Saturday 26th September 2020

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann, Wayne Starsmore and Barry Wilkinson. Started where we finished last week. With Pete filling, Wayne above him and John above Wayne all the spoil was passed to Nigel to stack at the bottom of the entrance. Once this was complete Nigel went to the surface to assist Barry. With Pete filling and Wayne moving the buckets up the slope, John on the Naughty Step, Barry and Nigel hauled 23 loads to the surface to leave the dig clear of spoil. 2 hours. John.

Saturday 19th September 2020

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann, Wayne Starsmore, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. One mix of cement taken in. First moved spoil up from bottom to step, Pete loading, Wayne above and John stacking. Then while Pete did some cementing we moved it on up to the alcoves and then on up to the tunnel. Once that was completed Jude went down to join Pete and a bit more spoil moved on up to the alcoves and then on up to the tunnel. Finally we made a start on moving the spoil up from the tunnel but after only a few loads Pete and Jude had finished cementing so we all left. 2 hours. John.

Saturday 12th September 2020

John Cooper, Pete Hann, Matt Randall, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. First hour moved spoil up from bottom to alcoves. Jude loading, Pete above, Matt next, Adrian next and me stacking in alcoves. Then Pete drilling with Jude assisting while rest moved spoil up from alcoves to mid tunnel for another hour. Matt loading, Adrian above him and me hauling then stacking. All clear by time charge ready for firing. Didn’t hear it on surface but heard a little way down entrance shaft. 2 hours. John.

Saturday 5th September 2020

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann, Adrian Vanderplank, Jude Vanderplank and Barry Wilkinson. Cleared spoil from top half of cave. With Pete filling at the tunnel, me hauling and emptying at stacking space, Nigel filling, Adrian passing buckets up, Jude on Naughty Step and Barry on surface the first hour was spend clearing from the Tunnel. Once done Adrian and Pete went on down to start capping. I took over from Jude who replaced Adrian and we spend the next hour clearing the top stacking space. I then left and digging finished another hour later. 2-3 hours. John.