QUODCUMQUE FACIENDUM : NIMIS FACIEMUS
Contents
- 1 Editorial
- 2
- 3 The Don Coase Memorial Lecture
- 4 Long Term Planning
- 5 Barbecue This Year
- 6
- 7 Round and About
- 8
- 9 Caving Meets
- 10 Free Diving To Nine
- 11
- 12 Letters To The Editor
- 13 Notice
- 14
- 15 Vi Salon Nacional Y I Internacional Fotograffica Espeleologica
- 16
- 17 The Somerset Trust For Nature Conservation.
- 18 The Ian Dear Memorial Fund
- 19
- 20 Monthly Crossword Number 46.
- 21
- 22 Club Committee
- 23 Officers of the Club
Editorial
Good News
Thrupe Swallet – as many of you probably know – ‘went’ over
Easter and has resulted in a new addition to the major caves of Mendip. Congratulations to all the diggers
involved. I also have information of
another site which may shortly yield a cave of reasonable size and add yet a
further cave to the Mendip repertoire.
Happy as this situation is, one wonders how effective any
measures to conserve them – if they warrant such treatment – will be. Must new discoveries on Mendip always be
balanced by the loss of irretrievable formations in the newly-discovered caves
or elsewhere? Present day caving being
what it is, I have no doubt of the fate of any worthwhile scenic beauty that
these new caves may possess.
Don Coase Memorial Lecture
A write-up of this function appears in this B.B., to which I
would like to add that those who missed it missed an extremely interesting,
technically excellent and amusing lecture. If future Don Coase Memorial Lectures maintain the standard set by this
first one, they will indeed prove a fitting tribute to Don and a credit to the
club.
Am I Wasting My Time?
I ask this question quite seriously, as I recently heard
through the usual second or third-hand channels, that ‘nobody ever reads the
B.B. and that there is no point writing anything worthwhile in it, since nobody
ever bothers to quote from it or refer to it.’
I know that this is not entirely true, because at least
those indefatigable researchers of C.T.S. refer to every source of caving
information, and our exchange system (ably kept up-to-date and put where it
counts most by the equally indefatigable Wig) makes sure that at least the B.B.
gets into the right hands – even if those hands do not always do what we would
like them to. It is, of course, possible
that the occasional lack of reference to work originally published in the B.B.
may occur through lack of knowledge of its source. It is even possible that this could occur
through prejudice. It could also be
because work published is not considered of a sufficient standard compared
with, say, a slightly later account in some other publication.
Whatever basis there may (or may not) be for complaints such
as this one, there is no doubt that ‘knocking’ of the club magazine has an
erosive effect. The task of persuading
people to contribute becomes in any case more difficult, and there might well
come a point at which an editor is forced to consider seriously whether it is
all worthwhile.
Alfie
The Don Coase Memorial Lecture
An appreciation of the first of these annual lectures.
by ‘Kangy’
This, the first of an annual series, was given by Dr. Tony
Waltham – Lecturer in Geology; author; editor and evidently caver.
Don Coase was a caver too. As Alfie Collins said in a short tribute before the lecture, we wanted
to remember Don in this fashion because he was a damn fine caver and a damn
fine club member.
The Wig, slightly twittery about the turnout because of the
lateness of the announcement in the B.B. (A tradition, surely and entirely
appropriate!) need not have worried, because the turnout, impromptu and most
enthusiastic, was good.
Tony’s lecture, ‘Caves and Altitude’ was pitched at me and
my lad and we both enjoyed it at our different levels. He described his searches for the cave depth
record, the premise being that to find the deepest cave in the world, it is
necessary to start at altitude. We were
left to draw our own conclusions.
We were shown slides. Slides of Mendip; Yorkshire;
printers,
considerable photographic ability. Studying the slides, one became aware of the technique behind the art
and I was left grinning with admiration at an effortless ladder shot which was
one of the best lit that I can remember seeing. The link work was supplied by the dry throwaway style of
with a succession of tall stories of ludicrous situations which my two lads are
still repeating to each other.
