22/5/17

Estelle Sandford, James Begley, Jonathan Riley, Stu Lindsay

2hrs

Estelle and Jon descended the ladder whilst it was held securely at the top and set to work levelling the floor out to make a good base for it while Stu and James broke down the old ladder and moved the scaff bars back with the rest of the tower from the ladder and drilled the bolt holes to retain the ladder at the top properly. Once the ladder was properly sited at the bottom, the top was secured and then all continued moving rocks and mud around at the bottom to get ready to start building a wall of bags/rocks to retain the spoil in the rest of the shaft. Noted a rock in the underhang not looking too good, but unless it decides to move itself, best left until we’ve added more mud at the bottom for it to splat onto! Next week’s session will be creating aerial runway for hauling from the bottom of the dig to make that easier!