Becoming a Member
Membership benefits
1. Probationary Membership
- A key to Nordrach Cottage
- Bunk accomodation at £5 per night
- Comprehensive kitchen facilities
- Hot showers
- The chance to learn how to cave safely
- Monthly meets (The first friday of each month, then over the weekend)
- Saturday Socials at the weekend meets
- Access to weekday trips
- BCA (British Caving Association) insurance
- Lively Newsgroup and Fb groups to make sure you know what's going on
- Loan of kit until you can afford to buy your own
- Trips to caves, potholes and mines
- Digging trips - looking to open up new caves and mines or extend existing ones
- Learning skills - eg caving knots, climbing skills, laddering, belaying and SRT (Single Rope Technique)
- Regular newsletters
- The Christmas Dinner
- The AGM and Dinner
- Trips to other parts of the UK
- Occassional trips abroad
2. Full Membership
There is a minimum probationary period of 6 months, giving new members time to learn cottage routines, care of kit and club procedures
Full members have access to the:-
- Library
- Tackle Store
- Keys for most of the gated Mendip caves
- The opportunity to be on the MCG Committee
To get full membership status you need to have been a member for at least 6 months. You also neeed to complete a New Members checklist - click here to view
Please note that we do not assess for any of the formal caving qualifications or award any certificates implying any specific levels of caving competence.
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