diff --git a/core/views/new_hole.py b/core/views/new_hole.py
index deb7fb9a..6dfbef38 100644
--- a/core/views/new_hole.py
+++ b/core/views/new_hole.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class NewHoleForm(forms.Form):
     """
     discovery_date = forms.DateField(label="Trip date", widget=forms.DateInput(attrs={'type': 'date'}), required=True)
     # Identification
-    tag_id = forms.CharField(label="New Cave Identifier for internal identifiers. Cannot easily be changed.", 
+    cave_id = forms.CharField(label="New Cave Identifier for internal identifiers. Cannot easily be changed.", 
         widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'placeholder': 
             'e.g.  2035-ZB-03 '}),
         max_length=50, required=True)
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class NewHoleForm(forms.Form):
     def _add_caver_error(self, field_name, name, year):
         """Standardized HTML error reporter"""
         error_html = mark_safe(
-            f"'{name}' is not a recognized explorer for the year {year}. "
+            f"'{name}' is not a recognized caver for the year {year}. "
             f"See <a href='/aliases/{year}'>aliases list</a>"
         )
         self.add_error(field_name, error_html)
@@ -124,18 +124,33 @@ class NewHoleForm(forms.Form):
         
         trip_date = cleaned_data.get("discovery_date")
         wallet_id = cleaned_data.get("survey_wallet")
+        cave_id = cleaned_data.get("cave_id")
+        
+        if cave_id and trip_date:
+            try:
+                clean_cave = "".join(cave_id.split()) # removes whitespace
+                cave_year = int(clean_cave[:4])
+
+                trip_year = trip_date.year                
+                if cave_year != trip_year:
+                    self.add_error('cave_id', 
+                        f"Year mismatch: Cave identifier year ({cave_year}) does not match Trip date year ({trip_year}).")
+            
+            except (ValueError, IndexError):
+                # Individual field cleaners (regex) will handle malformed wallet strings
+                pass
+
+        
 
         if wallet_id and trip_date:
             try:
                 clean_wallet = "".join(wallet_id.split()) # should already be cleaned
                 wallet_year = int(clean_wallet[:4])
                 
-                # Get the year from the discovery_date (a datetime.date object)
                 trip_year = trip_date.year
                 
                 if wallet_year != trip_year:
-                    # Point the error at the wallet field
-                    self.add_error('ug_survey_wallet', 
+                    self.add_error('survey_wallet', 
                         f"Year mismatch: Wallet year ({wallet_year}) does not match Trip date year ({trip_year}).")
             
             except (ValueError, IndexError):
@@ -151,10 +166,10 @@ class NewHoleForm(forms.Form):
             intrepids = self._validate_caver_list(
                 'discoverers', year, cleaned_data.get("discoverers"))
             
-            cameramen = self._validate_caver_list(
-                'photo_ent_who', year, cleaned_data.get("photo_ent_who"))
+            if cleaned_data.get("photo_ent_no") or cleaned_data.get("gps_photo"):
+                cameramen = self._validate_caver_list(
+                    'photo_ent_who', year, cleaned_data.get("photo_ent_who"))
             
-            # Even for a single name, it works fine
             gps_user = self._validate_caver_list(
                 'gps_owner', year, cleaned_data.get("gps_owner"))
             
@@ -185,8 +200,8 @@ class NewHoleForm(forms.Form):
 
         return cleaned_data
         
-    def clean_tag_id(self):
-        data = self.cleaned_data.get('tag_id')
+    def clean_cave_id(self):
+        data = self.cleaned_data.get('cave_id')
 
         # 1. Remove whitespace and force uppercase for consistency
         clean_text = "".join(data.split()).upper()
diff --git a/templates/new_hole.html b/templates/new_hole.html
index 81716fe2..00947849 100644
--- a/templates/new_hole.html
+++ b/templates/new_hole.html
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
                     <div class="field-{{ field.name }}">
                         {{ field.label_tag }}
                         {{ field }}<span class="unit-label"> E 
-						{%if areacode %}<font color="blue"> {{areacode}}</font>{% endif %}</span>
+						{%if areacode %}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="blue"> {{areacode}}</font>{% endif %}</span>
                         {{ field.errors }}
                     </div>
                 </div> {# Standard Checkbox rendering #}
@@ -134,12 +134,13 @@
 <p>
 <ul>
 <li>Calculate whether this new cave is in area 1623 or 1626
-<li>Create a FIXED POINT record by appending to :loser:/fixedpts/gps/auto.svx
+<li>Create a <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">fixed point</span> record by appending to :loser:/fixedpts/gps/auto.svx
 <li>Create a new Cave record with associated new Entrance record 
 <li>Do a git commit (expoweb) of the new Cave and Entrance description files
-<li>Do a git commit (loser) of the new GPS position
+<li>Do a git commit (loser) of the new GPS position<br />
+ (git commits use your logged-in identity in the "Who are you ?" field)
 <li>Update the database with this new information
-<li>Create a new Wallet for this information and this trip
+<li>Create a new Wallet for this information and this trip (if it does not exist)
 <li>Return you to this form if any important data is missing or invalid
 <li>If all is correct, will take you to the (new) Wallet for you to upload the photos
 </ul>