Saturday 26th March 2022

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. 1 mix of cement taken in by Pete and used wall building at the bottom. Adrian took in capping kit and John took in survey kit. Adrian and John surveyed the bottom bit whilst Pete started wall building. Then Adrian started capping. Some more capping and wall building. A small incident when a flying splinter cut open Pete’s top lip. When Pete ran out of cement John took the empty bucket and survey kit up to the Tunnel. When Adrian ran out of battery power John took the capping kit out, collecting the cement bucket and survey kit en route, whilst Adrian and Pete admired the way on. Good draught coming out from the end and not quite as drippy today. 3 hours. John.

Saturday 19th March 2022

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. 2 mixes of cement and capping kit taken in. Wall building and capping at the bottom. Some clatch then placed behind the walls. Quite drippy again this week. Needs lots of clatch removing now then more cement and wall building. No hauling done. 2½ hours. John.

Thursday 17th March 2022

John Cooper, Wayne Starsmore, Andrew Thompson, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Hauling spoil. From bottom to bottom step (16 loads), from bottom step to tunnel (15 loads), from tunnel to bottom of entrance shaft (15 loads) and finally to surface (9 loads). A bit drippy after yesterday’s heavy rain. 2½ hours. John.

Saturday 12th March 2022

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. 2 mixes of cement and capping kit taken in. Wall building and capping at the bottom. Some clatch then placed behind the walls. Not quite as drippy this week. Needs lots more cement and wall building but seems to be gradually getting more open. No hauling done. 2½ hours. John.

Saturday 5th March 2022

John Cooper, Nigel Graham and Pete Hann. 1 mix of cement taken in used wall building at the bottom. Some clatch then placed behind the walls. Still very drippy. Needs lots more cement and wall building. 2 hours. John.

Thursday 3rd March 2022

John Cooper, Richard Marlow, Wayne Starsmore, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Took in capping kit. 14 loads were hauled from the bottom step to the Tunnel and then on up to the bottom of the entrance shaft. Adrian and Rich then went to the bottom to cap the boulder whilst the remaining 3 hauled 11 loads to the surface to leave everywhere clear. Fortunately, with Jude loading and Wayne on the Naughty Step, John was able to cope on his own on the surface. 2 hours. John.