Tony is the author of the book ‘CAVES’ to be publish this
autumn by Macmillan which should be good.
I would like to thank Dr. Waltham for his fine lecture and
express my appreciation in this form. Could we have another lecture, please? Perhaps a lecture explaining why (with abseiling techniques so highly
developed) the expeditions he takes part in seem to rely on the good
old-fashioned ladder.
Long Term Planning
Graham Wilton-Jones, who is running the Long Term Planning
Sub -Committee, gives us their first thoughts on what we should be doing to the
Belfry site.
General Philosophies:
We must make better use of the existing facilities. The comfort of users must always be
considered. Most facilities show room
for extension and improvement. We should
improve existing conditions to as high a standard as possible before embarking
on any major alterations or extensions.
Such improvement is to be performed item by item, according
to a particular order of priorities. Therefore a general report is to be submitted initially, outlining all
the possible improvements and useful or necessary alterations. Detailed reports on each item will then be
submitted before work begins on that item.
In order to do this, three lists will be compiled. The first will show order of priority of
groups of items since it has rapidly become clear that many items are connected
in some ways, and can thus he dealt with together for convenience. The second will show the order of extent of
the improvement or alteration in size of cost and labour while the third will
show the order of priority of the items.
The nature and extent of any improvements should be guided
by our present circumstances, and determined finally in the light of past
experience. However, any alterations
will be determined by what we believe or can assess that the club; the members;
the caving situation etc will be like in ten years’ time – since this is the
period set by the terms of the report.
It is likely that more people will be actively caving though
current rates of growth will diminish. The club will probably be bigger, and there will be more guest
bookings. Under present conditions we
would have more guests and fewer members using the Belfry. Guests must not take over the hut, and it
must therefore be made more attractive to members. We must regard the guests as potential new
club members as well as a means of helping the Belfry to pay for itself.
List 1. Order of
Priority of Groups of Items.
1. Comfort. (Includes heating and insulation.)
2. Rubbish storage and disposal.
3. Cooking facilities and food storage.
4. Eating.
5. Washing up, drying, cutlery and crockery
storage.
6. Workshop facility.
7. Changing and drying of clothes.
8. Washing self (although the shower facility alone
deserves higher priority.)
9. Charging facilities.
10. Sleeping accommodation.
11. Parking.
12. Administration facility (Hut Warden’s
Office/booth)
13. Library.
14. The loft.
Other lists and progress on this subject will be published
in the B.B. to keep members up-to-date.
The Editor would like to invite any member who has useful
comment to make on this subject to write to about it.
Barbecue This Year
IT WILL BE ON SATURDAY JUNE 22ND. INFORMATION, OFFERS OF HELP TO NIGEL TAYLOR
Round and About
A Monthly Miscellany
By ‘Wig’
- Thrupe
Swallet. The great news of the
Easter weekend was that Thrupe Swallet ‘went’ on Good Friday. The explorers – Tony Dingle et al. broke
into a deep rift which leads to the cave which will be described. Thrupe Swallet is one of the large
stream sinks which has not, until now, given up its secrets. Originally dug about 1936 by the Mendip
Exploration Society, who entered two small chambers, it was later
abandoned due to difficult conditions and instability. The next recorded account appears about
1968 when George Pointing and Dave Berry together with Norman Tuck,
started work again. From then on,
the site has been dug more or less continually, Tony Dingle working it in
the later stages.
