Estelle Sandford, Mark Denning, Stu Gardiner, Mike Moxon, James Begley, Henry Dawson, John Bennetts, Rob Adams and Milky Mat
2.5hrs
Estelle, Mike, Mark and Stu started off on the big bag and rock haul and were soon joined by James and we made a good start before Henry turned up with John, Rob and Mat so we spread out and managed to have both hauling ropes going so as to get the rocks and bags from bottom and shelf to the staging area. Once the bottom was cleared, Estelle went into dig and started filling more bags. Running water had died to a very small trickle, but floor drains fine from puddle still down into the crack. Easy digging in loads of mud/rock/staled in floor. Henry took a quick look at the dig, before he and the other 3 left us to go and do a tourist trip into Prophecy and St Alactites. Mike took over from Estelle digging and then Stu went to have a dig and the air died fairly quickly into his dig. The upper part of the cave is now cleared of bags and rock with about 7 or 8 bags at the bottom and a few rocks, plus 3 big rocks that need breaking up at some point. Looks like we're back to once a week digging or start looking at getting the fan in place to aid the air problems. We also cleared all the detritus from the cave that we've randomly left and all the dead bags of bags by the entrance - 3 bin bags, 2 bags of bags and 2 tackle sacks worth!
2.5hrs
Estelle, Mike, Mark and Stu started off on the big bag and rock haul and were soon joined by James and we made a good start before Henry turned up with John, Rob and Mat so we spread out and managed to have both hauling ropes going so as to get the rocks and bags from bottom and shelf to the staging area. Once the bottom was cleared, Estelle went into dig and started filling more bags. Running water had died to a very small trickle, but floor drains fine from puddle still down into the crack. Easy digging in loads of mud/rock/staled in floor. Henry took a quick look at the dig, before he and the other 3 left us to go and do a tourist trip into Prophecy and St Alactites. Mike took over from Estelle digging and then Stu went to have a dig and the air died fairly quickly into his dig. The upper part of the cave is now cleared of bags and rock with about 7 or 8 bags at the bottom and a few rocks, plus 3 big rocks that need breaking up at some point. Looks like we're back to once a week digging or start looking at getting the fan in place to aid the air problems. We also cleared all the detritus from the cave that we've randomly left and all the dead bags of bags by the entrance - 3 bin bags, 2 bags of bags and 2 tackle sacks worth!
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