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News Archive

Forest of Dean photos
Forest of Dean 2009 gallery uploaded. Enjoy
Newsletters added to literature search
Thanks to Ruth for starting work on making the newsletters searchable - you can have a gander using the literature search.
New photos added
Photos for CHECC 2008 and Ireland 2008 added into the gallery
Spring clean
The site has had a spiffy new lick of paint and some tinkering under the hood! Let the webmonkey know if you find any glitches.
UBSS Forum
You can now play with the new ubss forum, set up by Ben.

More web site developments
We have now uploaded archive newsletters back to 1919. All of the extant ones are now available.

In addition, the Irish expeditions page now includes some of our more unusual expedition reports. Ahh, nostalgia

Slovenia and Romania pics
New pics from Slovenia and Romania trips added to the photo gallery.
Proceedings PDFs available
We have made a number of Proceedings articles available to download for free as PDFs! Check out the literature search, articles available will have a link to the PDF.
AGM & annual dinner 2007 photos online
See in less blurry vision in the photo section, or jump straight to them.
Annual dinner awards added
See who the dubiously honoured were!
Photos of the trip to Daren
...have now been added to the photo section. Go directly to the pics here
Ancient Drawing Of Mammoth Found In Cheddar Caves
A possible Palaeolithic engraving has been discovered at Cheddar Caves and Gorge by members of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society (UBSS).
New year 2006-7 at the hut
Photos of New Year at the hut. More to come soon!
Annual awards section added to site
We've started a hall of fame for those who garnered one of the prestigious Annual Dinner Awards.
Irish Caves Database updated
Searchable database and project explanation updated!
The Quotations Page
The Quotations page has made the leap from the newsletter to on here. Please fill it up as most of the stuff on there at the moment is dredged up from old newsletters.
Learning to Survey Caves
We are holding a short surveying course in Goatchurch Cavern
Wales weekend
Hundreds (literally) of photos from the Wales weekend! You can see gallery one and gallery two by following the links.
More photos
More photos of Freshers Weekend 2006 added!
Autumn 2006 newsletter available
Get the latest newsletter, or browse the archives.
Fresh Squeeze Machine Winners!
See the results of the FRESH squeeze machine competition!
Aveline's Hole Discovery
Two members of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society have discovered an engraving in a cave in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, which may be at least 10,000 years old.
Further Discoveries of Possible Mesolithic Engravings in Mendip Cave
Members of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society (UBSS) have discovered a further series of abstract engravings in the caves in Cheddar Gorge.

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