The find would appear to be a
major Mendip discovery. A brief
description is as follows:- A 30′ dug shaft leads to a 150 – 200 ft long rift
involving general shuffling and some traversing and drops some 50′ to the head
of Perseverance Pot. Below this pot is
Perseverance Rift, up to 40′ high and similar to Manor Farm rift. This gives access to Cowsh Crawl – some six
horrible feet long! After this crawl, a
left fork leads to a rift series of passages up to 80′ high with some shafts in
the area. To the right, one enters
Butt’s Chamber (name of farmer) a sizeable place where the stream enters. Some 30′ above the floor, a sand crawl leads
for 30′ to Marble Chamber, smaller than the previous chamber. At the bottom of this chamber, a crawl
through unstable boulders regains the stream which falls down an impressive
aven. The way on lies along a
of Atlas Shaft – some 170′ deep – is reached. The dimensions of Atlas Shaft are quite something even by
and then a 20′ scramble at the bottom leads to a further 300′ of passage
believed to end in a sand choke, though the explorers are not yet allowing
cavers beyond the head of the big shaft. The
are gating the cave at the moment, and it is believed that they intend to hand
the access control over to the Council of Southern Caving Clubs Limited.
- Charterhouse
Caving Permits. The period
permits are issued to club members on a five year basis and are valid as
long as the member pays his subscription – hint! No permits are issued to members or
indeed anyone under the age of 16 or to married minors. Permits are issued at the Belfry or a
‘Wig’s’ and may be obtained from any of the following: – Caving Sec., Hut
Warden, Librarian. Forms must be
countersigned by a parent if the member is under 18.
- Wookey
Hole. The planned extension to
the show cave into Wookey 9 is well under way. The tunnel from 3 has been blasted
through and now requires a concrete walkway to permit access to the
weegees and a further excuse for the management to make an extra charge!
- St.
Cuthbert’ s Minery Ledger. Now
in the hands of the club has made fascinating reading matter. A fuller note will appear as a separate
article in a later edition of the B.B.
- Climbing
and Caving Logs. Members are
required to enter all trips made by them as a record of club
activities. I know that at the
moment the level of activity is not at full blast, but future members
would like to know what was done. Many members are actively digging at least three sites on Mendip
and not one of them has been mentioned in the log – SO PLEASE ENTER YOUR
TRIPS UP.
Editor’s Note: It is appreciated that some degree of secrecy
often surrounds digs. Even so, if
diggers could keep a record – and if necessary chuck it in the B.B. box after
the dig has either ‘gone’ or been abandoned – it can find its way into club
records.
- Practice
Rescues. Roy Bennett and ‘Wig’
are discussing a short series of practices. Two are to be arranged for this
year. Longwood (Great Chamber) and
a full Cuthberts.
- Swildons
Shatter Series. On Easter
Sunday a mixed party bailed and succeeded opening the ‘U’ tube. The party,
essentially S.M.C.C., worked the buckets of liquid mud back up the small
tube and tipped the spoil into the crack in Crossways Chamber. ‘Butch’, always in need of careful skin
treatment, managed to get a magnificent mud bath as he almost sumped the
mud pool to get through to the downstream side, losing helmet and light in
the process!
- Easter
Weekend Again. Martin and Liz
Bishop, plus Ken, James, Dog, and members of C.C.G. spent their holidays
in
Palmer, Nig Taylor, Andy Nicholls, the Wiltons and others made off to
Derbyshire land among the holes visited were Giants to the bottom and
Knotlow Mine including the shaky new extension. The Bennetts spent the weekend walking
Snowdonia, and according to Joan the weather was the best they’d ever
known it. Dave Turner spent the
weekend, it is reported both underground in Cuthberts and above ground
ballooning.
Stan Gee and Chris Falshaw have
both been around the Belfry and as far as I can gather Chris will be down again
in the near future for a Cuthberts trip while Stan Gee’s comment was”
Well, life at the Belfry hasnt changed since I was last down!”
- Manor
Farm. Roy Bennett writes
“After being defeated in Hunters Hole, the Tuesday/Wednesday night
diggers have been pushing the depths of Manor Farm under the watchful eye
of N.H.A.S.A. The cave originally
ended in a fork, the left hand passage ascending to boulders while the
right hand passage ended in an impassable rift.
