Monday 18th April 2022

John Cooper, Mike Kousiounis and Andrew Thompson. When we arrived the winch setup was a real mess. We reset it up and later watched as one of the sheep had another go at demolishing it. The sheep went under a scaffold leg and lifted it up as a means of scratching its back. With no weight on it they were able to move the legs several metres rotating the winch itself at the same time! With Andy and Mike at the bottom a steady stream of debris, rocks and clatch, came out. A half hour lunch break was an opportunity to take one of Mike’s batteries back for recharging. Continued after lunch using my batteries before finally going to get the newly charged one to finish off the day. One mix of cement done in the morning session and a second mix in the afternoon one. Depth now 10.2m. 5 hours of work. John.

Friday 15th April 2022

John Cooper and Andrew Thompson. Started with 1 mix of cement which was used cementing the boulders left from last time. Then hauled some clatch out. Then a spell breaking up the bigger boulder on the solid wall side. Still 10.1m to bottom. 2 hours. John.

Tuesday 12th April 2022

John Cooper and Andrew Thompson. Started by hauling clatch out. Then 1 mix of cement and a bit of boulder breaking. Depth was 9.8m to top of talus cone, 10.1m to foot level. Winch bearing died at end of session. 2 hours. John.

Saturday 9th April 2022

John Cooper joined Mike Kousiounis and Dave Morrison for the last part of the session (Mark Helmore having already left). Mike was breaking up rock with plug and feathers when I arrived but soon switched to clearing. Loads of rock and a bit of clatch hauled up before calling it a day. 1 hour for me. John.

Thursday 7th April 2022

John Cooper and Andrew Thompson. Plug and feathers used to create wall building rocks. 2 mixes of cement then used to build wall. There are 4 bags of sand and 1+ bags of cement remaining. 2 hours. John.