Saturday 22nd December 2018

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann, Geoff Newton, Adrian Vanderplank, Jude Vanderplank and Barry Wilkinson. All working the bottom up to the top intermediate stacking space. Once this was full we left Adrian, Jude and Pete at the bottom whilst the rest of us moved on up and hauled 7 loads to the surface before the others came out. 2½ hours.John.

Saturday 15th December 2018

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann, Adrian Vanderplank, Jude Vanderplank and Barry Wilkinson. All working the bottom. Once Jude had cleared a bit of loose rock Adrian started capping his way on and down. Regular loads hauled up to the bottom stacking space. 2½ hours.John.

Saturday 8th December 2018

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann, Adrian Vanderplank, Jude Vanderplank and Barry Wilkinson. One mix of cement done and sent to the bottom with Pete and Adrian plus his capping kit. The rest of us followed to get out of the wind. We hauled the spoil up from the bottom stacking space to the top stacking space until it was cleared. We then moved up and Nigel and I hauled to the surface in the rain and sleet whilst Jude loaded and Barry got very wet on the Naughty Step. Plenty of spoil left for a drier day! We left Adrian and Pete still capping and cementing. 3 hours.John.

Saturday 1st December 2018

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann, Adrian Vanderplank and Barry Wilkinson. Two mix of cement done and sent to the bottom as three loads with Pete Hann. Adrian plus his capping kit followed but waited to load. With Barry on the Naughty Step Nigel and I hauled 13 loads to the surface before Barry called it a day, very drippy today! Barry then came up and I went down. Pete was still cementing from the second load. After a while Adrian did some capping but the rock was hard. I went out to collect his second battery and send Barry and Nigel back to Upper Pitts. When I returned the first battery had just expired but better progress was being made with 2 caps in each hole. Finally Pete went back and cemented in the rocks that Adrian had capped. 3½ hours.John.

Saturday 10th November 2018

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann, Adrian Vanderplank, Jude Vanderplank and Barry Wilkinson. One mix of cement done and sent to the bottom with Pete Hann. Adrian plus his capping kit followed. With me and Nigel on the surface, Barry on the Naughty Step, Adrian below and Jude loading at the intermediate stacking space 16 loads were hauled to the surface. Adrian then continued on down to join Pete. The rest of us moved on down. With Jude filling at the lower stacking space, me hauling, Barry above me and Nigel at the intermediate stacking space we hauled more spoil until Jude had none left. By that time Adrian had finished capping and Pete had used up the cement. Drippy today. 2 hours.John.

Saturday 13th October 2018

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann, Mike Hood, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. With Mike and Nigel on the surface, me on the Naughty Step, Adrian below me and Pete filling we hauled 42 heavy loads of spoil to the surface. We then moved down to where Jude had been filling bags with mud and these and some rock that Adrian capped were moved up to the bottom stacking space. Good outwards draught. 3 hours. John.

Saturday 6th October 2018

John Cooper, Pete Hann, Wayne Starsmore, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Hauled spoil from the dig face to the bottom stacking space and then moved it on upwards to the intermediate stacking space (38 loads). Good outwards draught. 2½ hours.John.