Editorial As always, thank you to the contributors for submitting dive logs and articles to this Newsletter. As articles for this Newsletter came in, I was struck by the efforts the Group membership sometimes goes to, to achieve its aims. Whether it is developing a novel method of visualising a sump, or achieving closure between [...]
Editorial Shortly after the last Newsletter was dispatched to the printers, and prior to its distribution, we learnt of the deaths of Norman Brindle and Simon Halliday. Norman was hugely influential in the early development of cave diving in the Yorkshire Dales. Simon was one of the Northern Section’s most active members and involved in [...]
Editorial Thank you to the many contributors who have provided the content for this Newsletter. The dive logs detail exploration within all of the regions of the mainland UK as well as in Croatia, France and Spain. The continued ability to dive at some of these sites has often resulted from lengthy and patient access [...]
Editorial As this Newsletter was being completed, the New Year’s Honours list for 2019 was released. The seven team members recognised for their actions during the Thailand cave rescue are listed on page 9. Lessons relevant to UK conditions that were learnt from the rescue have already been incorporated into the Cave Rescue Organisation’s practices, [...]
Editorial Whilst currently confined to the house courtesy of the widespread snow from the “Beast from the East” and Storm Emma, it is easy to reflect on the generally wet winter and poor diving conditions that so often blight UK diving activity preceding the April Newsletter. Hopefully as winter turns to spring, more exploratory work [...]
Editorial As this Newsletter was in preparation former CDG Chairman Brian “Scoff” Schofield passed away, following an illness. His funeral service at Rawdon was extremely well attended by a great many cavers, CDG members, work colleagues and friends. The next edition will include an appropriate tribute to him. Thank you to all the contributors of [...]