The UBSS has been delving the depths of the subterranean world for
over 80 years,
and has a membership to reflect this - from the new students that join every year, right up to those
that were around when it all began. Consequently the range of activities that go on, caving
and otherwise, is vast. From the regular adventures into the underground playgrounds of the
UK and
abroad,
to cave exploration and surveying at home, in County Clare, Ireland, as well
as more far flung places like Romania or Thailand,
to impending fame and fortune in the form of the
good old UBSS digs, photography, drunken table/pub/person traversing, archaeology, cave
science, huge bonfire parties at the UBSS hut, and mammoth beer drinking sessions: UBSS
members do them all.
Members living in Bristol meet weekly at the Coach & Horses on Tuesday evenings at 9.30pm. This
is the place to come if you want to find out more about caving or the UBSS, or you want to
come on any trips. Most informal trips are only organised in the pub, so if you want to
cave you need to come along. Large, club organised, events, which usually happen every
fortnight during term time, will be listed on the events diary page, and emails about them will be
sent out nearer the time. If you are new to caving have a look at the fresher's guide.
Research
UBSS Cave Literature Database
Our searchable database
covers all articles published in our journal,
Proceedings, and the bibliographies for both Southern Ireland and the Caves of County Clare.
Irish Caves Database
We are currently hosting the Irish Caves Database
produced by Trinity College, Dublin.
Searchable database and
project explanation last updated: 18th Nov 2006.
TerrainTool
TerrainTool
is used to create surface topographic data for the cave survey package Survex.
News
Updates to the Survey Page
The 2011 versions of the Cheddar Catchment survey files are now available on the Cave Survey Archive page.
New Caving EquipmentOver the summer, the Society acquired a large amount of brand new caving gear for the use of students, especially Freshers. This can be seen in action in our Photo Gallery (check out "somewhere 2010").We are extremely grateful to the Alumni Foundation of the University of Bristol and to the Trustees of the Oliver Lloyd Memorial Fund for the grants that made this possible.
Forest of Dean photosForest of Dean 2009 gallery uploaded. Enjoy Newsletters added to literature searchThanks to Ruth for starting work on making the newsletters searchable - you can have a gander using the literature search. Visit the
news archive.