CSS Newsletters 2024 - Volume 66
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Nos. 1-3, January-March 2024
- CSS Officers 2024 - List of CSS committee members for 2024.
- CSS Photo Calendar - An invitation for members to submit their caving photos for inclusion in a 2025 club calendar.
- Daren to Cnwc - Trip report from a Daren to Cnwc through-trip undertaken on the December Whitewalls meet.
- Les Ecouges Canyon (AKA “We’ve Lost Jon” Canyon) - A tale of high adventure and near death experience canyoning in the Vercors, France.
- A Return to Aggy - A trip to Aggy on the Annual Dinner weekend inspires recollections of previous excursions in the cave.
- Vogon’s Guide to Cave Digging - The digging bonanza kicks off with Vogon’s analysis of the creative art of cave digging.
- Midnight Passage - Spider Chamber - An update on progress at the Spider Chamber dig in Midnight Passage, Agen Allwedd.
- Sandstone Passage Dig - Dig report from Sandstone Passage, on the opposite side of the Grand Circle to Spider Chamber.
- BNS 62 Dig - Report from a dig likely to connect Upper Southern Stream to Sandstone Passage in Aggy.
- Angel’s Roost Dig - Digging and explorations in Angel’s Roost, in the higher levels of the Aggy entrance series.
- Digging in Priory Road - A brief summary of activities undertaken on a digging camp in February.
- Pwll Estrys - Update the digging and entrance stabilising at Pwll Estrys.
- Gary’s Hole - The discovery of new cave on the Llangattock escarpment with digging progress so far.
- Daubenton’s Pot - Digging progress at Daubenton’s Pot, a possible ‘back door’ to Agen Allwedd.
- Ogof Caci - Update on progress at the Ogof Caci dig.
- Digging Update from the Hard Rock Café, Daren Cilau - A summary of digging projects undertaken on the Daren diggers HRC camps since 2021.
- Becky’s Shaft - Digging in a mine only recently discovered in the Quantocks.
- Tuesday Diggers Return to Cothelstone - Recent activities at two Quantock's digs, Cothelstone Hill Cave and ‘The Mine Shafts Project’.
- Digging with John Cooper - Details and surveys from four Mendip digs in Dave Mitchell’s Cave, Swildon’s Hole and White Rabbit’s Hole.
- Update on Some Mendip Digs - Updates from previous dig sites at Viaduct Sink, Rock Farm Cave and Snake Pit Hole, and current digs at Fernhill Cave and His Lordship's Hole.
- Underwater Digging at Rickford Rising - Cave digging with the use of innovative techniques underwater.
- Gibbet’s Brow - News of recent extensions in the Gibbet’s Brow dig, Mendip.
- Shenanigans on Portland - A summary of no less than 8 digs currently in progress on the Isle of Portland, Dorset.
- Aggy Bums - Observations relating to a notable roof feature in Aggy Main Passage.
- CSS Meets List 2024 - Club events from April-December 2024.
Nos. 4-6, April-June 2024
- New Aggy Round Trip - News of a new round trip in Agen Allwedd, with the recent connection of Trafalgar Passage to The Bunker in Priory Road.
- An Eventful Weekend in Daren (or how we avoided rescue by the skin of our teeth) - The story of a HRC camp with a mission to progress ‘Digger's Day Off’, where pretty much everything that could go wrong did.
- Digging Updates - Updates on progress made at the Spider Chamber dig in Agen Allwedd and at Pwll Estrys.
- Roughdown Common Mine - A modern exploration and survey of a chalk mine in Hertfordshire, first rediscovered and surveyed by CSS in 1971.
- Beauty and the Beasts – Caving in Brazil, Part 1 - Caving in the Peruaco National Park and Sao Desiderio in Brazil, with its impressive karst features and ancient rock art.
- St Cuthbert’s Swallet - An enjoyable circuit in St Cuthbert’s Swallet, on the Friday evening of the CSS Mendip Meet.
- Eastwater Cavern, West End Series - A trip to the notoriously awkward West End Series in Eastwater, visiting Regent Street and the Termite Hills.
- Wookey 24 - A Sunday trip including dinosaurs, squeezes, climbs and a notable ‘via ferrata’ to Wookey 24.
- CSS Meets List 2024 - Upcoming club events August-December 2024.
- Tony Boycott - A tribute to the late Tony Boycott and his many contributions to cave digging and rescue in South Wales.
- The Gouffre Berger ’79 - Reminiscences from a three week exploration of the Gouffre Berger undertaken by CSS in 1979.
- Cave Hunting in Wiltshire - The search for a lost cave in the Baverstoke railway cutting.
- Daren Cilau/Spaderunner End of Cave Trip - A three day camp in Daren Cilau with a mission to reach Spaderunner, with a number of off-route sites visited along the way.