Estelle Sandford, James Begley, Mike
Moxon, Jonathan Riley, Dave Walker, Fran Campbell.
2.5hrs
6 new buckets. As we were just 5 at the
start, we decided it was time to tackle the steps issue as that meant we could
bag fill as the spoil between the bags was catching up so need to raise the
bags more around the ladder especially. Took it in turns to dig – 2 people can
work on the steps, one bottom and one middle and the rest rotated around. Fran
turned up around ½ hour late and helped even the numbers. Looked at the end,
bit of a puddle. We may be able to use the big boulder as part of the steps
possibly, it still needs breaking up though. By the end of the session, we’d
cleared quite a bit of step back and decision is to cement in a retaining wall
of rock at the bottom and work up from there. The wall on the left as you look
up is currently undermined and the left side does look like it’s mainly mud
with a few large rocks in it, so this needs retaining. Right wall seems to be
solid rock at least. Get some cement, sand and dust for next week.
