, membership and insurance for your first term with OUCC is free!
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Trip Details

2nd week 5th-7th May: Devon (DSS, South Dartmoor bunkhouse)

This will be a fun Summer holiday like weekend with a variety of short beginner friendly trips. Though if people are wanting something harder, we can visit Afton Red Rift as well which can be quite a challenge.

4th week 19th-21st May: Dales (Bull Pot Farm)

This weekend will be focused on SRT trips and is highly recommended for those who are thinking of going on expedition but need more underground SRT experience. There's lots of choice of excellent SRT trips in the Dales, and the booking system is easy so we can book permits nearer the time when we've got an idea of who's going. Many of the caves have fantastic views, waterfalls, or lovely meandering stream passages!

6th week 3rd June: Agen Allwedd day trip

This was initially supposed to be a Wales weekend, but no reply from CSS. However Aggy is on the nearer side of Wales so I think a day trip will be almost as good and hopefully more people will be able to make it. There's a lot of cave to see in Aggy, but we can also do easy trips there, it really all depends on how far we go. So this should be good for all ability levels. I'm hoping we can have a group doing a more extensive trip.

8th week 17th June: Slaughter Stream day trip

This trip in the Forest of Dean has been popular in recent years and it's one of the nearer caves to Oxford, so lets do it again. We can use ladders or SRT to get in (not everyone has to do the same thing), and it can work as a first trip too. We'll have a picnic by the entrance. There's a nice streamway to splash around in and it may be possible to do a round trip!
Note that this was orginally scheduled for the week before. If you go to the Stores to pay for the trip, if might still have this original date. Don't worry, just pay up anyway and all will be well.

Accommodation:
BEC: Bristol Exploration Club; BPC: Bradford Pothole Club; BPF: Bull Pot Farm; DSS - Devon Speleological Society
Godre Pentre Croydon Caving Club; LCCC: Lancashire Caving & Climbing Club; MCG: Mendip Caving Group;
NPC: Northern Pennine Club; Orpheus: Orpheus Caving Club; SMCC: Shepton Mallet Caving Club;
SWCC: South Wales Caving Club; TSG: Technical Speleo Group; UBSS: University of Bristol Speleological Society;
WCC: Wessex Caving Club; Whitewalls: Chelsea Speleological Society; WSG: Westminster Speleo Group;
Yorkshire Dales Guides: (Hornby Laithe Bunkbarn); YSS: Yorkshire Subterranean Society.