Wednesday 3rd July 2024

Afternoon. John Cooper. Took across 4 bags of sand, a bag of cement and some water. Moved rocks up from Boulder Chamber to the bottom of the entrance shaft ready to bring to the surface. Note the entrance gate to the dig enclosure has been secured shut with string. 2 hours. John.

Evening. Sam Hill. Quick session this evening. Started by breaking up the two loose boulders at the end. Smaller one is gone. Moved the remaining chunk of the larger one to a better drilling position. I think straight down is the best option instead of over the top of the slab. More boulders to break up and then looks like we can slide underneath the slab. Filled some spoil bags and moved rocks to the base of 10ft climb.  2hrs. Sam.

Bottom. Photo SH.

The next two boulders to break up got the red dots. Photo SH.

Sunday 23rd June 2024

Mike Kushy, solo. Started with breaking up some rocks at the sharp end. Also took in some sacks to fill up with clatch. Went to surface and made a mix with 1 bag of sand. This was put into 2 buckets and taken down to build up a supporting wall at the sharp end. A lot of clatvh from the floor was put behind the wall. Should be safe to break up the 2 rocks ahead next visit. Tried to squeeze down the right hand side and got my hips to an edge, my legs couldn't touch a floor so being alone I gave up. Not that tight tbf. Finished the session by clearing back some rock to the small chamber. A bit of rock still at the bottom to clear. Good draught. 5 hours.

MK's YouTube video from today

The squeeze I attempted to the right hand side. Photo MK.

The current sharp end. Photo MK.