CSS Newsletters 2025 - Volume 67

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Nos. 1-3, January-March 2025

Cover: Joe Duxbury in Ogof Clogwyn. Photo by Paul Tarrant.
  • Llanelly Quarry Pot Collapse - News of a recent collapse of the Llanelly Quarry Pot entrance.
  • The Big Daren Clean-Up – Sharp End Report - After the epic clear out of the HRC and Western Flyover camps, all that remained was to get the rubbish out of the cave…
  • The Big Daren Clean-Up – So where did all the rubbish come from? - A background summary of the Daren Clean-Up project.
  • CSS Meets List - Upcoming club events April-December 2025.
  • Aggy Mug News - New mugs in Southern Stream and Main Stream Passage.
  • Tunnel Cave - An SRT trip to Tunnel Cave, which took place on the February Whitewalls Meet.
  • CSS Hoodies and Sweatshirts - Details of how to look as cool as Tom Cruise in a new CSS Hoodie.
  • Return to Vietnam - Four days of caving adventure in Vietnam on the Oxalis Hang Ba tour, including excellent photos by Martyn Farr.
  • Recollections of Early Days in CSS - Reminiscences of caving, expeditions and hut building in the early years of CSS.
  • Clive Calder - A tribute to Clive Calder, an active member of CSS in the 60s and 70s who passed away in November.
  • Daren Cilau – Ovaltinees Flood Discovery - A report of recent flooding at the Hard Rock Café camp, which left the Hard Rock extensions sumped.
  • HRC Extensions Flooding Update - With water levels receded, the first attempt was made to reopen the Hard Rock Extensions.
  • Retro Gear Review – MyCoal Body Warmer Heat Pads - A test of the effectiveness of 30 year old heat pads discovered on a Daren camp.
  • The History of the Carrion Slocker Cave Dig - The excavation and extension of Carrion Slocker in East Mendip from 2016 to 2024.
  • Extending Krem Amarsang – Meghalaya 2025 - An expedition report from the explorations of the Krem Amarsang system, Meghalaya in January 2025.
  • Trevor Kneif - A tribute to Trevor Kneif, including an extract of his discovery of Pwll y Gwynt.
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Nos. 4-6, April-June 2025

Nos. 7-9, July-September 2025

Nos. 10-12, October-December 2025