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Date: Saturday July 15th

Start time: 14.30

Location: GCRG Depot

Address: Headquarters, Littledean Hill Road, Cinderford Glos GL142TT

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Event: A grand auction of Caving, Climbing, Outdoor Equipment and many other items to raise funds for both the Gloucestershire Cave Rescue Group & Midland Cave Rescue Group. There is to be a professional auctioneer A catalogue is being produced so that everyone can see what is going to be available on the day. Bids will be accepted prior to the event from anyone who is not able to attend. The auction is set to take place from 14.30 hrs onwards.

Additional events are being organised:

Mountain Bike Ride, Surface Walk, Caving Trips, Kayaking down the River Wye in the morning / early afternoon. More details to follow. There is to be a BBQ providing a variety of food and there will also be a range of drinks available.

Donations of items for the auction are most welcome. Please contact Paul Taylor via chairman@gcrg.org.uk to arrange delivery.

The proceeds from the GCRG share are to be used to help with the construction of walls and a set of tunnels to further enhance the training facility at the GCRG Depot.

This is going to be a great opportunity to support the cave rescue but also to grab some bargins in the process.

On 2 Apr, Maria and Tom will be running the Southampton Half Marathon to raise money for GCRG. If you can spare even a little then it would be greatly appreciated

They both hate running so please head over to their fundraiser on Facebook

Take a look at the calendar - our new rescheduled date for the postponed December training day is now available - 29th Jan 2023 at the Dean Field Studies Centre. Pop over to Facebook for more details and to give us an early indication as to if you are planning to attend.

The Rescue: 54 Hours Underground.

This gripping story about the rescue of George Linnane, who faced multiple life-threatening injuries within Britian's deepest cave system, was made into a documentary and will be broadcast nationally on BBC 2, Thursday 3rd November 2022 at 21:30pm. Set in the Brecon Beacons, it illustrates how a team of over 300 individuals from across Wales and the UK came together and saved his life. This is the very first time it will have been broadcast outside of Wales. Not to be missed!

BBC2: 03/11/22 @ 21:30pm

Also available on iPlayer

On Thursday September 8th along with a few other GCRG members I was at Clearwell Caves in the Forest of Dean preparing for the presentation of the Queens Platinum Jubilee Medals to around 50 GCRG members. Returning to near the mine entrance and my phone rang and it was the High Sheriff of Gloucester ringing to tell me the sad news that the Queen had died. In consultation with Dusty, we took the decision to go ahead with the event. The medal was a celebration of part of the Queen's life, and I felt that she would have wanted us to go ahead. By the time I took the call many people would already have set off. Once everyone had arrived and before proceedings got underway, we held a 1-minute silence in honor of the late queen. Thanks go to Kevin Adcock from Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue Service and John Dutton from SARA who between them presented the medals. Thanks go to everyone who helped with setting the event up, to all the recipients of the medals and their guests for attending the event and a very big thanks to Jonathan Wright owner of Clearwell Caves for allowing us to make use of the Mine Complex and its superb and very appropriate surroundings for what was a very special event for everyone. Thanks to Raif Evans for a very fine collection of photos.