Saturday 23rd April 2022

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. 2 mixes of cement taken in (split over 3 buckets) as well as capping kit. Pete used some of the first bucket and Adrian then did a bit of capping. After John and Nigel had a look at the bottom (looks horrible) Pete used up the rest of the cement building walls with no foundations! Lots more cement required. 2 hours. John.

Saturday 16th April 2022

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. 2 mixes of cement taken in (split over 3 buckets) as well as capping kit. Pete had used up first bucket by the time capping kit arrived. Adrian then did a bit of capping before the end of the capping rod broke off. Final 2 buckets of cement used up building more walls. 2½ hours. John.

Saturday 9th April 2022

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Plans changed as Jude graced us with her presence. Adrian took capping kit to the bottom. Pete and I took 1 mix of cement in. Whilst Adrian capped, the rest of us hauled 22 loads up from the bottom to the bottom step. Then Pete started walling, aided by Jude, whilst Nigel and I cleared all the spoil from the bottom step up to the alcoves. Then I went down and collected the capping kit leaving Pete to complete his walling. 2½ hours. John.

Saturday 2nd April 2022

John Cooper, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank (Nigel forgot his wellies so walked back to Upper Pitts instead of digging). Capping and clatch removal, the stacking space at the bottom is now full. Pete reckons a double mix of cement next week and he can use a lot of the rocks building walls while Adrian caps the lip from the next drop. 3 hours. John.