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| 0 | 8th-9th October | Freshers' weekend, South Wales | £55 | SWCC | Fiona Zhang |
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29th-30th October | Freshers'
weekend, South Wales (joint weekend with Imperial College) |
£55 | SWCC | Vlad Catanea |
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11th-13th November | Northern Dales | £60 | YSS | Rosa Clements |
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25th-27th November | Mendips, CHECC | £60 | TBA | Izzy Innes |
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Other meets may be organised - please check at Wednesday 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!
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0th week 8th-9th October Wales Freshers' weekend, SWCC
For our first Freshers' weekend we're heading to South
Wales Caving Club which is right above Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, the deepest cave in the
UK! There are lots of great beginner trips in OFD, we'll hopefully explore both
the top and the bottom entrances, which are pretty different in character and
both good fun with fantastic formations to see. We'll be setting off on
Saturday, but meeting up on Friday evening to choose and try on caving kit.
Sign up here:
https://www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/product-catalogue/oxford-university-cave-club/ou-cave-club-trips/oucc-trip-mt22-0th-week-wales-freshers
Organiser: Fiona,
sifei.zhang@queens.ox.ac.uk
3rd week 29th-30th October Wales Freshers' weekend, SWCC (joint weekend with Imperial)
Our second Freshers' trip will also be to South Wales, it
really is a very good place to start caving. However, you can absolutely come on
both Wales weekends, we'll make sure to find something different for you if
you've been on the 0th week trip. We have a permit for Pant Mawr, another cave
near SWCC where you might find yourself climbing a ladder. We'll also be meeting
up with ICCC, perhaps doing some joint trips with them and challenging them to
caving games in the evening! It should be a lot of fun.
Sign up here:
https://www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/product-catalogue/oxford-university-cave-club/ou-cave-club-trips/oucc-trip-mt22-3rd-week-south-wales
Organiser: Vlad,
vlad.catanea@balliol.ox.ac.uk
5th week 11th-13th November Dales, YSS
In 5th week, we'll be heading to the Yorkshire Dales
where there are lots and lots of caves! Many of which known for their beautiful
streamways and shafts. Most of the caves here are quite vertical and we're
hoping to do some SRT (single rope technique). You can do SRT if you've been on
one of the Wales weekends and one of the SRT pratices (which we'll organise on
one of the weekends we're not caving when the weather is decent). However we can
also do beginner trips on this weekend for those who aren't ready for SRT yet.
Sign up here:
https://www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/product-catalogue/oxford-university-cave-club/ou-cave-club-trips/oucc-trip-mt22-5th-week-yorkshire-dales
Organiser: Rosa,
rosa.clements@somerville.oxon.net
7th week 25th-27th November Mendips, CHECC
Our last weekend of term will be the CHECC (Council of
Higher Education Caving Clubs) forum, which is where student caving clubs from
all over the country meet up to go caving and have a massive party! There are
also lots of games, competitions, and training sessions, it's basically packed
full of good things to do. We'll be in the Mendips and we have a code to get to
Fairy Cave in addition to the Mendip caves we more usually visit. Since this is
our nearest caving area, we should be able to arrive in good time for Friday
night's fancy dress fun.
(Note that the cost is slightly higher than a normal
Mendip weekend, to cover the costs of an additional overnight stay, and the
CHECC registration fee.)
Sign up here:
https://www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/product-catalogue/oxford-university-cave-club/ou-cave-club-trips/oucc-trip-mt22-7th-week-mendips-checc
Organiser: Izzy,
isobel.innes@chch.ox.ac.uk
BEC:
Bristol
Exploration Club; BPC:
Bradford Pothole Club; BPF:
Bull
Pot Farm;
LCCC:
Lancashire Caving &
Climbing Club; MCG:
Mendip Caving Group;
NPC:
Northern Pennine Club;
Orpheus:
Orpheus Caving
Club;
SMCC:
Shepton Mallet Caving Club;
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.