Mike Kushy, Dickon Morris...then Mike Waterworth joined us about 2pm. MK and DM carried on at the mud pit. Cleared until 1.30pm then stopped for lunch. The void in the mud pit doesn't connect to the chamber above, a light connection was unsuccesful but a vocal connevction was possible. We then decided to mix things up and had a go at the boulder rift dig. Made a little breakthrough and got into a lower bedding passage. About 7m in length, 4-5m wide and probably another 5m deeper. Little immature streamway at the bottom and a smaller strike line in the roof than the mud pit dig. The mud pit looks more promising. Mike.
MK, MW and Dickon Morris.
MK
and DM started around 10. Tidied up some more of the rocks around the
top of the mud pit dig then started tossing buckets of mud into made
stacking spaces. Progressing forwards it feels like the best way on is
left and down. We checked for a light connection between the void up
higher in the dig and the passage that goes overhead but no connection
was made, we could talk to each other though. It's hard to tell how long
this dig will take. Around 1.30 we stopped for lunch, then at 2ish MW
joined us.
To mix things up and
make the most of having drill batteries we had a look at the boulder
rift dig. DM and MW took turns breaking up rocks in the floor until a
big enough space was opened to get into something. We went in to
investigate and found more bedding passage, but it feels lower than the
other bedding, a survey will reveal if this is so. The new passage is
tight at first then opens a little, it's about 5m wide, goes in about 7m
and probably 5m depth gained. There's an immature streamway at the
bottom with a smaller strike line in the ceiling than the mud pit dig. I
favour the mud pit dig as logistics here would be difficult.
Mike (email report)
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