Below are details of trips that RUCC are running, along with an outline of what you need to bring.

Autumn Term Caving Trips 2009

Day Trip, Mendips, 3rd October (£5)
Day Trip, Mendips, 4th October (£5)

Weekend Trip, South Wales, 16th - 18th October (£35)

Weekend Trip, Mendips (With Fireworks!), 5th-7th November (£35)

Day Trip, Give It A Go, 13th November (Free for Non-Members)

Weekend Trip, CHECC (in South Wales), 20th - 22nd November (£35)

If you want to go on any of the trips let our president know. We may ask you to make a full upfront payment (or charge a deposit) 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 9:30am and return in the evening at about 9pm. The day trip fee covers all transport, and any cave entrance fees

For weekend trips, we usually leave Reading in a minibus at approximately 6:30pm 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, breakfast and Saturday dinner.

Trips will normally start at the Athletics Pavilion car park (near the university sports centre) - look for Building 43 on this Map [PDF file].

If you want to join us or have some questions, then please come to the College Arms (see this Map) from 9pm any Monday night and sign up. To accompany us you need to have Club membership (£12 for students and £20 for non students) and Sports Federation insurance (price to be confirmed: but around £15 per year).

For these trips please bring:

• Old warm clothes (and dark underwear so the girls tell us)
• A Mars Bar (or equivalent)
• A sleeping bag (to sleep in). Or perhaps wear as a sarong if things get really bad.
• A towel (no comment)
• Some money (for beers of course)
• A torch! (vital for finding your way back from the pub - honest.)
• Old trainers (as the area is likely to be muddy, although you will wear wellies for the cave itself)
• Caving gear if you have any (provided if not), particularly wellies, oversuit, furry
• Chequebook or cash to pay for the trip (if you haven't already)
• If you have them thermals, warm hat and gloves, and washing up gloves (to keep your hands dry in the cave)
• A stupid hat. Important to blend in....
• Last but not least a sense of adventure, humour and a laissez faire attitude to the concept of personal hygiene!

We hope to see you there!