Saturday 27th April 2024

John Cooper, Pete Hann, Kate Lawrence, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Double mix of cement taken in. Two thirds used by Pete building walls at the bottom and the remaining third by John doing remedial work above the rift. Some gravel removed from the bottom stashed in various alcoves in Pensioners’ Pot and some rocks brought up to the top of it. Probably time for capping again. 2½ hours. John.

Bottom. Photo AV.

Saturday 20th April 2024

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Finally a nice sunny day. Double mix of cement taken in. Two thirds used by Pete building walls at the bottom and the remaining third by John doing remedial work above the rift. Once all the cement had been used Jude dug gravel from the floor which Pete disposed of higher up. Probably same again next week. 2 hours. John.

Saturday 13th April 2024

Pete Hann, Nigel Graham, Jude and Adrian Vanderplank. Jude first to the bottom, noting the large amount of gravel that has washed in during the last couple of months. AV then to the bottom to cap some of the larger rocks. The reduced rocks were hauled to the top of Pensioners Pot by NG. JV dumped the gravel and small rocks into some alcoves. JV and NG then went out. PH and AV swapped places and more gravel was removed. Pete’s light started to go on to low power mode so we called time, bringing the bag and capping kit out with us. 2 ¼ hours. Adrian.

Saturday 23rd March 2024

John Cooper, Nigel Graham, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. Wind and sleet on surface. One mix of cement taken in and used by Pete building wall at the bottom. Some rocks moved up to bottom of Father Duckmas and some gravel lost by Adrian 3m above the bottom. Some capping now required, as well as more cementing. 1½ hours. John.

Saturday 16th March 2024

Reason for lack of recent activity. Photo John Small.

 

John Cooper, Pete Hann and Adrian Vanderplank. Drier than photo above! First time since it got too wet. Still drippy but doesn’t seem to have suffered too much. Will need it to be a bit drier before we can cement. 1 hour.

Saturday 10th February 2024

John Cooper, Nigel Grahan, Pete Hann, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Could hear a small stream at the bottom of the entrance shaft so just a single mix of cement plus capping kit taken in. By the time the second bucket of cement arrived at the top of Pensioners’ Pot Pete had already used up the first one and was soaked. Once the second bucket was empty the decision to abandon work was made. Capping kit taken out unused. 1 hour. John.

Water "droplets" at bottom. Photo AV.

Saturday 3rd February 2024

John Cooper, Nigel Grahan, Pete Hann, Adrian Vanderplank and Jude Vanderplank. Double mix of cement plus capping kit taken in. Started with Adrian capping at the bottom then Pete and John wall building same as last week. Still fairly dry down there. No photos this week. 2 hours.