First, the boulders in the left
hand fork were passed to an aven with a boulder roof, while the rift was chemically
widened to give access to a wider section with a hole leading off to another
boulder choke. The aven was then pushed
further by a combination of delicate banging and luck, with the boulders
becoming increasingly restive and aggressive. The team were considering giving up when a breakthrough was made on the
17th April 1974 to a small collapse chamber on the side of a sizeable
rift. This runs back up cave along a
fault and contains large masses of calcite. There appears to be no open way on, and further digging will have to be
resorted to. Unfortunately the best site,
high at the Southern end, is occupied by a rather nice stalactite grotto. This has been taped off, and other points of
attack will be looked into.
Anyone contemplating a look round
should be very careful in the boulder ruckle. Work will continue every Wednesday and careful volunteers are
welcome. Around the holiday periods it
is best to phone
(Tel: 0272-627813) after 6 p.m. A plan
and section sketch of the area will be found on the opposite page.
- Cuthberts. Ray Mansfield and others have recently
removed all fixed aids in the Maypole Series as agreed and left the
pitches rigged as is Pulley Pitch. Also, the ladder in the entrance shaft has now been removed and a
chain installed.
- Cavers’
Books worth buying. The
Mysterious World of Caves – E. Bauer. Published by Collins International Library Series. Price, £1.50. 129pp and many coloured illustrations
and photographs. In many ways a
better buy than ‘Radiant Darkness’. Available from Smiths or any bookseller.
The Caves of North-West Clare.
Ed. Tratman. Published by David and
Charles,
£7.00.
A tour to the Caves – John
Button. A reprint of this 1780 work. It describes a journey through the
Ltd. Price £1.50.
Postojna (English Edition). A photographic record of this great
cave. Available from Tony Oldham, 17,
Eastville,
- Bryan
Ellis retires. Though
retired from regular caving, he was the main source for caving
publications. After serving the
caving community for 14 years, he is now only handling SMCC, BCRA &
Descent.
Caving Meets
JUNE 22nd. (Saturday)
Cil Yr Ychen and Llygad Llwchwr. One Day
Meet. Apply to Caving Sec. for Details.
JULY 13/14.
Hut.
AUGUST 23-26.
For further information on these meets, and any others that
may be in hand, apply to the Caving Sec or ‘Wig’.
Free Diving To Nine
Colin Priddle, the first man to
free dive to the ninth chamber in Wookey, sends us this letter and account
After the plea by the editor and by Dave Irwin in ‘Round and
About’, I have photocopied articles by myself which were published in C.D.G.
Newsletter No 30 for January 1974.
It is C.D.G. policy for anyone to copy articles provided the
Hon. Sec. is asked for permission. As I
am the Hon. Sec., I give you permission as long as we get a plug and a note
quoting the source.
The plug is that the C.D.G. Newsletters are published every
3 months at a price of 20p for about 30 pages. They contain all the diving reports and diving finds from all the caving
areas. The Newsletter is obtainable form
the Hon. Editor, Dr, O.C. Lloyd, Withey House, Withey Close West, Bristol BS9
3SX. A remittance should be sent with
the order. Cheques and postal order to
be made payable to the Cave Diving Group.
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The intention of the trip was to explore a new passage above
the 8th and 9th chambers. John Parker,
wearing a single 40, laid a line to 5 and I free dived though climb directly
out of the water into 5. The dive from 3
to 4 is very easy (6ft long and 2 ft deep). The dive from 4 to 5 is probably 18 feet long and 6 feet in depth. John Parker then dived to 9 and came back
overland to the top of 5. He then
lowered a string halfway to the water, to which I attached a ladder. John then belayed and I climbed.
