Meets and other SWCC events - get these in your diary! - from Claire Vivian

Saturday 8th February. Daren Cilau - and afterwards how about coming back to SWCC and assisting with Southern CHECC? Leaders: Mark and Jess Burkey. Contact: Claire

Saturday 15th-16th February - Committee weekend at SWCC (perfect time for provisional members to come to the club).

Thursday 20th (evening) -Sunday 23rd February. Yorkshire SRT improvers long weekend. Attend all, or part. Contact Gary Vaughan.

Saturday 1st March. Ogof Draenen. Leader: Neil Weymouth. Contact: Claire

Saturday 8th March. Agen Allwedd. Leader: Ellen Cooper. Contact: Claire

Saturday 22nd March. Agen Allwedd. Grand Circle a possibility. Leader: Neil Weymouth. Contact: Claire

Saturday 22nd March - Sunday 23rd March - Committee weekend at SWCC (perfect time for provisional members to come to the club)

Saturday 29th March. Upper Flood Swallet, Mendips. Maximum of 3 people, so be quick! Well decorated cave, see website. Contact: Claire

12th-19th April. Cantabria caving. Northern Spain. Contact Gary Vaughan.

3rd May SWCC AGM and ceilidh.

17th-18th May. Peak District. Possibility of Giants, and Peak or SRT in Maskhill, Oxlow or Eldon Hole depending on interest. Leaders: Mark and Jess Burkey. Contact: meets_sec@swcc.org.uk Please contact Claire as soon as possible if you are interested in this as the TSG requires a deposit for hut booking.

26th July - 9th August. Unexpedition. Lozere, Southern France. Caving, walking, kayaking, via ferrata. Contact Dominic Hyland for further information.

23rd-30th August. Digging Week at SWCC. Contact Tony Baker (see also below)

Coming soon:
Allan's North Wales Mines weekend, a weekend based at Pant Ifan. Mendips weekend. Forest of Dean weekend. Dan-yr-Ogof trips and Pant Mawr pothole. More Aggy and Draenen trips. Also, back by popular demand, white water rafting and zip wiring in North Wales. Provisional Members' weekend.

Future trips:
Any requests for trips? Offers for leading trips are also greatly appreciated!
Also, would anyone be interested in via ferrata in the Dolomites, possibly around September time?
Frozen Deep anyone? Website.
Or a summer trip to Yorkshire?
Contact: Claire

Digging Week - 23rd-30th August

As the year is an even number, it's time for the bi-annual assault on the miles of missing cave. As usual this will start on the Aug Bank Holiday weekend, so put the 23rd - 30th Aug in your shiny new 2014 diary. Plans are already being hatched for a clockwork-caving approach to the cave at Twyn Tal-Draenan (with camping up there an option if the weather is on our side), but suggestions for other projects are always welcome. Contact Tony Baker for more info, or just turn up and help out! New faces always welcome, come and discover the, ahem, joys of digging.

The persistent wet weather over the Christmas holiday made our local waterfalls even more spectacular than usual, and this encouraged sight-seers. Sadly the local criminal fraternity have cottoned on to this; two cars had their rear windows smashed at the Henryhd car park on Mon 30th Dec (shortly before a group of members arrived on foot), and the police officer who attended the scene told us that another three cars had been attacked at one of the other local waterfalls on the same day. If you are parking at any of the popular local sites beware, and leave nothing of value in the car.

Lost and Found

Have you got Dave's blue fleece? Dave Dobson's dark blue Dragon fleece undersuit was removed from the drying room over new year (probably by mistake), there was one in it’s place but it’s not his! His has Dave marked in black ink on the Dragon label, if anyone has it then he has yours, can we exchange please? Contact Dave

Over the Christmas break Tony Baker found a carrier bag with two items of SRT kit in it, left in the locker room at SWCC. He has put them somewhere safe, contact Tony and describe the items if they're yours.

Left at SWCC over Xmas. Anyone lost: a large dry bag with a new Warmbac lightweight suit (mens), wetsuit and other bits inside it. Or a yellow bum bag with a small First Aid kit inside. Contact Toby Dryden

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