| Raking Light is a technique to shine light obliquely across a surface to reveal texture and detail. Raking Light illuminates long hidden images and text from centuries past. Raking Light lets silent walls speak in the voices of ordinary people from long ago. Linda Wilson (UBSS, GSG and WCMS) and a team from www.rakinglight.co.uk, a website she runs with friend and colleague Anthea Hawden, is working with the management at Kents Cavern, Torquay on a project to record and research the myriad inscriptions and other markings left behind by visitors to the cave. Early researchers such as Father John McEnery and William Pengelly noted many of the inscriptions they found but also commented that some were already being lost to a covering of calcite. As part of the cave’s conservation plan, the aim of the project is to record and photograph the current state of the inscriptions as well as other marks made with chalk, candle smoke and pencil throughout the cave. The project is amassing a wealth of detail about early visitors to the cave and, working with genealogical records and historic records, the team also hopes to shine a light on the identity of some of these people who left their names in the cave. Join Zoom Meeting Monday 30th March 8pmhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88537772766?pwd=cXBIZmtYc2ZjUHQwWnJGb1ZHelJDUT09Meeting ID: 885 3777 2766Passcode: gsg |
| BCA News Please find most recent BCA newsletter available on the members section of the GSG website. Link below: https://www.gsg.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Membership-News-Mar-26.pdf Unfortunately there is still no update from the BCA brokers/ insurers about the cover for tours of caves and mines for members of the public. Please be assured BCA are pushing hard for a definitive answer on this issue. The delay seems to be with the insurers, due to the busy time of year. BCA realise this is causing serious planning issues for several clubs and hope to get it resolved ASAP. |
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