Six was crossed by an awkwardish traverse followed by a
small passage to 7. This was a direct
traverse and climb down about 60 ft to the water. The lower part of this climb I found very
difficult. I would recommend for future
trips that a ladder from 5 should be used for this climb. A quick swim along the lakes length and a
twenty foot ladder climb brought the view of the 8th chamber. A crawl through a hole; a wall traverse; a
free climb down; a twenty foot swim and a twenty foot ladder climb brought us
to the upper part of 9.1. The two twenty
foot ladders we used were left by John Parker in his trip to 5. One of the N.C.B. divers then climbed up the
ladder to us but decided that, as time was running short, we ought to be going
out. So he went back down to 9 and I
went to 8. John Parker coiled the 8
ladder as I connected the 7 ladder to the nylon rope acting as a Tyrolean
across 7. John belayed the 7 ladder from
9 so that I could climb down to the 7 water level. Once there, he coiled the 7 ladder whilst
swimming, also releasing the belaying rope for me in 9. John then dived to 5 while I climbed and
crawled to 5. The ladder in 5 was
lengthened from above so that the belaying rope could be used to belay the
ladder round a stal from below. Once down, the ladder was lowered, leaving the
belaying rope round the stal for future trips. The lines were taken out from the sumps at the end of the five hour
trip.
This trip was repeated later, and the ladders to 8 and 7
were belayed before the trip in an earlier dive. By using a ladder on the long drop into 7
from 5 the route was much easier. Even
so, the party of three (Clive Westlake, John Parker and myself) took nearly
five hours. The push above 9.1. yielded
nothing.
The time taken to dive from 5 to 9 is of the order of three
minutes, so as far as time saving is concerned, the overland route is not
advantageous,.
Editor’s Note: Colin tell us that, after May 31st, his
address will be:-
C.J. Priddle,
c/o
Horfield,
9NH.
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Have YOU done anything interesting lately?
Why not write it up for the B.B.
Letters To The Editor
4,
Terrace,
Dear Alfie,
Having just received my March B.B. together with the April
issue, I have only just seen your request for suggestions etc., and felt
compelled to write.
First, I must congratulate you on the improvement in the
printing, which is now much clearer and more legible.
My March and April B.B.s came in the same envelope and all
for 3p! This immediately set me thinking
about that ‘hardy annual’ – a bi-monthly B.B. Is it really necessary to publish monthly? Two months is considered a very short space
of time these days, and what do we really gain from a monthly B.B.?
For all their moans, I don’t think member s would really
miss a monthly B. B. and they would have twice as much to read when they did
get it. This way, we could cut our
postage costs in half and save on covers as well. With the rising price of paper and postage,
this surely makes sense – otherwise, we shall soon be having to review our subs
again!
Yours, etc,
Tim Large.
Editor’s
Note: Thank you, Tim. As you say, the idea of a bi-monthly B.B. is
one which has cropped up for years now, and every time the club have been asked
– by sending out a questionnaire or by voting at A.G.M.’s they have always been
in favour of continuing the monthly publication of the B.B.
At the moment, we are coping financially – but as you point
out, the rapidly rising costs of paper and envelopes with threatened rises in
postal charges may well compel us to ask the club at some future date to choose
between a monthly B.B. and a higher subscription rate or a less frequent B.B.
and the same subscription. On the other
hand, it is now reckoned that inflation may well be as high as 20% per year –
as distinct from the 14% which I quoted in a recent B.B. If this rate is indeed true, then subs of all
caving clubs will have to go up regularly and this inevitable increase will to
some extent take care of the rising costs. It all boils down in the end as to what the club members want to see for
their money. Do they want, in an
inflationary age, to see subs kept below the current value of money with some
inevitable cut-back in club services – or do they want to see these services
maintained with the subscription jacked up at intervals to match the falling value
of money? It is a straight choice, which
perhaps the club ought to consider at the next A.G.M.
We must bear in mind that never, since the club was founded,
have we been exposed to such a rapid inflationary situation. In these circumstances, it may well be the
sensible thing to set our sights a little lower. On the other hand, we did much worse then the
W.C.C. in losing members when both clubs put up their subs by the same amount. Should we therefore go for better service to
club members to make them feel their sub is well spent?
I must confess that I dont know the answer to this
one. I have replied to your letter at
some length (much longer than your letter was!) because I feel that the point
you have raised is one which has greater repercussions than just the B.B. I think that it is something which club
members should talk about between now and October, and I will be pleased to
publish any letters on this important topic in the meantime.
