Thursday 31st October 2024

John Cooper, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Capping kit taken in. Still drippy but not as bad as last week. Adrian at the bottom of Pensioners’ Pot capping with John at the top stacking rocks. Jude in the middle guiding the bucket up and down. More work needed. 1½ hours. John.

Thursday 24th October 2024

John Cooper, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Tidying up trip and to see how wet it was. Drippy. At the top of the final drop John tightened up the final hanger and then set up the digging bucket to catch the water. It was overflowing by the time Adrian came up from the bottom having removed the green plastic sheeting. The 6ft crowbar was also brought out for use elsewhere. Saw James as we were departing so had a chat and let him know we were going to return once it was drier. He said it had puddles round it last week. 1¼ hours. John.

Floor. Capping mat keeping gravel out of the way down. Photo AV.

Saturday 5th October 2024

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann, Kate Lawrence and Adrian Vanderplank. First mistake was to forget the ladder! Thanks to Wayne for bring one over while the cement was being mixed. Second mistake was to do a double mix of cement without checking how wet it was at the bottom. Need I go on. Pete used up most of two of the buckets of cement at the bottom with Adrian using up the bit left whilst John used the third bucket losing rocks in Father Duckmas shaft. Adrian’s pet beetle was rescued from the bottom, but Jude said he couldn’t keep it, so it was freed on the surface. Pete says that’s it until it gets dry again. 1½ hours.