This weekend we
-Did the ‘Cotton Eye Tom’ Dance in Sell Gill
-Played J Hoopla with the new kit
-Attended the 25th Anniversary Austwick Cuckoo Festival
And did some caving.
Photos of this weekend’s Yorkshire trip are now here (and on the photo page). Just to let you know that we are also currently making an instructional video, “Tom Foord’s Guide to Modern Speleodance” which we are hoping to post in the next week or so. It’s elegant and illuminating. Watch this space.
Next trip – Yorkshire Dales, next bank holiday (three days!), from Friday 28th May until Monday 31st, staying at YSS. Contact Nikki for details and to sign up. Go on….
has now closed. Thanks to Tom for remembering where he was at the time, Chris Seal for filling us in on the 1985/6 committee (which must be roughly when the present committee were born) and a Mr Richard Matthews for his information from the time 1969-72 (the club’s even darker ages). I will update the page at some point, please let me know any more info. No one has therefore claimed the prizes of a colour TV/CDs. However, if Chris/Richard want to send me an address I can supply the Speleolabs beanie hat, as promised. Next competition prize: a day out snowboarding with Tim ‘aaarggghhh’ Morgan (helicopter ride not included).
This is to wish Tim Morgan a speedy recovery. Tim has just been airlifted off a mountain having snowboarded off a cliff. He is currently in an Italian hospital, being hospitalized. I guess they probably teach you to not snowboard off cliffs on day one of snowboard school. Unfortunately Tim is self taught.
A quick reminder to say that our exciting competition ‘Name That Committee’ is still running but must end soon. Prizes of Speleolabs headgear, specially mixed CDs and a colour TV remain up for grabs.
Web space problem is now sorted by the way. Although this site may go a bit quiet on the Speleolabs front from this week due imminent homeslessness. Please keep posting comments as it keeps me amused. Also – Tom has asked me to point out that his e-mail has gone spoggly but he can be reached by phone – see number posted by him in comments section.
A few changes – as well as a mild redesign there is now a separate links page as requested. If anyone wants anything added let me know.
More excitingly, there’s our brand new competition:
Click on the link above or see the archive page.
How it works- we’ve tried to compile a complete list of committee members/christmas party themes since the dawn of time (1986). However, as Dr Methane’s memory is not what it was a few gaps remain. And he inevitably got a bit confused in places. Consequently there is a fine Speleolabs beanie hat, some ‘Speleomix’ CDs and a colour TV available to the person who can fill the most gaps/point out the most errors. Even if you’re not the lucky winner it does make some really interesting reading.
Some Pub News. As it is out of term time a few more dedicated members are now meeting in the County Arms, Watlington Street from 10.00 onwards. Feel free to drop in. Normal service will be resumed when term begins.
Take a look at these two links. Compare & Contrast. Of course Speleolabs have always been ahead of their time…
Next trip is Yorkshire, 30 April – 3 May (Bank Holiday!) Contact Nikki for details/booking. I understand that we are staying at Bullpot Farm, which is in the middle of nowhere (and then in a bit more). Interestingly, Durham Uni have a virtual tour of Bullpot Farm on their site. (link at bottom left). Why, I don’t know but if you like looking at pictures of coalsheds and frying pans then this is the site for you. I am dead impressed. We should do one for Hilton Park Services on the M6.
Does anyone have any spare web space (or know where to get some)? Speleolabs Reading are moving and hence are about to lose their online account (from April 22nd). The upshot is that much of RUCavers and the Speleolabs site will cease to exist unless we can find a temporary new home (say, for a couple of months) for about 8.5 Mb of data. Any offers (and FTP details) gratefully received – please let me know.
New year, new committee… Congratulations to one and all.
A wealth of updates. Firstly we now have new photos posted from election night and the last Yorkshire trip – see here. Includes pictures from Bar Risa. Sorry.
Secondly, to your left we have a new page showing the new RUCC commitee, here.
Thirdly, Kent & Cardiff university clubs (OK Tom, stop nagging) are now in the links.
Fourth, there’s a new page covering expeditions which at the moment doesn’t have much on it, except for a link to Brian’s site. However, more (past and future) will be on there soon.
Fifth, there’s a new archive page, which again which is incomplete but will have content soon, including a soon-to-be exciting new competition, ‘Name That Committee’.
In the meantime as part of the archive page we have gone through the digital archives and dredged up ‘Speleostuff Magazine’ from a few years ago (1999/2000) which shows the genesis of this site (and the origins of Speleolabs). As well as a fine picture of John Mzzzz. Well worth a visit if you are in the mood for a ‘reminisci-package’ or are a connoisseur of bad web design. Or want a picture of Andy Rumming dressed as Austin Powers. Please revisit the archive page as things get like, archived. Over to you, Badger John…
Speaking of which, thanks to John for this exciting badger post (broadband a good idea for full on badger/mushroom action).
Reading University Caving Club