Saturday 29th April 2023

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. Adrian went in with capping kit whilst John and Pete took in a single cement mix. On the bottom shaft Pete pointed out where some remedial work was required so john did that whilst Pete continued down with his bucket of cement. John used about ¾ of his bucket then continued on down. Once Adrian had capped the boulder he swapped places with Pete who started cementing. Meanwhile John finished off his bucket of cement putting in a wall base in the bottom rift. Once done he filled the cement bucket with clatch and took it up to the Tunnel where he met Nigel who had been down and recovered his rope. Whilst Nigel continued out John went back down. By this time Pete had nearly finished cementing and then we hauled rocks and clatch up as far as the catcher bucket. Finally, Adrian took some photographs of all the holes Pete had uncovered. Gradually drying out but not dry yet. Next couple of weeks will be trying to cement the boulder in place prior to another capping session or two. 3 hours. John.

Digging in Pensioners Pot. Photo by AV