7/6/16

Estelle Sandford, James Begley, Mike Moxon, Stu Lindsay, Mike Waterworth, Anya Keatley, Duncan Butler, Duncan Simey, Andrew Atkinson
2.5hrs
Estelle and Stu headed into top dig to drill and set up the bang – 8 holes drilled and quite a few boulders included. Andrew and James set to surveying the other holes to start with and the rest worked on the bottom hole, with Mike Waterworth climbing up the opposite side and digging a bit up there. Once drilled and set up, we all headed up top while it was banged. It took longer than previous to clear, but was just about ok to go down and check. Nicely turned to gravel ready for clearing next week. 

4/6/16 digfest weekend

Estelle Sandford, Duncan Butler, Sam Goodyear, Pat Hillier, Olivia Dawson, Rostam Namaghi, Jonathan booth
3hrs 45mins
Part of the digfest weekend, we gained some extra diggers. Duncan set to work with Jonathan, Pat and Oli in the top dig while I worked with Rostam and Sam in the bottom dig. Soon the bottom dig was getting drier mud coming out and is looking really quite big. Jonathan went in after Sam and had a good go, while Oli did some capping with Duncan in the top dig. By the end of the session the top dig needs banging and the bottom dig is easy digging and drier. 

31/5/16

failed to access, gate failure with no electric supplied to it so couldn't get in the driveway!

24/5/16

Estelle Sandford, James Begley, Stu Lindsay
2.5hrs
James set to digging with Estelle in middle for haul and skip filling and Stu pulling from the end and dumping it, then Estelle and Stu swapped and eventually Estelle and James swapped. The hauling is really hard with only 3 of us there, we need more people next time as it’s quite backbreaking!
At the end of the digging, Estelle had exposed a second hole above the first one which gives a bit more visibility into the way on, but it is low and water worn and will need a lot of digging down still. At least we have a solid roof to follow though. 

17/5/16

Estelle Sandford, James Begley, Mike Moxon, Duncan Butler, Stu Lindsay
2hrs
Duncan brought capping kit so set to work capping the big boulder in the way in the top dig first, then another in the dig, while Estelle dug. He then moved to capping the boulder in the bottom dig leaving the rest hauling out lots of spoil created by Estelle. By the end of the session it was possible to stand up in the chamber and there is a hole in the floor which is draughting and turning left and then right from what can be seen, as it’s not very big. 

3/5/16

Estelle Sandford, James Begley, Mike Moxon
2hrs
Lots of spoil and rocks continuing to be removed from the top of the two lower digs. Quite easy digging, so chamber getting bigger. Could do with capping 2 rocks next week that are slightly larger than moveable at the moment. 

26/4/16

Estelle Sandford, James Begley, Mike Moxon, Duncan Simey
2hrs
arrive to find the place 'gated'! Fortunately we were able to get hold of Kevin for the access code as he'd forgotten about us coming!
Got to work with digging and removing all the bang debris from the top of the two bottom digs. Easy going, lots of spoil removed and opening up a bit of a chamber at the end in order to try and work out which way on to dig at the moment as it's not obvious, but there is a lot of mud and rocks... 

19/4/16

Estelle Sandford, James Begley, Mike Moxon, Stu Lindsay, Duncan Simey
2.5hrs
Stu drilled and banged the bottom dig and nicely demolished the right hand wall boulder and the one at the end. This now needs a lot of clearing and hopefully we now have plenty of space to haul as well. Estelle then drilled and banged in the top dig to finish off the available bang. That made a satisfactory sound which resonated around!