17/11/15

Estelle Sandford, James Begley, Mike Moxon, Mike Waterworth, Duncan Butler

2.5hrs

Took a couple of old hammers from HLIS over and while Mike W and Duncan did the tourist trip into the top bit of cave, the rest of us started on trying to move boulders and mud from the lower digs. Duncan came back and joined in helping and Mike W decided to dig in the end of the top dig. Mike M joined him after a while. Estelle carried on digging out of the lowest dig while James and Duncan got ‘personal’ with a few boulders and beat them up and got them out. A drill and either caps or P&F would be more productive, but we do need more tools in general in there – couple of decent hammers, a small shovel or 2 and maybe another bar or 2 wouldn’t go amiss. A few of the cable ties on the ladder are starting to come loose and we really should look at getting a better ladder to make it safer. While we were digging we could hear storm Barney blowing a hoolie over the top of the digsite! 

10/11/15

Estelle Sandford, James Begley, Mike Moxon

2hrs

Evening spend attacking boulders and digging in the lower digs – broke the hammer so need another one and boulders too big to extract. We decided then to start at the entrance and make it all bigger so a few big boulders dragged out before exiting to the pub. 

4/11/15

Estelle Sandford, James Begley, Mike Moxon

1.5hrs

Estelle forgot gloves so had to race back home for them, but James made a start and then Mike turned up as Estelle got back. Got down to digging in the lower hole where there is dark space beyond boulders. Moved a fair bit of rock and spoil between us. Really needs drilling and plug and feathering to deal with the rocks. We also need to work on tidying the surface by the top of the ladder as it is quite slippery up there.