© Chelsea Spelaeological Society - Updated June 2022
CLUB EVENTS AND MEET REPORTS 2019
CHELSEA
SPELÆOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
Caving in Wales,
the South of England,
and beyond
Jan 25-27: Whitewalls
with Annual Dinner and
AGM
Yet again the food at The Bear was excellent,
and this year our speaker was Tom Foord
who gave a really good presentation about
the recent breakthrough in the Dachstein.
Caving trips included Tractor Tracks and Big
Bang Pitch with capes in Draenen, and the
Annual Bat Count and Maytime in Aggy. The
AGM took place on Sunday.
Feb 22-24: “Off the
Beaten Track” Weekend
The objective of this weekend was to go
caving somewhere unusual or rarely visited.
We opted for Pom Pom Passage in the Fault
Aven Series of OFD as none of us had ever
been there before, which turned out to be a
really interesting and varied trip. We had a
Rum-based drinks theme Saturday night, and
more work took place on the ODSS Sunday.
March 29-31: Mendip
Our base for the weekend was the BEC hut
The Belfry, very convenient for food and beer
at The Hunters’ Lodge. Lots of caving trips
took place including Wookey Hole on Friday
(pictured), Rhino Rift and Tynings Barrow
Swallet on Saturday, and Swildon’s Hole and
Shatter Cave on Sunday.
April 26-28: ODSS
Working Weekend
The purpose of this working weekend was to
get the scaffolding erected ready for the big
ODSS re-roofing week, and this objective and
more was completed over a very productive
couple of days. Other tasks undertaken include
removing the old water tank and taking down
the chimney.
May 24-June 2: ODSS
Roofing Week
The working week was incredibly productive
and great deal was achieved by the 17
members that helped out over the 10 days
spent in demolishing then reconstructing the
roof of the Old Daren Sunday School.
June 28-30: Whitewalls
Summer BBQ
A fun packed weekend of sunshine, caving,
barbeque and beer, with trips to Craig a
Ffynnon, Agen Allwedd and Daren Cilau. There
was also further progress on the ODSS roof,
with one side now fully tiled.
July 26-28: Mines of Mid-
Wales
A camping and mine exploring weekend, in the
impressive Devils Bridge area of Mid-Wales.
Two mines were visited on Saturday, Henfwlch
and Camdwrbach, and a trip to Fawr Level in
Cwmystwyth on Sunday.
Reports from the August-December club
meets will appear here soon!