BCRA Review

BCRA Review is our annual magazine containing reports of meetings and other BCRA activites for the year, together with reports from BCRA officers, and our report to the Charity Commission. The first BCRA Review was BCRA Review 2015.

Prior to 2015, BCRA News and Information was published in Speleology (ISSN 1478-999X) which superseded Caves & Caving (ISSN 0142-1832). In the past (but no longer), we have also published Newsletters of varying lengths and styles, which are available online.

Obtaining a copy of the Review: The Reviews can be ordered from our bookshop whilst stocks last. It may also be on sale at our meetings. The Review is not included in the benefits package for individual members of BCRA. However, if you are a BCRA Member Club receiving C&KS on paper, or one of our overseas Journal Exchange partners, we will mail you a free copy of the Review, when it is published in October of each year. (Non-delivery enquiries to the secretary, please).

BCRA Review 2022

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BCRA Review (iv + 60pp) (PDF 8.7MB)

Individual articles may be available below

WOLSTENHOLME, Phil (ed.). (2022). BCRA Review 22. Buxton: British Cave Research Association. £5.00 plus postage. ISSN 2516-1423. iv + 60pp, A4, with photos, maps and diagrams.
This issue has a cover date of 2022 and was published in October 2023.

British Cave Research Association Annual Review for 2022

Front cover (page i)

by Gary DOUTHWAITE.
Matt Ewles admiring the botryoidal speleothem in Aven Emeraude, St.Privat de Champlclos, France, May 2022. Photo: Gary Douthwaite.

Minutes of the 2022 BCRA Annual General Meeting (page ii)

List of Contents (p1)

BCRA Officers Reports (pp2-15)

Chairman, Secretary, IT and Web, Treasurer, Library Co-ordinator.

Treasurer's report (pp6-13) (PDF 523KB)

An extract of part of the above Officers Reports, as submitted to our AGM.

BCRA Publications (pp16-18)

Cave and Karst Science, CREG Journal, Cave Studies Series, Publications on the BCRA Website.

The Peter Binns Collection (pp19-22) (PDF 1.4MB)

by John GARDNER.
Peter Binns (1917-2002) played a significant role in the reorganisation of British Caving after the Second World War. In 1934 when he was just sixteen, he stayed in the shooting hut on Leck Fell with his friend Lawrence Buckle for a week, when they helped Simpson explore and survey the upper reaches of Pippikin and Nippikin. Peter became a fully fledged member of the BSA, and he is probably best remembered for the surveying and photography trip into the Hensler's system with Monty Grainger, Fred Davies, and Peter Longbottom the day after it was discovered, when he assisted Grainger with the surveying. Peter features in the accompanying iconic picture of the twin stalactites in the Hensler's Master Cave taken by Fred Davies.
BCRA is grateful to Peter's son Michael for scanning Peter's material and making it available to the BCRA Online Archive. He was happy for the photos to be used in a non-commercial way by the BCRA and any other speleological organisation for educational and research purposes, but requested that the source be acknowledged. Sadly, Michael died in May 2022.
Classification: Feature.

Bibliograph: GARDNER, John. (2022). The Peter Binns Collection. BCRA Review 22, (pp19-22).

BCRA Special Interest Groups (pp23-28)

Cave Radio and Electronics Group (CREG), Cave Surveying Group (CSG), Explosives Users Group (EUG), Cave Archaeology Group (CAG), Cave Biology Group (CBG).

BCRA Grants and Awards (pp29-31)

BCRA's Annual Awards, UK Cave Conservation Emergency Fund (UKCCEF), Cave Science and Technology Research Fund (CSTRF).

BCRA Photo Salon (pp32-34)

Due to the cancellation of the 2022 Hidden Earth conference (and thus also the prestigious Photo Salon competition, our regular source of underground photography for the centre pages), an open call was put out for interesting photos, and a selection is presented both here and on the front and back covers for your enjoyment.

BCRA Scientific Meetings (pp35-54)

33rd BCRA Cave Science Symposium, Valley Entrance (CREG), Alderley Edge Copper Mines, Lower Winskill (CAG), Dove Valley.

The British Cave Science Centre, a Five-Year Review (2018-2022) (pp55-60) (PDF 766KB)

by Andrew SMITH and John GUNN.
Classification: Feature.

Bibliograph: SMITH, Andrew and John GUNN. (2022). The British Cave Science Centre, a Five-Year Review (2018-2022). BCRA Review 22, (pp55-60).

Useful BCRA contact addresses (page iii)

Back Cover (page iv)

by Gary DOUTHWAITE, John GUNN, Jon PEMBERTON, Phil WOLSTENHOLME and Adam ATKINS.
A selection of images related to ongoing research, or documentation of underground phenomena. For details see contents page.

BCRA Review (ISSN 2516-1423)

BCRA Review 2022