The club publishes a regular professionally printed newsletter containing a round up of members’ caving trip reports, news, reviews, photos and more. This is currently being produced quarterly and is sent to club members as well as UK and international caving clubs in a publication exchange scheme.
All newsletter issues from year 2000 onwards are available on this website as PDF files, and can be downloaded by volume and issue number using the Newsletter Archive page.
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Volume 67 Nos. 7-9, July-September 2025
- Llanelly Quarry Pot - News of major work recently performed to improve and safeguard the entrance to this cave, which has frequently been buried by quarry collapse.
- Craig A Ffynnon - Visiting an old bolt-climbed route in the OCAF Lower Series to push an aven climb looking for possible new leads.
- North West Inlet Aven Climb - Bolt-climbing the hidden aven at the start of NW Inlet in Craig a Ffynnon to explore and survey the extension passages at the top.
- Note on North West Inlet Water Level - A report on the exceptionally low water level in NW Inlet passage, Craig a Ffynnon in August 2025, including a photo comparison with typical conditions.
- Whitewalls Working Week - A report of the tasks accomplished during the hut maintenance week in June.
- Library Acquisitions - Recent additions to the Whitewalls library collection.
- Boxhead Pot to It’s a Cracker - The first trip of the CSS Yorkshire away meet, an exchange trip between two neighbouring potholes on Leck Fell.
- Mayday Hole - An SRT trip to this recently discovered pothole on Dowlass Moss.
- Ease Gill: Top Sink to Cow Pot - An entertaining and varied exchange trip between two entrances to the Ease Gill system, not without some challenges.
- Juniper Gulf - A two person excursion to bottom the mighty depths of Juniper Gulf.
- Dow Cave - Exploring the extent of Dow Cave including the mined and natural extensions.
- Cherry Tree Hole - A trip to explore this interesting Yorkshire stream cave with a surprisingly large chamber.
- Caving Prints For Sale - An opportunity to purchase prints of some of Gonzo’s fine artwork of the Llangattock landscape and the caves below, with proceeds donated to cave rescue.
- Ogof Newport - A passing visit to this small shakehole cave on top of the Llangattock escarpment unexpectedly yielded a minor new extension.
- Pwll y Pasg - Exploring Pwll y Pasg, including the surprising delights of the Parsnip Palace and the through-connection to neighbouring Ogof Llungwyn, plus accounts of their original discovery.
- Daren Cilau: A Special Era - Charles Bailey looks back on his 35 years of exploration, digging and camping in Daren Cilau, with highlights, lowlights and developments over the time. Part one of two.
- Dan-yr-Ogof Caving Telemetry Service - Detailing the development of the water depth gauge logger installed in Pot Sump, Dan yr Ogof which is now providing near-live online stream level readings for cavers.
- If You Go Down To The Woods Today - Wildlife visitors captured on camera in the woodland near Ogof Tarddiad Pwll Du.
- The Chartists Cave Black Hole Fiasco - A breakthrough into a ‘new’ extension that could have been made considerably sooner and an awful lot more easily than it was!
- BNS 62 Dig Update - A survey of the dig off Upper Southern Stream passage in Aggy, and confirmation of a sound connection to Sandstone Passage.
- Caving Whales - A new grouping has emerged on the Welsh caving scene.
- Report from the last Daren Camp - Logbook entry from the Daren HRC digging camp which took place in October 2025, describing ongoing work at Diggers Day Off and the Breakout Room digs.
- CSS Meets 2025 - Upcoming CSS Meets Oct 2025 to Jan 2026.
Previous issues of the CSS Newsletter are available in the archive