Reading University Caving Club 
Below are details of trips that RUCC are running, along with an outline of what you need to bring.
Upcoming Caving Trips and Events
See our calendar below containing details of our trips and other upcoming club events:
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Fri 5th Oct to Sun 7th Oct all day | Caving Trip to South Wales - staying at South Wales Caving Club Give Caving a Try on our first weekend trip of the Year! We will be staying in a cozy hut in the Swansea Valley and going on Trips down Ogof Ffynnon Ddu (OFD), one of the finest caves in the UK. The Cost is just £35 including food, transport and accommodation. See: www.facebook.com/event.....ti=cl  South Wales Caving Club |
Mon 8th Oct 8:00pm 10:00pm | RUCC @ The Back Of Beyond For those of you new to the club, welcome - each week, we'll be congregating at a pub in Reading on a Monday night for social shenanigans, planning and discussions surrounding future trips and social escapades, and generally to enjoy each other's company! Whether you're a seasoned underground explorer, just curious to know what all this caving malarkey is about, or anywhere in between, come along and say hi! Look forward to seeing you there! 😀 See: www.facebook.com/event.....ti=cl The Back of Beyond |
Thu 11th Oct 7:00pm 9:30pm | Film Night Hello, wonderful people! We'll be kicking off our series of autumn term socials with an evening enjoying that classic caving "documentary", The Descent, at the Ice House bar on campus. For those of you new to Reading, Ice House is attached to Wessex Halls, and features its own cinema! Come join us to unravel this deeply profound cinematographic 'masterpiece'..... See you all there! 😀 See: www.facebook.com/events/268203993811336/ Ice House, University of Reading, Whiteknights Road, Reading, Wokingham RG6 6BQ, UK |
About Our Trips
If you want to go on any of the trips, please let our secretary or president know. We may charge a deposit or ask you to make a full upfront payment to confirm your place prior to our trips, as they can be very popular.
For day trips, we usually leave Reading in a minibus at approximately 8am and return in the evening at about 9pm. For evening trips, we usually leave at around 6:30pm and return at around 9:30pm. The day trip or evening trip fee covers all transport, equipment, and any cave entrance fees.
For weekend trips, we usually leave Reading in a minibus at approximately 6pm on a Friday evening and return late on a Sunday, so it’s a pretty intensive weekend, but great fun. The weekend trip fee includes accommodation, travel, equipment, breakfast and Saturday dinner.
Trips will normally start from our tackle store, near Wessex Hall.
If you want to join us or have some questions, then please come to one of our regular pub meet-ups and sign up – please see our Instagram page, our Facebook group or the calendar above for the location of our next pub night. To accompany us you need to have Club membership (£15 for students and £20 for non students) and Reading Students’ Union Sports Federation insurance (prices from £18 per year).
What to Bring
Caving Abroad
Our more enthusiastic members sometimes go caving further afield… In recent years, we’ve enjoyed some fantastic caving (along with various other activities such as hiking, rock climbing, via ferrata and swimming) on club trips to Southern France, Ireland, and Austria.
If you are really keen, there are even opportunities to join the Dachstein Caving Expedition and/or the CUCC Expo in Austria – and explore some of the deepest, most exciting, and least visited caves in the world!
If you’d be interested in going on one of these trips and/or expeditions abroad, or would like to know more, please get in touch with our committee, and we can provide you with all the details.
In previous years our club has travelled even further afield – travelling as far as Spain, Romania, Slovenia and China to see some truly spectacular caves! To read more about some of these historic expeditions, please see our old site…