Notice
Following the resignation of Doug Stuckey form the committee
and as caving secretary, Andy Nicholls has volunteered to take his place. Before confirming this, the committee are
taking this opportunity to advertise the vacancy. Any applications should be made to the
committee.
Vi Salon Nacional Y I Internacional Fotograffica Espeleologica
This is a description of a cave
photography show, which club members can enter.
The Speleology Delegation of the Excursion Section of the
REDDIS soccer club invites photographers from all over the world to enter the I
INTERNATIONAL SPELAEOLOGICAL PHOTOGRAPY SHOW to be held in the city of
The Theme is that of scientific and sporting spelaeology,
and participants can be either amateurs of professionals and can enter either
as individuals or through their clubs and/or societies.
Photographs may be in black-and-white or as colour prints,
up to a maximum of five, un-mounted. The
recommended size is 30 x 40 cm. (16 x 12ft approx.) No works whose longest side is greater than
40 cm will be admitted. The number,
title and location taken should be written on the back of each photograph as well
as the name and address of the photographer. These details should be the same as those written on the entry form.
Photographs may only be submitted by post as certified
printed matter, and the entry forms should be sent under separate cover by air
mail. (I have two copies of the entry
form and the certified printed matter envelope sticker which I will give to any
club member who wants to participate – Editor. Entries and photographs should be sent to the following address:-
O.E. REDDIS. I SALON INTERNATIONAL SPELAEOLOGICAL,
PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW,
There will be a prize for the best black-and-white and the
best colour collection (minimum of three prints – maximum of five as
above). These prizes will consist of
plaques – enamelled with gold, silver and bronze inlays with the name of the
winner suitably engraved.
Photographs will be returned within fifty days after the
show closes, except the winning photographs, which will be retained. All participants must freely authorize the
reproduction of their works with no right to royalty payments.
A Show Catalogue will be sent to all participants. THERE IS NO ENTRY FEE. The organisers are not responsible for any
loss or damage to works.
Photographs will be accepted up to September 30th 1974 and
judging will occur on October the 5th or 6th. The actual show will be held from November 9th to November 24th and the
awards ceremony will be held on the last day of the show (November 24th).
Editor’s
Note: Apart
from the fact that I have been sent literature describing this show, which has
been reproduced in the B.B. above, I know nothing about it. At first sight it may seem odd that a
football club (Club futbol REDDIS) should be organising an international salon
of cave photography – on the other hand, it does give club members a chance to
have a go – and at least the entrance is free AND competitors get a free show
catalogue. The club did debate whether
or not it would be prepared to organise a club entry, but decided that there
were very few active cave photographers compared to years ago, and that it was
best for members to compete individually if they desired.
As I noted earlier, I have TWO COPIES of the entry form and
the special envelope sticker. No doubt,
if more than two members wish enter, further copies can be obtained by writing
to the address given.
The
Somerset
Trust For Nature Conservation.
There is always a shortage of small items to fill odd gaps
such as this one in the B.B. Any small
item of interest or of a humorous nature will do – as long as it is printable!
If YOU can think of anything suitable, drop it into the B.B.
box in the Belfry – but drop it gently or you may disturb the spider, who has
made this box his home, since nobody else has used the box for ages!
From time to time, we receive handouts from societies whose
objects are thought to have something in common with, our own. The last of these to be written up some time
ago in the B.B was that of the Mendip Society in connection with their
preservation of Smitham Chimney on Harptree Hill. This one is from the Somerset Trust for
Nature Conservation.
Publication of this type of information should not imply
that the club are officially bringing the activities of these bodies to the
attention of members, or urging them to contribute to them or to join
them. We publish, as always, for the
information of club members.
THE
TRUST FOR NATURE CONSERVATION.
The purpose of the trust is to prevent the unnecessary
destruction of wild life and to encourage the breeding and preservation of wild
plants and animals that are use beautiful or rare, by conserving their
habitats. To this end the Trust has
acquired (and manages) twelve nature reserves. A descriptive leaflet is available.
