Reading University Caving Club 
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Fri 1st Nov to Sun 3rd Nov | FIREWORKS - Weekend trip to Mendip (Somerset) Wessex Cave Club, E Water Ln, Wells BA5 3AX, UK  |  |
Sun 10th Nov 8:00am 7:00pm | Day Trip to Surrey Mines | |
Fri 22nd Nov 6:00pm to Sun 24th Nov 10:00pm | CHECC Dolygaer Outdoor Education Centre, Dolygaer, Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2UR, UK | |
Fri 6th Dec to Sun 8th Dec | Mendip Christmas trip | |
Tue 21st Jan | RUSU All Student Meeting | |
Fri 24th Jan 6:00pm to Sun 26th Jan 11:30pm | Re-freshers trip - Shepton Mallet CC | |
Mon 27th Jan 8:00pm 11:00pm | PUB : monks Retreat | |
Fri 31st Jan to Sun 2nd Feb | Trip to the Peak District - Orpheus CC; Chris Yes, Connor Yes, Duncan Yes,Jo Maybe | |
Fri 21st Feb to Sun 23rd Feb | Yorkshire - YSS Booked for 12. Chris yes. Jess Yes (driving), Jo yes | |
Sat 29th Feb 8:00am 9:00am | Bca SRT training mendip | |
Fri 13th Mar to Sun 15th Mar | Wales trip with Irish cavers - Westminster | |
Fri 27th Mar to Sun 29th Mar | Southern CHECC - SWCC | |
Sat 28th Mar to Sun 19th Apr | UoR Easter break | |
Fri 3rd Apr to Sun 5th Apr | Yorkshire - YSS (booked for 8) | |
Fri 12th Jun | UoR End of term | |
Mon 28th Sep 8:00pm 11:30pm | e-Pub Night - Meet & Greet While COVID-19 prevents us from meeting up as much as normal, we are still having fun! Every Monday, we hold weekly online 'e-Pub' nights, starting at around 8pm. This week, we are running a special "meet & greet" e-Pub night for all new and potential club members. Anyone is welcome to join this - you can learn more about our club and our activities, ask any questions you may have, as well as start getting to know our existing members. We normally use Facebook Rooms for our e-Pub nights - to take part, simply join our Facebook group (www.facebook.com/groups/rucavers/) now, and we'll post a link on there when the e-Pub night is due to start. | |
Mon 5th Oct 8:00pm 11:30pm | e-Pub Night - Meet & Greet While COVID-19 prevents us from meeting up as much as normal, we are still having fun! Every Monday, we hold weekly online 'e-Pub' nights, starting at around 8pm. This week, we are running a special "meet & greet" e-Pub night for all new and potential club members. Anyone is welcome to join this - you can learn more about our club and our activities, ask any questions you may have, as well as start getting to know our existing members. We normally use Facebook Rooms for our e-Pub nights - to take part, simply join our Facebook group (www.facebook.com/groups/rucavers/) now, and we'll post a link on there when the e-Pub night is due to start. | |
Mon 12th Oct 8:00pm 11:30pm | e-Pub Night - Meet & Greet While COVID-19 prevents us from meeting up as much as normal, we are still having fun! Every Monday, we hold weekly online 'e-Pub' nights, starting at around 8pm. This week, we are running a special "meet & greet" e-Pub night for all new and potential club members. Anyone is welcome to join this - you can learn more about our club and our activities, ask any questions you may have, as well as start getting to know our existing members. We normally use Facebook Rooms for our e-Pub nights - to take part, simply join our Facebook group (www.facebook.com/groups/rucavers/) now, and we'll post a link on there when the e-Pub night is due to start. | |
Mon 19th Oct 8:00pm 11:30pm | e-Pub Night - Meet & Greet While COVID-19 prevents us from meeting up as much as normal, we are still having fun! Every Monday, we hold weekly online 'e-Pub' nights, starting at around 8pm. This week, we are running a special "meet & greet" e-Pub night for all new and potential club members. Anyone is welcome to join this - you can learn more about our club and our activities, ask any questions you may have, as well as start getting to know our existing members. We normally use Facebook Rooms for our e-Pub nights - to take part, simply join our Facebook group (www.facebook.com/groups/rucavers/) now, and we'll post a link on there when the e-Pub night is due to start. | |
Mon 20th Sep 8:00pm 12:00am | RUCC Pub night @ Monks Retreat | |
Thu 23rd Sep 11:00am 5:00pm | RUSU Sports freshers fayre To any and all Freshers (and anyone else who's keen); come meet the RUCC squad at the Sports Fayre on Thursday 23rd. We'll have a booth set up where you can come talk to us, find out just what caving is, and ask any questions. | |
About Our Trips
If you want to go on any of the trips, please let our secretary or president know.
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. We will usually stop at a service station enroute on Friday.
Trips will 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) 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 your really keen, there are even opportunities to join expeditions abroad. This year (Summer 2026) we will be visiting Spain.
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…