Estelle Sandford, James Begley, Mike Moxon
2hrs
Took in the new rope for top drag tray from Tim Large along
with cleaned up maillon. Collected the wire as we went and arrived at the
dig. Very little in the way of fumes and the Dr Nobel's had been very successful in
reducing the right hand wall and the slab in front. Took photos before we
started and then Mike went in for a dig as he’d not seen the place for a while.
He removed quite a few large rocks before digging out a couple of bags of
rubble and mud, then came out so Estelle went in briefly and pulled a boulder
out of the way on, but it was too heavy to lift up to the shelf whilst she was
nursing a sore back, so James went in and we also put a rope around it and
managed to get it up to the shelf where the water comes in. With that out of
the way, James had a dig at the end and a look at the way on. All looking very promising
with a 2ft wide passage about 9” high in the bottom, but we need to make the
access to it larger. After James had absorbed most of the puddle into his kit,
Estelle went in and had a dig and filled some more bags up. The water is better
channelled now so not much building up, but loads of mud remains needing
clearing out. Had a look at below and took a couple more photos. The way on
looks promising and the floor doesn't seem to be overly solid, neither does the
roof – is mostly pendants that could be broken off, so need to clear where the
drop is and then have a go at what is below. The air had got pretty thick by
the end of digging today and there was virtually no water flowing at all into
the dig.
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