Further to the previous post, below is a link to the BCA Guidelines which all members need to know, so that on any occasion where members of the public are being guided underground by GSG members, this is what is needed to satisfy the requirements of BCA’s insurers. N.B. this Read more…
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 Read more…
SRT (Single Rope Technique) Training – Grampian Speleological Group Location: Elphin Caving HutInstructor: Steve MurkinCost: Free of chargeMax Group Size: 4 trainees per course We’re gauging interest – please email Steve at if you’d like to attend.Once we have names, we’ll look at setting dates – potentially some in Read more…
Group: GSG Date: 6 March 2026 Location: Borrowdale, Cumbria Present: Alan Brentnall In Search of Millican Dalton’s Cave Every year, on a weekend in either February or March, an ageing group of climbers, mountaineers and fell walkers (The Langdale Festerers) meet up in Keswick for a re-union dinner. In 2026, Read more…
If anyone would like to help a do a cleaning ‘blitz’ at the hut, please contact Rosemary Jones or Julian Walford at The plan is for some of us to come out Wednesday 11th to warm up the hut and clean the wood-burning stove (best done cold!) then start Read more…
Group: GSG Date: 28 February 2026 Location: Assynt Present: Rich Pease, Alan Brentnall The proposed GSG Skye trip had been cancelled, so I decided to go over to the hut at Elphin and have a break, maybe a bit of walking in the local mountains, possible a cave-spotting walk over Read more…
Dear GSG members, You are invited to the Grampian Speleological Group Annual General Meeting! The AGM will be held on Zoom (invite link below) on Sunday 22nd February 2026. The Zoom meeting room will open at 7pm and proceedings will begin at 7.15pm. Office bearer reports and the AGM agenda Read more…