Geoff, Mark H. and Mike (to start). Started by clearing spoil left from John’s midweek session, quite a pile 2 hours clearing. Mark in the meantime worked on forwards/downwards, finally he managed to wriggle the seemingly glued together rocks apart. Space was seen ahead so Mike swapped with Mark, after a few more rocks were removed Mike was able to squeeze through into a calcited (muddy) and decent sized chamber (approx 4m long, 3m wide and 1.5m high). Voids everywhere and some nice stal tucked away in corners. The obvious way on is down to the right when entering where what seems to be another chamber and a tall rift below (Draught increased). John arrived about 3pm to mix up and cement was put in, in preparation for the next breakthrough. 4 ½ hours. *cave is 12.5m deep then approx. 6.5m long. Mike
John Cooper, Mark Helmore, Mike Kousiounis and Geoff Newton. MH,
MK and GN started clearing spoil at 1pm and were joined by JC at 3pm. MH and MK
had been at the bottom with GN hauling until JC arrived to relieve GN. Another
hour of hauling before GN went down and replaced MH. JC then did a mix of
cement which MK used on the left hand wall while GN continued sending up rocks.
It is now possible to get into a small chamber at the end of the horizontal
passage with a way down probably on the right hand side. 4¼ hours total. John.
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