Thursday 5th May 2022

John Cooper and Andrew Thompson. Andy at the bottom and John on the surface. Andy started by breaking up the big rock left by Mike and then another one from the side. John hauled the bits to the surface. Then some clatch hauled out. Finally a few rocks broken up for Mike to use as walling material. Depth now 10.8m. 6 bags of sand, 2 bags of cement and 2 containers of water on site. 2 hours. John.

Tuesday 26th April 2022

John Cooper and Andrew Thompson. Started by hauling clatch out. Then a bit of boulder breaking to create walling material for 2 mixes of cement. During the hauling of clatch a boulder was dislodged from somewhere in the shaft which fell hitting John’s helmet and left shoulder. A bruise is now developing from the rock which was about the size of 2 house bricks. Later on the empty bucket came down on its own! I really don’t trust the hook on the hauling rope, needs to be a closed one so it cannot fall off accidentally. Depth was 10.4m to foot level. 2½ hours. John.

Wednesday 20th April 2022

John Cooper, Mark Helmore and Andrew Thompson. Started by hauling clatch out. Then 1 mix of cement and a bit of boulder breaking, just hammer. Depth was 10.4m to foot level. 2 hours. John.

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.