User:Alan666wsg/Westminster speleological group

The Westminster Speleological Group (WSG) is a London based caving club with a headquarters in South Wales. The group organizes regular caving trips to South Wales and other caving areas in the UK and a monthly social meet in central London. Overseas expeditions have been carried out including original exploration in Cuba, Romania, The Atlas mountains of Morocco and Abkhazia.

Caerllwyn house
Caerllwyn house is the club's cottage on the Southern edge of the Brecon Beacons national park. It is a traditional Welsh cottage that the WSG rented from 1968 and purchased in 1993. It is within easy reach of the major cave systems of Dan yr Ogof and Ogof Ffynnon Ddu in the Swansea valley and Ogof Agen Allwedd and Ogof y Daren Cilau on the Llangattock escarpment near Abergavenny. It has 18 bunks and a large garden for additional camping space and is available for hire by outside groups.

Cuban expeditions
In 1988 WSG made contact with the Martel Group of Havana and became one of the first western caving groups to visit Cuba. Work was initially centered at the Western end of the island in the province of Pinar del Rio. Contact has been maintained with the Cuban groups and several return visits have been made. In 1990 we were able to negotiate permission for a small group of Cuban cavers to visit the UK.


 * 1991 Cuban expedition
 * 1997 Cuban expedition
 * 1999 Cuban expedition