Oxford University Cave Club

Club Caving Meetings, Hilary Term 2025

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(New members who gave us their email address will also be notified even if not on the standard mailing lists.)
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For enquiries about caving trips, contact the OUCC Meetings Secretary (Fiona Zhang ): meetsec@oucc.org.uk

(end of) Week	Date	Place	Cost	Accommodation	Meeting Leader
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2	31 Jan - 2 Feb	Mendips	£65	Wessex	TBA
3
4	14-16 Feb	South Wales	£65	TBA	TBA
5
6	28 Feb - 2 March	Northern Dales	£65	BPF	TBA
7	7-9 March	Peak District	£65	TSG	TBA
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Other meets may be organised - please check at Social meetings or via the OUCC mailing lists.

Details of the trips will be advertised closer in time. They will mostly be advertised on the "oucc-all" mailing list.
So if you want to stay up to date, please sign up following the instructions on the website: http://www.oucc.org.uk/current/mailists.htm

PLEASE help and volunteer to organise a weekend. If no-one organises the weekends they won't happen.
There is a detailed crib sheet on the website telling you exactly how to organise a weekend. Take a Look!

How to Sign up for a Caving Trip
	Trips must be paid for in advance. Payment is by an online system. https://www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/product-catalogue/oxford-university-cave-club/ou-cave-club-trips Cost covers: loan of equipment, transport, accommodation, food on site; but not food in transit or what you spend in the pub! See here for more information. If you haven't been caving with us before but want to give it a go, membership and insurance for your first term with OUCC is free!
Your first Caving Trip?
	Read this important information and you must complete this online OUCC Pre-Trip information form
Single Rope Technique
	Going to the Dales or Peak? Going on an expedition ? Don't know the ropes ? - try SRT Training.

Trip Details

Week 2: 31 Jan - 2 Feb. Our first trip (week 2) will be to Mendips. Details to follow

Week 4: 14 Feb - 16 Feb. We'll be heading to South Wales. Details to follow..

Week 6: 28 Feb - 2 March. We'll be going to the the Northern Dales (Yorkshire / Lancashire borders) ... details, possibly, to follow

Week 7: 7-9 March. As the last trip of the term, the Peak District (Derbyshire)... details, maybe, to follow

Accommodation:
BEC: Bristol Exploration Club; BPC: Bradford Pothole Club; BPF: Bull Pot Farm; DSS - Devon Speleological Society
Godre Pentre Croydon Caving Club; LCCC: Lancashire Caving & Climbing Club; MCG: Mendip Caving Group;
NPC: Northern Pennine Club; Orpheus: Orpheus Caving Club; SMCC: Shepton Mallet Caving Club;
SDB: South Dartmoor Bunkhouse; SWCC: South Wales Caving Club; TSG: Technical Speleo Group;
UBSS: University of Bristol Speleological Society; WCC: Wessex Caving Club;
Whitewalls: Chelsea Speleological Society; WSG: Westminster Speleo Group;
Yorkshire Dales Guides: (Hornby Laithe Bunkbarn); YSS: Yorkshire Subterranean Society.