Saturday 15th August 2020

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Used the new fixed ladder which is still about 4m short of the top. First we cleared some bang debris from the bottom to the bottom stacking space then we moved on up and cleared it on up to the tunnel. Also cleared the alcoves up to the tunnel. Pete thinks a couple of moving boulders at the bottom need capping to make them small enough to haul out. 2 hours. John.

Saturday 8th August 2020

 Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. Banged a boulder. Adrian.

Saturday 18th July 2020

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann and Barry Wilkinson. First attempt to fit rigid ladder in entrance shaft. Modified brackets required. 1 hour. John.

Saturday 21st March 2020

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. Capping kit taken to bottom. Whilst Adrian continued capping the conglomerate boulder the rest first moved spoil from the middle stacking space to the top stacking space. Then moved on down and moved Adrian’s spoil up to the ledge then on up to the alcoves. Good outward draught the whole time. Discussion at the end between Adrian and Pete which resulted in decision to move to stronger boulder breaker next week. 2 hours. John.

Saturday 14th March 2020

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. One mix of cement and capping kit taken to bottom. Whilst Adrian continued capping the conglomerate boulder Pete built up above the Slot where the mud was getting washed out. After a while Pete descended to replace John and continued cementing work below the Slot. The boulder is still large. 2 hours. John.

Saturday 7th March 2020

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. Last week was too wet but this week was fine. Started by clearing the entrance shaft. Pete loading, John on the Naughty Step, Adrian and Nigel on the surface. 22 loads cleared it. The Pete to the bottom with John above him stashing clatch and rock about 3m up. Eventually Nigel and Adrian arrived, Nigel’s first time this far down. We then moved on up and cleared from the bottom step to the top of the tunnel before we called it a day. 2 hours. John.

Saturday 22nd February 2020

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. There had been a good water flow down the hole over the past week. One mix of cement taken to bottom. Pete used half at the bottom whilst John continued wall of 1^st February a bit higher to create space for clatch. Once cement used up Adrian continued capping conglomerate boulder with Pete and John hauling spoil up bottom rope. Once Adrian had run battery low we moved on up and hauled spoil from the top of the tunnel to the bottom of the entrance ready for a surface haul next week, if it’s not too wet and windy! 2½ hours. John.