Saturday 28th August 2021

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann, Mike Kousiounis, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Took in capping kit but it wasn’t used. Came back up to alcoves then hauled debris up until they were full. Leaving Pete at the bottom we then moved on up and cleared all the spoil from the alcoves to the top of the tunnel. We then went back down and repeated the process until Pete had had enough (bottom alcove full and top one part full). Moved on up and then hauled the spoil from the alcoves to the top of the tunnel. Then we all came out. 2½ hours. John.

Thursday 26th August 2021

Ann Brady-Vanderplank, John Cooper, Richard Marlow, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Jude loading at the bottom of the entrance shaft, Adrian and Richard at the Naughty Step, Anne and John hauling on the surface. 23 loads were moved on up leaving the bottom of the entrance shaft clear. 1 hour. John.

Saturday 21st August 2021

Richard Carey, John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Took in capping kit to use at the bottom. Came back up to alcoves then hauled debris up until they were full. Leaving Pete at the bottom we then moved on up and cleared all the spoil from the alcoves to the top of the tunnel. Adrian then went back down to see how Pete was getting on whilst the rest of us hauled all the spoil on up to the bottom of the entrance shaft. Jude, Nigel and Richard then went out whilst John went back down to see how things were progressing. The drill battery having just died John brought out the capping kit leaving Adrian to bring out a dead bucket and the bang wire from last week. 3 hours. John.

Saturday 14th August 2021

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. Took in drill and long bits for Pete to use at the bottom. Came back up and Adrian, John and Nigel cleared the alcoves and then moved on up and cleared all the spoil to the bottom of the entrance shaft.  Then went back and collected the drill and bits and took them out. Still below the entrance stacking space when it went “thud”, 2 and a half 1m deep holes with 12gm cord. Should be spoil at the bottom of the entrance shaft and the bottom itself for next time. 2 hours. John.

Thursday 12th August 2021

John Cooper, Richard Marlow, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Broke up some rocks at the bottom. These were then hauled up to the ledge and then on up to the alcoves. Now ready to drill and bang. 1¼ hours. John.

Saturday 7th August 2021

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. One mix of cement taken to bottom and most used by Pete wall building. John used a bit doing maintenance. Capping kit taken in and Adrian capped the floor. The rocks from the ledge were hauled up to the alcoves by John and Adrian. Nigel, John and Jude then moved them on up to the Tunnel. 1½ hours. John.