Saturday 4th January 2020

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. Two mixes of cement done, split into 3 and 2 sent to the bottom with Pete. Whilst Pete and Adrian cemented at the bottom John continued cementing higher up. 1½ hours. John.

Saturday 7th December 2019

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. Adrian and Pete to the bottom to start clearing spoil. Pete loading, Adrian hauling in middle and me stacking. With the clatch Adrian stashed it by him. When Adrian started capping I went up and on way back down tried to get Nigel further down. A bit of progress but not enough yet. Finally Pete decided more cementing was required as his wall was falling down. 2 hours. John.

Saturday 30th November 2019

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. Adrian and Pete to the bottom to drill holes for cord. Meanwhile I used a mix of cement continuing to build up the retaining wall half way down. Just as I’d finished Adrian appeared to report a stuck drill bit so the two of us went out to collect Adrian’s drill which has a reverse on it unlike Pete’s. Completed the drilling then I took out the drill and waited for the pop. 2 hours. John.

Saturday 23rd November 2019

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. Adrian forgot the drill so a quick trip home to collect it. Whilst Adrian capped the bottom, losing one tub of caps in the process, Pete and I moved a few rocks up to where they will be required for cementing the wall. Nigel still practicing. Adrian and Pete decided a bit of cord will be used next week instead of caps. 2 hours. John.

Saturday 16th November 2019

John Cooper, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. Pete forgot the cement buckets so the one mix of cement was taken in inside a sack inside a digging bucket. With Adrian capping the base Pete re-cemented a bit of what I’d “done” last week then continued down to send up more rocks which I cemented in. Once cement used up I continued on down. Collected a few small cobbles that I carried up for future use then took the empty sack and bucket out. Back in again and carried 3 loads of rocks up for use next time. Adrian found capping very frustrating today as the rock would not split. 2½ hours. John.

Saturday 9th November 2019

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. Nigel along to practice SRT. One mix of cement taken in. With Adrian capping the base Pete sent me up rocks for wall building but the cement was being washed out as quickly as I put it in. Having used up the cement I went down and hauled a couple of rocks up before being chased out by a flood pulse. I doubt if any of my cement is still in place! 1½ hours. John.

Saturday 2nd November 2019

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. Nigel just along to practice SRT whilst I just carried the drill in and out. Adrian capping at the bottom. A few rocks pulled up the very bottom bit but most fell on down. 2 hours. John.