The Trust has established Nature Trails in its Black Rock
and Longwood reserves (both open to the public) three trails on Exmoor (in
conjunction with the Exmoor National Park Committee) and the National Trust,
and the Pen Wood Trail near Pendomer, in association with the Forestry
Commission. Twice each year it opens a
Nature Trail for primary schoolchildren on Langford Heathfield Common.
The Trust has prepared an ecological map of most of the
county to aid the County Planning Department, Rural District Councils and other
Local Authorities in mapping planning decisions. Such information was not previously
available. The Trust has collaborated
with the Nature Conservancy advising the Local Authorities on the establishment
of Local Nature Reserves in
More than 3,250 people have already joined the subscription
is £1 to Miss J.R. Taylor, Tanlake Cottage, Buckland, St. Mary Chard, Somerset.
The Ian Dear Memorial Fund
A Message from Sett – Chairman
of the Ian Dear Memorial Committee.
At this time of the year, when holiday plans are being made,
a reminder to younger members about the Ian Dear Memorial Fund might be in
order.
Ian Dear, a member of the B.E.C., left money in his will to
assist younger members of club to go caving, climbing etc. abroad. There are a set of basic rules by which
grants under the fund can be made to younger members and these have been
published in the B.B. some time ago. However, if any member of club is planning a trip abroad or wishing to
do so, and feels that he or she might be eligible for assistance under the
terms of the fund, any member of the Ian Dear Memorial Fund Committee will be
pleased to advise them. Members of the
committee include the Caving Secretary and the Treasurer. If in any difficulty, contact me direct. My address is:-
R.A. Setterington,
Older members who may be planning trips abroad for caving
purposes, and who would be willing to include any younger members in their
party should also contact members of the I.D.M.F. Committee as well, perhaps,
as advertising the trip in the B.B. Members who could benefit from a grant can then be put in touch with
people who could include them in a party.
Ian Dear hoped that his gift to the B.E.C. would be
instrumental in enabling younger members to visit caving regions which
otherwise they might never see. So far,
very few people have availed themselves of the benefit of Ian’s bequest to the
club. It would be nice to think that
this year, Ian’s intentions could be better fulfilled.
Monthly Crossword Number 46.
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1. Cave like feature like the K
& A perhaps?. (1,5)
6. Would a dais in a cave be classed as one of these. (4)
7. Describes the entrance of
8. Name of the old B.P.C. headquarters. (4)
9. Colour. (3)
10. Char this cave feature. (4)
13. Caving in a gated cave might be classed as this sort of sport. (6)
15. Written up. (6)
Down
2. Dressed for the occasion? (4)
3. Hon. Thrill for Mendip cave. (5,4)
4. Led to great things in G.B. (6,3)
5. A cave construction makes one before caving began. (4)
11. Distinguish G.B. from Cheddar when it comes to gorges. (4)
12. One of these 6 across. (4)
Solution to Last Months Crossword
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Club Committee
The Belfry,
Rd
Chairman S.J.
Collins
Minutes Sec G.
Members M. Bishop, D.J. Irwin, B. Wilton, G. Oaten,
Officers of the Club
Honorary Secretary A.R
THOMAS, Allens House,
Barrows Lane
269
Honorary Treasurer B.
Clutton, Nr. Bristol.
Caving Secretary To
be appointed, ADDRESS LETTERS TO THE
BELFRY
Climbing Secretary G. OATEN,
Address to follow.
Hut Warden N.
TAYLOR, Whiddons, Chilcote,
Belfry Engineer M.
BISHOP, Address to follow
Tacklemaster G.
WILTON-JONES, 17 Monkhams Drive, Watton, Thetford,
B.B. Editor S.J.
COLLINS, Lavender Cottage, Bishops Sutton, Nr. Bristol. Tel
: CHEW MAGNA 2915
Honorary Librarian D.J
IRWIN, Townsend Cottage, Townsend, Priddy, Wells Som. Tel : PRIDDY 369
Publications Editor D.J
IRWIN As above
B.B. Postal Brenda.