Sunday 29th May 2022

John Cooper joined Mike Kousiounis, Al Mills and Dave Morrison (Tuska) for the end of day session. Geoff Newton left as I arrived. Mike continued with plug and feathers for a while until batteries all dead. Then I did 2 mixes of mortar which Mike used up walling. Used a mixture of rock he created using plug and feathers and some I sent down. 2 hours. John.

Friday 27th May 2022

John Cooper. Continued breaking up rock on the solid side. Didn’t notice any draught today. 1½ hours. John.

Sunday 22nd May 2022

John Cooper joined Mike Kousiounis for the end of day session. Geoff Newton had already left and Dave Morrison (Tuska), Frank Tully and Chris Williams left when I arrived. I did 2 mixes of mortar which Mike used up walling. Used a mixture of rock he created using plug and feathers and some I sent down. 2 hours. John.

Thursday 19th May 2022

John Cooper. Took across 6 bags of sand. Took my drill down but discovered I’d left the main battery on charge at home. Continued breaking up the same rock as Tuesday. Made a little progress before running low on battery power. Then a voice from above turned out to be Wayne out on a run. He volunteered to get his drill so I continued working until I had no power left. Then Wayne returned and lowered his drill. I continued breaking up the same rock, it’s nearly gone now. 2 hours. John.

 

Tuesday 17th May 2022

John Cooper and Wayne Starsmore. Took across 2 bags of cement and 4 bags of sand together with the refilled water drum. Took my drill down. My plug and feathers used to break up a bit of the rock freeing up 4 sets of Mike’s PFs in the process. Still not quite removed. One mix of cement used building up walls using the debris. Nice draught from the down-dip end. 2½ hours. John.

Sunday 15th May 2022

Cutting up angle beams to help stabilise the loose wall that keeps peeling away. All went well and started building up off the beams. Managed to leave an open space towards Wookey also. 2 mixes used. MK, AT, MH and DM. Mike.