A week of Spanish Caving Every Easter, South Wales Caving Club go for a week to Northern Spain, for a week of sport caving in some of the excellent systems in the region around Ramales de la Victoria. While people have often heard of Cueto-Coventosa, one of the classic through...
By Tim Webber 2010 saw 6 Suss ites going for the soft option and travelling to Matienzo in Northern Spain for their summer break. When we arrived at the campsite we found two OUCC members and an UBSS member who had ended up in Matienzo, without transport, cooking facilities or...
Crete 2010 saw 15 members of SUSS successfully finding and recording 140+ new caves. The expedition ran from 3-18th July to the remote Mavri Laki Valley in the White Mountains. Amongst the most notable finds were Pandora’s Pot (-160m+), Darwin Pot (-140m) and Birthday Pot. All members managed to return...
By Rosie Hadfield, The summer kicked off well on my visit home, where I managed to teach my Dad SRT down a well and explore a nearby mine! Then it was back to Sheffield to meet up with the Matienzo lot….we set off early on Saturday and finally arrived in...
In the summer of 2003 members of SUSS enbarked on their finest expedition yet. A group of us went to an area of Northern Spain called Matienzo in the Mountain Range called the Picos de Europa. The Matienzo Project has been going since the 60’s and many kilometres of passage...