Reading University Caving Club 
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Thu 22nd Sep 6:00pm 7:00pm | Presentation For Freshers A meet and great for all intrested in joining us at RUCC. Will involve a PowerPoint presentation, Q and A and pub afterwards link to Facebook event (You may need to be signed up to Facebook to see the events. If you are having trouble please email us) Humss G74  |  |
Sun 25th Sep 7:00am 5:00pm | Sunday Day Trip We are having day trips to the Mendips at the weekend following the Freshers Fayre. Clicking attending on this event is not enough. Please get in touch to make sure you get a space. In order to garrenty your place £10 is required to cover transport and kit costs. Or just come and see us at the Fayre (Thursday 22nd 11am-4pm) and at the presenation link to Facebook event (You may need to be signed up to Facebook to see the events. If you are having trouble please email us) | |
Fri 30th Sep 7:00pm to Sun 2nd Oct 8:00pm | First trip Of The Year- Wales So our first trip of the year is to South Wales! Lots of fresher-friendly options planned. Please sign up to come, the more the merrier! link to Facebook event (You may need to be signed up to Facebook to see the events. If you are having trouble please email us) South Wales Caving Club, Penwyllt, SA9 1GQ | |
Fri 21st Oct 10:00am to Sun 23rd Oct 1:00pm | Second Trip of Term - Mendips - Belfry Second trip of term to the Mendip hills (Near Bristol). The Belfry, Wells Road, Priddy | |
Fri 4th Nov 6:00pm to Sun 6th Nov 11:00pm | Fireworks Weekend - Mendips - Belfry The Bristol Exploration Club aka BEC (motto: 'Everything to Excess') are holding their annual Guy Fawkes Night party at their bunkhouse in the Mendip Hills. It's a prime location for caving by day, and by night you can reasonably expect to see something you haven't seen before. Come on, it'll be a blast! A presentation on a recent BEC expedition to the Philipinnes is planned for Saturday, with some Philipino food too! link to Facebook event (You may need to be signed up to Facebook to see the events. If you are having trouble please email us) The Belfry, Wells Road, Priddy, BA5 3AU | |
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…