Saturday 31st August 2019

John Cooper, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. Pete at the bottom digging out clatch, me above him and Adrian stacking the mud behind the walls I’d built. A final boulder moved on all the way to the surface. Now some cementing and capping required. 2 hours. John.

Saturday 17th August 2019

John Cooper and Pete Hann. Ran a survey down to the bottom. Very wet at the bottom of the entrance shaft so the planned survey back out taking lots of splays was abandoned. Used DistoX but Pete wrote readings in book. I also used a small tape recorder which revealed 3 errors in Pete’s notes. 1¼ hours. John.

Saturday 3rd August 2019

John Cooper, Pete Hann, Mike Kousiounis, Geoff Newton and Adrian Vanderplank. Capping kit taken in but not used. First moved spoil (rock) up from bottom to bottom stacking space. Then added to the heap with rocks from the alcoves part way up. Then moved on up and shifted spoil from bottom stacking space to top stacking space. Finally hauled the 21 loads to the surface. Dig now clean. 3 hours. John.