Saturday 30th July 2022

John Cooper, Pete Hann, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. One mix of cement taken to bottom and used wall building by John. Capping kit taken as far as Tunnel “Just in case”. Rocks pulled out of bottom and stacked by John making the way out awkward. Needs a proper clearance session now. Still more rocks to come up from the bottom. 2½ hours. John.

Saturday 23rd July 2022

John Cooper, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. Drill and bang. Two long holes forward and one downward, all on left. Outward draught but not so strong we had to hurry out. 1½ hours. John.

Saturday 16th July 2022

John Cooper, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. One mix of cement, capping kit and a new drag hoe taken to bottom. Rock capped and walls built. Cannot decide whether direction should be down or along. Drill and bang downwards next weekend? 3 hours. John.

Looking along end rift Photo AV

Saturday 9th July 2022

John Cooper, Pete Hann, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Capping kit taken to bottom of entrance shaft “Just in case”. One mix of cement taken down and used to build spoil retaining wall. Long drill bit finally retrieved, looks to be still useable. With Jude at bottom and Pete just above her I built up the retaining wall to hold the clatch with Adrian passing the cement down to me as required (limited working space). Before coming out I went down and using a sling looped round the flake in the floor was able to pull it out and then break it up into rocks which were sent up the Adrian and Pete (Jude had gone out). I then left with the empty cement buckets whilst Adrian and Pete did a bit more rock shifting. Clatch and rock moved from very bottom but needs moving on up. 2½ hours. John.

Saturday 2nd July 2022

John Cooper and Pete Hann. Drill and bang. Two long holes downward on left and one on right. Additional short hole by stuck drill bit from a couple of weeks ago. Not chased out by fumes today as only slight draught. 1½ hours. John.